We have not revisited The Liphook and Liss Surgery as part of this review because it was able to demonstrate that it was meeting the standards without the need for a visit.
During a routine inspection
Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out a focused desktop inspection of The Liphook and Liss Surgery in October 2016 to assess whether the practice had made the improvements in providing safe care and services.
We had previously carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at The Liphook and Liss Surgery on 21 July 2015 when we rated the practice as good overall. The practice was rated as good for being effective, caring, responsive and well-led and requires improvement for providing safe care. This was because we found that risks to patients and staff in relation to fire safety had not been fully assessed, and there was no record of fire safety training for staff. Following our last inspection we asked the provider to send a report of the changes they would make to comply with the regulations they were not meeting at that time.
The practice was able to demonstrate that they were meeting the standards for safe care and is now rated as good for providing safe care. The overall rating for the practice remains as good.
This report should be read in conjunction with the full inspection report.
Our key findings across the areas we inspected in October 2016 were as follows:
- There were full risk assessments in place for the management of fire safety at both branches of the practice, and staff had received appropriate training in relation to fire safety.
Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)
Chief Inspector of General Practice