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Archived: CESP (North East) @ Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital

Overall: Insufficient evidence to rate read more about inspection ratings

Nuffield Health, Newcastle Hospital, Clayton Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE2 1JP (0191) 212 5214

Provided and run by:
Consultant Eye Surgeons Partnership (North East) LLP

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Background to this inspection

Updated 10 August 2022

CESP (North East) @ Nuffield Health Newcastle is operated by Consultant Eye Surgeons Partnership (CESP) North East LLP. The service is provided at Nuffield Health Newcastle which is referred to as the host hospital in this report.

The service opened in January 2013.

CESP (North East) @ Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital is registered to provide the following regulated activities:

• Treatment of disease, disorder or injury;

• Surgical procedures; and

• Diagnostic and screening procedures

The service provides initial consultations, cataract surgery and follow-up under a service level agreement with Nuffield Health in Newcastle. Services are offered to adults and children. Patients can access the service directly or through GPs.

Nursing, ancillary staff and resident medical officer provision is provided through a service level agreement.

We last inspected the service in February 2018. Where we rated the service good overall, however safe was rated requires improvement across all core services.

We carried out an inspection on 24 June 2022. We announced the inspection with 24 hours’ notice because to ensure the service was operating on the day we inspected.

We undertook this inspection as part of a random selection of services which have had a recent Direct Monitoring Approach (DMA) assessment where no further action was needed to seek assurance about this decision and to identify learning about the DMA process.

When we announced the inspection, we were told the provider’s senior leadership team were not available, and that the provider had ceased providing services from 1 April 2022. This followed the ending of the provider’s service level agreement with the host hospital on 31 March 2022.

The provider had not notified the CQC with the changes to their service and had not applied to change or cancel their registration.

We carried out a site visit at the host hospital on 24 June 2022. We met with the hospital director and the matron of the host hospital. While their service was being inspected they were able to provide valuable information on the current operational status CESP (North East) @ Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital

Following our inspection we contacted the registered manager to understand what the intentions were for the service. However, on 18 July 2022 the registered manager submitted an application to deregister the provider and location.

Overall inspection

Insufficient evidence to rate

Updated 10 August 2022

The main service provided by CESP (North East) @ Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital was surgery. Where our findings on surgery also apply to other services, e.g. outpatients and diagnostic imaging, we do not repeat the information but cross-refer to the surgery section.

Due to the inactivity of the service we were unable to carry out the inspection as planned. Therefore, we have not rated this service.

However, we found:

  • The service maintained equipment safely, in line with manufacturers guidance.
  • Service level agreements were in place for equipment, which were up to date and clearly defined.

The service was not providing any regulated activities at the time of our inspection but maintained registration with us.

Services for children & young people

Insufficient evidence to rate

Updated 10 August 2022

The main service provided by CESP (North East) @ Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital was surgery. Where our findings on surgery also apply to other services, e.g. services for children and young people, we do not repeat the information but cross-refer to the surgery section.

However, the service was not providing care to children and young people at the time of our inspection.

Diagnostic imaging

Insufficient evidence to rate

Updated 10 August 2022

The main service provided by CESP (North East) @ Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital was surgery. Where our findings on surgery also apply to other services, e.g. diagnostic imaging, we do not repeat the information but cross-refer to the surgery section.

However, the service was not providing diagnostic imaging services at the time of our inspection.

Outpatients

Insufficient evidence to rate

Updated 10 August 2022

The main service provided by CESP (North East) @ Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital was surgery. Where our findings on surgery also apply to other services, e.g. outpatients, we do not repeat the information but cross-refer to the surgery section.

However, the service was not providing outpatient services at the time of our inspection.

Surgery

Insufficient evidence to rate

Updated 10 August 2022

The main service provided by CESP (North East) @ Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital was surgery. Where our findings on surgery also apply to other services, e.g. outpatients and diagnostic imaging, we do not repeat the information but cross-refer to the surgery section.

Due to the inactivity of the service we were unable to carry out the inspection as planned. Therefore, we have not rated this service.

However, we found:

  • The service maintained equipment safely, in line with manufacturers guidance.
  • Service level agreements were in place for equipment, which were up to date and clearly defined.

The service was not providing any regulated activities at the time of our inspection but maintained registration with us.