Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection visit of Woodsetton Medical Centre, in December 2015. As a result of our comprehensive inspection breaches of legal requirements were found and the practice was rated as requires improvements for providing safe services. This was because we identified areas where the provider must make improvement and some areas where the provider should improve.
We carried out a focussed desk based inspection of Woodsetton Medical Centre on 19 December 2016 to check that the provider had made improvements. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Woodsetton Medical Centre on our website at www.cqc.org.uk. Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:
- We noted that since our comprehensive inspection took place in December 2015, risks associated with infection control, health, safety and fire had been formally assessed and were well managed. We saw records which supported this as part of our desk based inspection, in addition to supporting audits and actions implemented to embed improvements.
- During our previous inspection we noted that a permanent practice nurse had not been in place since April 2015. A nurse practitioner was successfully recruited at the practice and remained in post since April 2016. The practice expressed the appointment of the nurse prescriber supported them to ensure that patients needs and circumstances were met.
During our previous inspection we noted gaps in the practices systems and processes for monitoring emergency equipment and medicines. As part of our desk based inspection we noted effective arrangements were in place for monitoring emergency equipment and emergency medicines, as well as improved business continuity systems.
Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)
Chief Inspector of General Practice