Practice Plus Group Hospital - Barlborough

Ratings - Outpatients

• Overall

  Good

• Safe

  Good

• Effective

  Good

• Caring

  Outstanding

• Responsive

  Good

• Well-led

  Good

Our view of the service

Practice Plus Group – Barlborough was originally known as Barlborough NHS Treatment Centre and was rebranded in October 2020 when it became part of Practice Plus Group.

The location provides surgical, diagnostic imaging and outpatient services. Outpatients was part of the surgical pathway, and where evidence is the same, please see surgery report. The outpatient department includes 7 consulting rooms, 1 treatment room and an ophthalmic outpatient suite with 3 additional rooms. The service also delivered nurse-led pre-assessment clinics for patients undergoing surgery, including those who had been seen elsewhere or required updated assessments. In addition, regular dressing clinics were provided on weekdays to support post-operative care, including wound reviews and suture or clip removal.

We inspected the outpatients department on 16 to 17 February 2026 as a planned comprehensive assessment. We assessed this service using the Care Quality Commission’s 33 quality statements under the single assessment framework. The location was last inspected in 2015 and was rated as good.

We spoke with patients and relatives/carers. We reviewed patient records. We spoke with staff which included: consultants, nurses, senior leaders and receptionists.

The outpatients department (OPD) provides consultations with specialists to decide what treatment would be best for a patient. Once a treatment is decided on, for example surgery, outpatient staff, including nurses and doctors undertake assessments and tests with patients to make sure the surgery or other treatment is right for them. Staff also see patients as outpatients after surgery or other treatment to monitor healing, prevent complications and check how well the surgery has worked.

We rated the service as good.

People's experience of this service

We spoke to 4 patients and relatives in the outpatients department. Patients were positive about the staff treating them with warmth and kindness and providing effective care and treatment. Patients told us they were given time to ask questions about their procedure and staff had checked they understood what they were having done. Most patients who attended outpatients went on to have surgery at this service. Therefore, please see the surgery report for further evidence of patient experience.