• Doctor
  • Independent doctor

Dr Vania Healthcare

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings

49 Netherhall Gardens, Hampstead, London, NW3 5RJ 0330 113 8422

Provided and run by:
Dr Josevania Ribeiro Martins

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Background to this inspection

Updated 13 June 2019

Dr Vania Healthcare provides private medical services from an upper ground floor flat in a private residential street at 49 Netherhall Gardens Hampstead London NW3 5RJ. The premises are located on one floor. The premises consist of a patient reception area, and a consulting room.

The provider offers services specialising in sexual health, infertility, gynaecology, and provides female ultrasound. The service sees patients aged 18-65 primarily for patients from the Brazilian community whose first language is Portuguese, plus other Portuguese speaking countries including Mozambique and Angola. Portuguese speakers make up 70% of the service’s list. The doctor is registered with the GMC. There are no other staff at the service. The service is registered with the CQC to provide the regulated activities of:

  • Diagnostic and screening procedures
  • Treatment of disease, disorder or injury

The service also provides aesthetic procedures such as Botox and dermal fillers which are not regulated by the CQC. Therefore, at Dr Vania Healthcare, we were only able to inspect the services which were subject to regulation.

All the services provided are private and are therefore fee paying, no NHS services are provided at Dr Vania Healthcare.

Patients using the service book an appointment in advance. The clinician initially assesses all potential patients over the phone. The patients who the service sees face to face after this call are patients seeking fertility investigations and onward referral. Patients are generally healthy and young. On attending, patients are given a registration form to complete, they are then examined.

Based on the examination and medical history, a prescription may be issued, and patients will be discharged, or a follow up appointment will be offered. Other patients seen are women with gynaecological symptoms of a chronic and non-urgent nature.

If, during the initial phone call, the clinician believed that the symptoms described related to an urgent or acute problem, then they would not consider it appropriate for the patient to be seen but would guide them to an acute hospital trust or a GP.

The service is open at various times during the week with patients being seen by appointment only at times convenient to them.

Overall inspection

Good

Updated 13 June 2019

The provider offers services specialising in sexual health, infertility, gynaecology, and female ultrasound. This service is registered with CQC under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 in respect of some, but not all, of the services it provides. There are some general exemptions from regulation by CQC which relate to particular types of service and these are set out in Schedule 2 of The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. For example, the service provides aesthetic procedures such as Botox and dermal fillers which are not regulated by the CQC. Therefore, at Dr Vania Healthcare, we were only able to inspect the services which were subject to regulation.

Our key findings were:

  • The service had systems in place to manage significant events.
  • The provider had a clear vision to deliver high quality care for patients.
  • The service had clearly defined systems, processes and practices to minimise risks to patient safety.
  • Policies and procedures were in place to govern all relevant areas.
  • The lead clinician had been trained in areas relevant to their role.
  • The service had systems in place for monitoring and auditing the care that had been provided.
  • The lead clinician assessed patients’ needs and delivered care in line with current evidence-based guidance.
  • Information about services were available and was easy to understand.
  • The lead clinician had the skills and knowledge to deliver effective care and treatment.
  • There was an effective system in place for obtaining patients’ consent.
  • The service had systems and processes in place to ensure that patients were treated with compassion, dignity and respect and they were involved in decisions about their care and treatment.
  • The service had good facilities and was well equipped to treat patients and meet their needs.
  • The service was aware of and complied with the requirements of the Duty of Candour.

Dr Rosie Benneyworth BM BS BMedSci MRCGP

Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care