We carried out a review of the data available to us about Church Avenue Medical Group on 6 July 2023. We have not found evidence that we need to carry out an inspection or reassess our rating at this stage.
This could change at any time if we receive new information. We will continue to monitor data about this service.
If you have concerns about Church Avenue Medical Group, you can give feedback on this service.
This practice is rated as Good overall. (Previous inspection 11/06/2015 – Good)
The key questions are rated as:
Are services safe? Good
Are services effective? Good
Are services caring? Outstanding
Are services responsive? Good
Are services well-led? Good
As part of our inspection process, we also look at the quality of care for specific population groups. The population groups are rated as:
Older People – Good
People with long-term conditions – Good
Families, children and young people – Good
Working age people (including those recently retired and students – Good
People whose circumstances may make them vulnerable – Good
People experiencing poor mental health (including people with dementia) - Good
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr Bannatyne & Partners on 29 November 2017 as part of our inspection programme,
At this inspection we found:
The practice had clear systems to manage risk so that safety incidents were less likely to happen. When incidents did happen, the practice learned from them and improved their processes.
The practice routinely reviewed the effectiveness and appropriateness of the care it provided. It ensured that care and treatment was delivered according to evidence- based guidelines.
Staff involved and treated patients with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
Patients found the appointment system easy to use and reported that they were able to access care when they needed it.
There was a strong focus on continuous learning and improvement at all levels of the organisation.
The area where the provider should make improvement is:
The practice should consider the results of the GP patient survey for access and make improvements.
Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr Bannatyne and Partners on 11 June 2015. Overall the practice is rated as good.
Specifically, we found the practice to be good for providing safe, effective and responsive services and for being well led. It was outstanding for providing caring services. It was also good for providing services for all the population groups.
Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:
We saw several areas of outstanding practice including:
Chief Inspector of General Practice