Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr de Lusignan and Partners on 5 April 2016. The overall rating for the practice was requires improvement. The full comprehensive report on the April 2016 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Dr de Lusignan and Partners on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 5 July 2017 to confirm that the practice had carried out their plan to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breaches in regulations that we identified in our previous inspection on 5 April 2016. This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements and also additional improvements made since our last inspection.
Overall the practice is now rated as Good.
Our key findings were as follows:
- The required recruitment checks were in place for newly recruited staff.Staff specific inductions were in place.
- Staff had completed training required by the practice including safeguarding vulnerable adults and children, fire safety, infection control and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
- The practice manager completed a training spreadsheet that recorded staff training dates and this was used to highlight when training needed to be refreshed.
- Equipment had been PAT tested and clinical equipment had been calibrated. There was a system in place for recording when clinical equipment needed to be calibrated. Dates were recorded onto an electronic diary to ensure that annual testing was completed in a timely fashion.
Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)
Chief Inspector of General Practice