Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out a focused inspection of Stoneham Lane Surgery on 25 May 2017 to check that action had been taken since our previous inspection in September 2016. Overall the practice is rated as good.
At our previous inspection, the practice was rated good for Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well Led services and was rated as good overall. However, the practice was rated as requires improvement in the Safe domain due to breaches of regulations relating to the safe delivery of services.
This was because:
- An effective system was not in place to review and action fridge temperatures that exceeded recommended levels for the safe storage of vaccines.
- Patient group directions were not signed by an authorising clinician.
- Vaccines were administered by health care assistants without the correct legal authority.
We inspected the practice on 25 May 2017 to confirm that they now met legal requirements. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection of Stoneham Lane Surgery on our website at www.cqc.org.uk
Our key findings for this inspection were as follows:
- The practice had updated its cold chain protocol and now had an effective system to review fridge temperatures by purchasing data loggers and back up thermometers.
- Patient group directions and patient specific directions for administration of vaccines were now correctly authorised.
The practice is now rated good for Safe services.
Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)
Chief Inspector of General Practice