Updated 27 June 2022
Wimbledon Clinics
The Lodge
Parkside Hospital
London
SW19 5NX
020 8944 0665
https://wimbledonclinics.co.uk
Wimbledon Clinics is a private clinic that provides a multi-disciplinary approach to orthopedic care. The team comprises of sports physicians, surgeons and physiotherapists. The clinic is located within the Parkside Hospital.
The clinic is registered to provide care for adults only. However, the manager explained that they were currently reviewing the registration as children had previously been seen at the clinic during the initial registration. It was their intention to extend the registration to include providing services to children. The clinic operates within Parkside Hospital within a dedicated unit. The clinic employs the administrative staff such as the clinic manager, the reception and administrative staff. Consultants at the clinic provide services under practising privileges with Parkside Hospital being in charge of monitoring the contracts. The contract between the clinic and the Parkside Hospital also includes the use of a dedicated nurse to support clinics held by the consultants. The nurse’s duties include chaperoning, infection control checks and ensuring that clinical rooms are well stocked and equipped prior to treatments. The clinic has access to the safeguarding team based within Parkside Hospital who take the lead on all safeguarding matters. All equipment and building checks are undertaken by Parkside Hospital.
How we inspected this service
•During the site visit, we spoke with the clinic manager and briefly to one of the consultants.
•We looked at records related to patient assessments and the provision of care and treatment.
•Reviewed personnel files, service policies and procedures and other records concerned with running the service.
To get to the heart of patients’ experiences of care and treatment, we always ask the following five questions:
• Is it safe?
• Is it effective?
• Is it caring?
• Is it responsive to people’s needs?
• Is it well-led?
These questions therefore formed the framework for the areas we looked at during the inspection.