19 August 2016
During an inspection looking at part of the service
Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced focused inspection at Coventry Road Medical Practice on 19 August 2016. Overall the practice is rated as good.
During our previous inspection of the practice on 15 October 2015 the practice was rated requires improvement for the safe domain. The practice was issued with a two requirement notices for breaches in regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) and regulation 19 (Fit and proper persons employed) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.
This inspection was to review the action taken by the provider to meet the regulatory requirements where we had identified breaches and to report on the action taken. For this reason we have only rated the location for the safe domain. The report should therefore be read in conjunction with the full inspection report published in March 2016.
At this inspection we found the practice had made changes since their previous inspection in October 2015. We found that sufficient action had been taken regarding the issues identified and that the practice was now meeting the requirements of the breaches identified. This meant that the practice was now rated as good in safe domain. All other domains were previously rated as good.
Specifically we found that since the last inspection, the practice had:
- The practice had ensured the recruitment policy was being properly implemented to make certain that all necessary employment checks for staff such as evidence of satisfactory conduct in previous employment were being carried out. We saw evidence to demonstrate that these processes were being followed.
- The practice had fully assessed the decision to not keep some nationally recommended emergency medicines at the practice. Alternative arrangements with a local pharmacy were in place.
- The practice had carried out a risk assessment related to the decision not to carry emergency medicines when undertaking home visits. Alternative formal arrangements with a local pharmacy were in place.
- Risks to patients were assessed and well managed. A legionella risk assessment had recently been completed and the practice were in the process of implementing the recommendations.
Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)
Chief Inspector of General Practice