Archived: National Slimming Centres (York)

Updated 29 August 2018

We undertook an unannounced focused inspection of National Slimming Centres York on 4 July 2018. The inspection was carried out to check that improvements had been made at the service following our comprehensive inspection on 6 September 2017. The inspection in September 2017 identified that the service was in breach of regulation 12 and 17 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.

The team was led by a CQC pharmacist specialist and included a CQC medicines inspector.

Before visiting we reviewed information which had been submitted to us by the provider. During the inspection, the methods we used were interviewing the registered manager and doctor, and a review of documents and medical records.

To get to the heart of patients’ experiences of care and treatment, we always ask the following questions:

• Is it effective?
• Is it well-led?

These questions therefore formed the framework for the areas we looked at during the inspection.

Updated 29 August 2018

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection of this service on 6 September 2017 where breaches of legal requirements were found. After the inspection, the service wrote to us to say what they would do to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breaches of regulation 12 and 17 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulation 2014.

We undertook this focussed inspection on 4 July 2018 to confirm that the legal requirements had been met. This report only covers our findings in relation to those breaches in regulation. The last comprehensive inspection report can be read by selecting ‘all reports’ link for National Slimming Centre York on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

Our findings were:

• We saw that improvements had been made in medical record keeping
• A system was in place, which included the clinician, to ensure the effective monitoring and quality improvement of the service
• All staff had completed safeguarding training
• A system was in place to ensure recruitment checks were completed prior to employment

There were areas where the provider could make improvements and should:

• Continue to review prescribing to ensure it is in line with provider’s policy, including treatment breaks

Are services effective?

We found that this service was providing effective care in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Are services well-led?

We found that this service was providing well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations.