Updated 31 August 2018
Fenny Compton Surgery is a rural practice in Warwickshire with a branch site at Shenington, near Banbury in Oxfordshire. The practice area covers three counties and has low deprivation levels. The practice is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as a partnership provider and holds a General Medical Services (GMS) contract with NHS England. The GMS contract is a contract agreed nationally between general practices and NHS England for primary care services to local communities. At the time of our inspection, Fenny Compton Surgery was providing medical care to 5,305 patients.
The practice offers a full range of primary medical services and is able to provide pharmaceutical services to those patients on the practice list who live more than one mile (1.6km) from their nearest pharmacy premises. The practice dispenses to 99% of the practice population. We visited the branch site during the inspection in order to look at the dispensary.
The practice provides additional GP services commissioned by the NHS South Warwickshire 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. Additional services include minor surgery, leg ulcer management and anticoagulation monitoring.
Parking is available on site and disabled car parking spaces are provided. The practice has facilities for disabled patients. All consulting rooms are on the ground floor.
There are two GP partners (one male, one female) and three salaried GPs. They are supported by the practice manager, a dispensary manager, one practice nurse, two healthcare assistants, a dispensing team and a reception and administrative team.
Fenny Compton Surgery is an approved training practice for trainee GPs. A trainee GP is a qualified doctor who is training to become a GP through a period of working and training in a practice. There is currently one GP trainee working at the practice. The practice also provides placements for medical students from Warwick University.
The main practice is open between 9am and 6pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Appointments are available on these days between 9am and 11.40am and 3pm and 5.30pm. On Thursdays, the practice is open between 9am and 1pm; appointments are available between 9am and 11.40am.
The branch site in Shenington is open between 9am and 1pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Appointments are available between 9am and 11.40am on these days. The branch site is open from 9am until 6pm on Thursdays; appointments are available between 9am and 11.40am and from 3pm until 5.30pm. The on call GP is available between 8am and 9am and 6pm until 6.30pm. Both sites are closed at weekends.
When the practice is closed, patients are directed to the NHS 111 service.
The practice website can be viewed at www.fennycomptonandsheningtonsurgery.nhs.uk.
Why we carried out this inspection
We undertook a comprehensive inspection of Fenny Compton Surgery on 5 December 2017 under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. The practice was rated as good overall, but was rated as requires improvement for providing safe services. The full comprehensive report following the inspection in December 2017 can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Fenny Compton Surgery on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
We undertook a follow up focused inspection of Fenny Compton Surgery on 15 August 2018. This inspection was carried out to review in detail the actions taken by the practice to improve the quality of care and to confirm that the practice was now meeting legal requirements.