• Doctor
  • Independent doctor

Archived: Cosmopolitan Medical Clinic

48 Church Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1DS

Provided and run by:
JA Medical Services Southeast Ltd

Important: This service is now registered at a different address - see new profile

All Inspections

15 February 2018

During a routine inspection

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection on 15 February 2018 to ask the service the following key questions; Are services safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led?

Our findings were:

Are services safe?

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

Are services effective?

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

Are services caring?

We found that this service was providing caring services in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Are services responsive?

We found that this service was providing responsive 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.

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check whether service was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

The service has a registered manager. A registered manager is a person who is registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

This provider offers private vaccinations, travel and health screening services.

Nineteen patients provided feedback about the service on the Care Quality Commission comments cards, all the comments were positive.

Our key findings were:

  • The care provided was safe. There was a culture of placing safety at the core of activity. Systems to support safety within the building were effective and well embedded.
  • There was a strong emphasis on continuous learning for staff.
  • There was abundant information for patients on how to approach their treatment.
  • Feedback from patients was uniformly positive.
  • There was a very clear pricing structure to help patients understand the total cost of the options available.

We identified areas where the provider should make improvements:

  • Review training and records kept for staff to ensure all staff are up to date.
  • Review implementing a business continuity plan.