Dr Ravi Sharma - Care Quality Commission

Background to this inspection

Updated 20 April 2017

Dr Ravi Sharma is a single handed practice which provides primary care services to approximately 2735 under a Personal Medical Services (PMS) contract.

The practice is situated in the centre of Mansfield in a shared building that is accessible to patients with wheelchairs and those with limited mobility.
There is a car park at the practice and is close to bus routes and train station.
Services are provided from St Peter's Medical Practice, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 1EE.
The practice consists of one GP (male), a practice nurse and a health care assistant (HCA). The practice was also supported by a long term locum two days per week.
When the practice is closed patients are able to use the NHS 111 out of hours service.
The practice has a lower than average number of patients aged 0 to 24 years of age.
The practice has high deprivation and sits in the third more deprived centile.
The practice is registered to provide the following regulated activities; surgical procedures; maternity and midwifery services, diagnostic and screening procedures and treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
The practice lies within the NHS Mansfield and Ashfield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). A CCG is an organisation that brings together local GPs and experienced health professionals to take on commissioning responsibilities for local health services.
The practice is open between 8.30am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday. Appointments are from 8.30am to 10.40am and 4pm to 5.40pm.

Overall inspection

Good

Updated 20 April 2017

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr Ravi Sharma on 1 September 2016. The overall rating for the practice was requires improvement. The full comprehensive report on the September 2016 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Dr Ravi Sharma on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 21 March 2017 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 1 September 2016. 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.

Our key findings were as follows:

The practice had implemented a procedure for the monitoring and management of high risk medication and patients receiving.
The practice had clinical meetings in place with the nurse, GP and the long term locum.
The practice had an improvement plan including clinical audits.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)

Chief Inspector of General Practice