London Lung Laboratory Limited

Updated 25 October 2022

The London Lung Laboratory Limited is a small service operated by one practitioner who is also the registered manager.

The service carries out lung function tests, including; spirometry; flow volume loops; bronchodilator response assessments; measurement of lung volumes and gas transfer. In addition to these tests the provider undertakes allergy skin tests for patients over the age of 13 years. All patients are referred via external clinicians and results are provided back to the referrer for consideration of any treatment needs.

We inspected this service in February 2022 where we found several areas which required improvement. As a result of this we issued a warning notice related to safeguarding training and a lack of safeguarding policy.

The purpose of this follow up inspection was to check if the required actions had been taken by the provider.

Updated 25 October 2022

• The service had made the required improvements and was led by a suitably skilled practitioner. They had set up a reliable governance system, during which risks were fully considered as part of a regular meeting. Policies and procedures which guided safe and effective practice were relevant to the service and had control measures to ensure they were up to date.
• The registered manager had undertaken the required safeguarding training and had developed policies to support this area for both vulnerable adults and children.

We rated this service as good because it was safe, caring and responsive and leadership had improved.

Updated 25 October 2022

• The service was led by a suitably skilled practitioner, who now had a reliable governance system in place. Risks were fully considered as part of the regular governance meeting. Policies and procedures which guided safe and effective practice were relevant to the service and had control measures to ensure they were up to date.
• The registered manager had undertaken the required safeguarding training and had developed policies to support this area for both vulnerable adults and children.