This practice is rated as Good overall.
The practice was previously inspected in September 2015 when it was rated Good overall.
The key questions are rated as:
Are services safe? – Requires Improvement
Are services effective? – Good
Are services caring? – Good
Are services responsive? – Good
Are services well-led? - Good
As part of our inspection process, we also look at the quality of care for specific population groups. The population groups are rated as:
Older People – Good
People with long-term conditions – Good
Families, children and young people – Good
Working age people (including those retired and students – Good
People whose circumstances may make them vulnerable – Good
People experiencing poor mental health (including people with dementia) - Good
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr A Hayat & Partners on 14 February 2018 as part of our inspection programme and also because the practice had recently experienced organisational change and new GP partners had taken over the running of the practice.
At this inspection we found:
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The practice had some systems in place to manage risk so that safety incidents were less likely to happen. When incidents did happen, the practice learned from them and improved their processes. However it was noted that some policies and procedures were out of date and needed review; that some health and safety risk assessments had yet to be fully embedded in the practice and that actions in relation to a recent infection prevention and control audit had not been fully complied with within required timescales.
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The practice routinely reviewed the effectiveness, quality and appropriateness of the care it provided. For example, we saw that the practice had carried out a number of clinical audits over the last six months.
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We were informed by patients that staff involved and treated patients with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
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The practice worked with secondary care providers to deliver a quarterly diabetes clinic for patients with more complex needs.
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The practice had introduced a patient liaison service which sought to deal with patient concerns and complaints quickly and effectively and to prevent further escalation.
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Clinical waste was not correctly labelled so as to identify the practice as the originator.
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The practice procedure for issuing and recording blank prescriptions was not understood by all staff involved in the process.
The area where the provider must make improvements as they are in breach of regulations is:
The areas where the provider should make improvements are:
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Review the areas of low patient satisfaction contained in the National GP Patient Survey linked to timely access to the service and take steps to improve patient satisfaction in these areas.
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Review and complete the current work developing capacity to enable support and mentoring processes to be in place for all clinical areas.
Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)
Chief Inspector of General Practice