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Archived: Dr Ajeet Gupta Also known as Pringle Street Surgery

216-218 Pringle Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 1SB (01254) 56612

Provided and run by:
Dr Ajeet Gupta

All Inspections

21 June 2013

During a routine inspection

On the day of the inspection we were only able to speak to a couple of patients. There were not that many patients attending the morning surgery and for some of those that did, English was not their first language or for cultural reasons were not happy to talk to us.

We were told by one patient that "it was not always easy to get an appointment". However, we saw that the practice had made reasonable efforts to make the surgery more accessible for the practice population. Through work with the patient reference group the practice now offered two "open" surgeries every week where patients could attend without making a prior appointment.

The registered provider had declared non-compliance on their registration application last November. This related to staff training. Whilst much of the required training had now been completed, we found that not all staff had yet received training in fire safety.

The practice had an up to date safeguarding children and adults policy and set of procedures in place. This included contact details for staff to raise concerns with the appropriate agencies.

We found that the practice had suitable arrangements in place to assess and monitor the quality of the services it provided.