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Dr Afzal Hussain Also known as Walmersley Road Medical Practice

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings

110 Walmersley Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 6DX (0161) 764 6100

Provided and run by:
Dr Afzal Hussain

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Background to this inspection

Updated 15 June 2018

Dr Hussain provides general medical services to 3425 patients within the Bury Clinical Commissioning Group area.

Services are provided from Walmersley Road Medical Practice, 110 Walmersley Road, Bury, Manchester BL9 6DX

The practice website is: BUCCG.walmersleyroadmp@nhs.net

Information taken from Public Health England placed the area in which the practice is located as number two on the deprivation scale of one to ten. (The lower the number the higher the deprivation). In general, people living in more deprived areas tend to have greater need for health services.

The practice offers services that include meningitis provision, the childhood vaccination and immunisation scheme, support for patients with dementia and learning disabilities, influenza and pneumococcal immunisations and minor surgery.

The patient population comprises of:

White: 69.3%

Mixed race: 2.1%

Asian: 26.3%

Black: 1.4%

Other race: 0.9%

There is one male GP working at the practice who works ten sessions per week.

There is a practice nurse, a practice manager and a team of administration / reception staff.

The practice’s regulated activities are:

Surgical procedures

Treatment of disease, disorder or injury

Family planning

Diagnostic and screening procedures

Maternity and midwifery services

Overall inspection

Good

Updated 15 June 2018

This practice is rated as Good overall. (Previous inspection May 2015 – Good)

The key questions are rated as:

Are services safe? – Good

Are services effective? – Good

Are services caring? – Good

Are services responsive? – Good

Are services well-led? - Good

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at the practice of Dr Afzal Hussain on 22 May 2018 as part of our inspection programme.

At this inspection we found:

  • The practice had clear systems 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.
  • The practice routinely reviewed the effectiveness and appropriateness of the care it provided. It ensured that care and treatment was delivered according to evidence- based guidelines.
  • Staff involved and treated patients with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
  • Patients found the appointment system easy to use and reported that they were able to access care when they needed it.
  • There was a strong focus on continuous learning and improvement at all levels of the organisation.

The areas where the provider should make improvements are:

  • The practice should provide appropriately trained female clinical provision to patients in a timely manner, for example by employing a sessional female GP.
  • A record of meetings held should include more detailed information to keep staff informed about matters discussed and to ensure issues identified were followed-up and monitored.
  • Less serious complaints, which are logged in patients’ individual records, should also be held centrally so they can be tracked for possible trends.
  • Improvements should be made to the childhood immunisation rates.

Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP
Chief Inspector of General Practice