Background to this inspection
Updated
8 November 2018
Dr Pryke and Partners serves a population who live in Redditch, a town which has experienced rapid expansion. It serves approximately 16,257 patients. The practice population is the fifth least deprived decile in England. Level one represents the highest levels of deprivation and level ten the lowest. At the time of inspection this number was rapidly growing as a result of the closure of a neighbouring practice.
There are seven GP partners and three salaried GPs. Three of the GPs are male and seven are female. There are four practice nurses, two advanced nurse practitioners, three healthcare assistants and one phlebotomist. A practice manager leads a team of reception, IT and administration staff. The practice employed an administration apprentice who was provided with full training for a range of administration roles.
The practice treats patients of all ages and provides a range of medical services including NHS health checks, family planning, well-woman, baby clinic, travel vaccinations, orthopaedics, minor surgery and counselling services. It is also a training practice and regularly hosts trainee GPs and student nurses.
Parking is available on site and the practice has facilities for disabled patients.
A chaperone service is available for patients who request the service. This is advertised throughout the practice.
The practice is open between 8am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday with extended opening on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday morning from 7.30am for blood tests and Wednesday evenings 6.30pm until 8pm. It also provides a Saturday morning clinic once per month. Home visits are available for patients who are too ill to attend the practice for appointments.
The practice does not provide an out of hours service to their own patients. When the practice is closed patients are directed to contact Care UK via 111.
The practice website can be viewed at: www.winyateshc.co.uk
Updated
8 November 2018
This practice is rated as Good overall. (Previous rating 06/11/2014 – Good)
The key questions at this inspection are rated as:
Are services safe? – Good
Are services effective? – Good
Are services caring? – Good
Are services responsive? – Good
Are services well-led? - Good
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr Pryke and Partners on 11 October 2018 as part of our inspection programme.
At this inspection we found:
- The practice reviewed the effectiveness and appropriateness of the care it provided. It ensured that care and treatment was delivered according to evidence- based guidelines and best practice.
- There was an open and transparent approach to safety and a system in place for recording, reporting and learning from significant events. The practice had clear systems to manage risk so that safety incidents were less likely to happen. When incidents did happen, the practice learned from them and improved their processes.
- The practice informed us that they had completed the appropriate safeguarding training and immunisation for staff. On the day of the inspection the practice were unable to evidence that these were in date. After the inspection, the practice provided evidence that safeguarding training was completed for most staff and training was in the process of being completed.
- The practice confirmed that all staff had completed their immunisations however they were unable to evidence this on the day of inspection. After the inspection, the practice sent us evidence that all immunisations had been completed. The practice confirmed that a new procedure was in the process of being implemented in line with current Public Health (PHE) guidance.
- There was clearly defined and embedded systems, processes and practices in place to keep people safe and safeguarded from abuse and for identifying and mitigating risks of health and safety.
- There were clear responsibilities, roles and systems of accountability to support effective governance.
- The practice worked proactively with other organisations to ensure patients had access to a range of services to support their health and wellbeing.
- Staff involved treated patients with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
- The practice responded to complaints in a timely and open manner.
- There was a strong focus on continuous learning and improvement at all levels of the organisation.
The areas where the provider should make improvements are:
- Develop an effective system to record, monitor and track the immunisation status of staff members in line with Public Health England (PHE) guidance .
- Continue to monitor and review the uptake for cervical screening.
- Review systems to ensure that all staff remain up to date with the practice’s mandatory training.
- Continue to monitor patient satisfaction rates particularly in relation to access to services.
Professor Steve Field
CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP
Chief Inspector of General Practice
Please refer to the detailed report and the evidence tables for further information