Background to this inspection
Updated
6 September 2017
Magna Group Practice is managed from Kilnhurst Surgery, a purpose built building in Rotherham.
The practice provides Primary Medical Services (PMS) for 11,066 patients in the NHS Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area. Enhanced services are provided and include those for patients living with dementia.
Services are provided across four sites.
The sites within this registration are:
Main site
Kilnhurst Surgery
Highthorn Road
Kilnhurst
Rotherham
S64 5UP
Branches
Valley Health Centre, Saville Street, Dalton Rotherham S65 3HD.
Wath Health Centre, 35 Church Street, Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 7RF.
Thrybergh Medical Centre, 21 Park Lane, Thrybergh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 4BT.
We visited Kilnhurst Thrybergh and Wath sites during this inspection.
Car parking is provided at Kilnhurst Surgery, Valley Health Centre and Wath Health Centre.
The practice has a slightly higher than average over 50 year old patient population and lower than average 20 to 50 year old population. The practice is situated in one of the second most deprived areas nationally.
This is a teaching practice, teaching qualified doctors to be GPs.
There are three male partners and one female partner, three of whom are registered with CQC and one whose application is pending. There are four salaried GPs, two female and two male. There are also three practice nurses including a nurse practitioner, two health care assistants and an apprentice healthcare assistant. There is a practice manager and an assistant practice manager who oversee a team of administration staff at each site.
The practice is open Monday to Friday at the following times,
Wath Surgery- Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm.
Kilnhurst Surgery – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Friday, 8.30am to 6pm, Thursday 8.30am to 1pm.
Thrybergh Surgery – Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 6.30pm.
Valley Health Centre - Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 6.30pm.
Appointments are available to all the patients in the group at variable times across the four sites.
Patients can also access extended hours appointments at Valley Health Centre 6.30pm to 8.30pm on a Wednesday at this site. Care UK provides services 8am to 8.30am and 6pm to 6.30pm and out of hours services are accessed through NHS 111 service.
Updated
6 September 2017
Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Magna Group Practice - Valley Health Centre on 23 November 2016. The overall rating for the practice was requires improvement. The full comprehensive report on the November 2016 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Magna Group Practice - Valley Health Centre on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 27 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 23 November 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 provider had also made the following improvements since the last inspection:
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Systems for updating patient’s' medicines following changes by secondary care providers had been reviewed and improved.
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Frequency of meetings had been improved and minutes of meetings were more detailed.
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Chaperone training had been provided for all non-clinical staff.
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Up to date fire risk assessments were in place.
However, there were also areas of practice where the provider should make improvements.
Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP
Chief Inspector of General Practice
People with long term conditions
Updated
6 September 2017
The provider had resolved the concerns for safety and well-led identified at our inspection on 23 November 2016 which applied to everyone using this practice, including this population group. The population group ratings have been updated to reflect this.
Families, children and young people
Updated
6 September 2017
The provider had resolved the concerns for safety and well-led identified at our inspection on 23 November 2016 which applied to everyone using this practice, including this population group. The population group ratings have been updated to reflect this.
Updated
6 September 2017
The provider had resolved the concerns for safety and well-led identified at our inspection on 23 November 2016 which applied to everyone using this practice, including this population group. The population group ratings have been updated to reflect this.
Working age people (including those recently retired and students)
Updated
6 September 2017
The provider had resolved the concerns for safety and well-led identified at our inspection on 23 November 2016 which applied to everyone using this practice, including this population group. The population group ratings have been updated to reflect this.
People experiencing poor mental health (including people with dementia)
Updated
6 September 2017
The provider had resolved the concerns for safety and well-led identified at our inspection on 23 November 2016 which applied to everyone using this practice, including this population group. The population group ratings have been updated to reflect this.
People whose circumstances may make them vulnerable
Updated
6 September 2017
The provider had resolved the concerns for safety and well-led identified at our inspection on 23 November 2016 which applied to everyone using this practice, including this population group. The population group ratings have been updated to reflect this.