Bodyscan W1

Updated 16 July 2021

Bodyscan W1 is operated by Bodyscan Limited. The service was registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in January 2017 and located in Central London. The facility is operated out of one room rented from another independent health provider, also registered with CQC. The service provides a diagnostic imaging service to privately funded adults only.

The service uses a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scanner to measure patient’s body composition in relation to fat loss, muscle gain and sport performance. DEXA is a technique involving the use of low ionising radiation to measure body composition: precisely the proportion of fat, bone and muscle in a human body. It is also used for sports performance assessment and non-medical uses.

The location has had a registered manager in post since January 2017. The service is registered to provide the regulated activity:

• Diagnostic and screening procedures.

As of May 2021, Bodyscan W1 employed one operator, one administrative staff member and a registered manager who was the sole director of the company.

The service has been inspected once before, in February 2019. Following the February 2019 inspection, the provider was rated as requires improvement and served two requirement notices for failing to comply with Regulation 12 (safe care and treatment) and Regulation 17 (good governance) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.

This was the second inspection of the service. We found that significant improvements had been made and the provider was now compliant with all requirement notices served following the first inspection.

Updated 16 July 2021

This was a focused inspection to check on issues of concern from our previous inspection.

Our rating of this location improved. We rated it as good because:

• Staff now assessed patient’s individual risks, acted on them and kept contemporaneous care records.
• There was a clear referral, authorisation and justification process in place. This process was followed before dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans were carried out on patients.
• Compliance with governance in relation to maintaining contemporaneous patient record, obtaining consent, escalation of incidental or significant findings, use of the referrals and justification process had improved since our last inspection.

However:

• Further work was needed to ensure scan results, referral forms and patient correspondence was always accessible for all patients on the service’s electronic records system.

Updated 16 July 2021