Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at St Elizabeth’s Medical Centre on 21 July 2016. The overall rating for the practice was good and the rating for the safe domain was requires improvement. The full comprehensive report on the July 2016 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for St Elizabeth’s Medical Centre on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
This inspection was a desk-based review carried out on 31 January 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 21 July 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:
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An electrical safety installation check was carried out on 18 August 2016.
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A disaster handling and business continuity plan had been implemented to guide staff in the event of a major incident.
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The practice had carried out risk assessments as they did not have a defibrillator or oxygen available on the premises.
Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)
Chief Inspector of General Practice