London Circumcision Clinic

Updated 11 July 2022

London Circumcision Clinic provides circumcision services from premises in London, and it has been registered with CQC since 2017.

The service is based on the first floor of a building above a row of shops, and is shared with a dental practice which owns the building. It is located in the borough of Hounslow and provides solely private health services. The services offered were faith and non-faith based cultural circumcision services for all age groups. Services are offered to children under the age of five, with very few patients over that age in the last two years.. The patients seen at the practice are often seen for single treatments and as such the clinic does not keep a patient list. The service is currently open on Sundays only. The service is currently registered with the CQC to provide surgical procedures only.

The service’s doctor is the 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. The lead clinician is supported by a receptionist.

During the inspection we utilised a number of methods to support our judgement of the services provided. For example, we interviewed staff, and reviewed documents relating to the service.

To get to the heart of patients’ experiences of care and treatment, we always ask the following five questions:

• Is it safe?
• Is it effective?
• Is it caring?
• Is it responsive to people’s needs?
• Is it well-led?

These questions therefore formed the framework for the areas we looked at during the inspection.

Updated 11 July 2022

This service is rated as Good overall. We had previously carried out an announced comprehensive inspection of London Circumcision Clinic on 9 June 2018. This inspection was unrated, but the service was found to be operating in line with CQC Regulations in all five key questions. We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at London Circumcision Clinic on 5 June 2022.

Following this inspection, the key questions are rated as

Are services safe? – Good

Are services effective? – Good

Are services caring? – Good

Are services responsive? – Good

Are services well-led? – Good

At this inspection we found that the practice had addressed all of the issues from the previous inspection.

We found that:

• The service provided care in a way that kept patients safe and protected them from avoidable harm.
• Patients received effective care and treatment that met their needs.
• Staff dealt with patients with kindness and respect and involved them in decisions about their care.
• The service organised and delivered services to meet patients’ needs. Patients could access care and treatment in a timely way.
• The way the practice was led and managed promoted the delivery of high-quality, person-centre care.

Dr Rosie Benneyworth BM BS BMedSci MRCGP
Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care