We carried out a review of the data available to us about Beechwood Medical Practice 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 focussed inspection at Beechwood Medical Practice on 15 August 2019 as part of our inspection programme.
We decided to undertake an inspection of this service following our annual review of the information available to us. This inspection looked at whether the practice provided effective and well led services.
The practice was previously inspected in December 2015 and in the report published in February 2016 there was a recommendation that the practice should review the protocol for the safe management of medicines in the practice including emergency medicines and to ensure that staff understood and followed the procedures for the handling and safe storage of prescriptions.
During this inspection, we identified these areas had all been rectified and we saw evidence that the medicine stock was checked every month by the practice pharmacist and logged on a record sheet which was kept in the drug cupboard. This cupboard was in the minor treatment room, the door of which was kept locked when not in use.
We also saw evidence of an excel spreadsheet which was used for tracking prescription usage and the location where they were used. Prescriptions were kept in a locked cupboard and were signed out with a recording made of the date and serial numbers. Rooms where prescriptions were used were kept locked when not in use and printers had locks on the trays to show that and further detail is available in the evidence tables.
We based our judgement of the quality of care at this service on a combination of:
We have rated this practice as good for providing effective and well led services because:
We rated all population groups as good.
The areas where the provider should make improvement are:
Details of our findings and the evidence supporting our ratings are set out in the evidence tables.
Dr Rosie Benneyworth BM BS BMedSci MRCGP
Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Beechwood Medical Practiceon 15 December 2015. Overall the practice is rated as good.
Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:
We saw two areas of outstanding practice:
The practice had well developed and embedded support systems for carers, including younger carers, who were identified by the practice for a carers’ assessment which could take place at the practice or at the patient’s home. The carers were directed to appropriate services and invited to be part of regular meetings at the practice.
All patients registered with the practice were contacted by the nurse practitioner when they were discharged from hospital, who could arrange for further visits or support as needed. This had impacted on the admission rate of patients as their care was well managed.
The areas where the provider should make improvement are:
Review the protocol for the safe management of medicines in the practice including emergency medicines.
Ensure staff understand and follow the procedures for the handling and safe storage of prescriptions.
Chief Inspector of General Practice