We carried out a review of the data available to us about South Saxon House Surgery 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.
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We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at South Saxon House Surgery on 27 September 2017. The overall rating for the practice was good. The practice was also rated good for the effective, caring, responsive and well-led domains and all of the population groups. It was however rated as requires improvement for the safe domain. The full comprehensive report on the September 2017 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for South Saxon House Surgery on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 8 February 2018 to confirm that the practice had carried out their plan to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breaches in regulations that we identified in our previous inspection on 27 September 2017. This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements and also additional improvements made since our last inspection.
Overall the practice is now rated as good.
At our inspection of 27 September 2017, we found that:
The system for recording and monitoring Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) alerts did not ensure that clinical action was always taken.
Not all external storage bins containing clinical waste were kept locked at all times.
Batch numbers, expiry dates and amounts used were not always recorded when local anaesthetic was used during minor surgical procedures.
At this inspection our key findings were as follows:
The systems for recording MHRA and other alerts ensured that the alerts and actions were recorded and acted upon.
All external clinical waste storage bins were locked at all times.
Batch numbers, expiry dates and amounts used were always recorded when local anaesthetic was used during minor surgical procedures.
Additionally we saw that:
The system for tracking and auditing histology specimens ensured that results were received and acted upon appropriately.
Alerts denoting a child at risk were also placed on family and other household members’ computer records as appropriate.
The practice had discussed areas in the GP national survey where results were below the local and national averages and were considering ways of addressing them.
Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at South Saxon House Surgery on 27 September 2017. Overall the practice is rated as good.
Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:
The areas where the provider must make improvement are:
Ensure that all clinical (MHRA) alerts are acted upon and the actions recorded.
Ensure that all storage bins containing clinical waste are kept locked at all times.
Ensure that batch numbers, expiry dates and amounts used are always recorded when using injectable local anaesthetic.
The areas where the provider should make improvement are:
Keep the revised system for audit trailing minor surgery histology specimens under regular review.
Ensure that alerts for children at risk which are placed on the practice computer are also placed on family or other household members’ records, as appropriate.
Monitor national GP survey responses and consider ways of improving responses on any that are below local and national averages.
Chief Inspector of General Practice