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Kirkgate Surgery

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings

3 Kirkgate, Birstall, Batley, West Yorkshire, WF17 9HE (01924) 420242

Provided and run by:
Kirkgate Surgery

All Inspections

6 July 2023

During a monthly review of our data

We carried out a review of the data available to us about Kirkgate Surgery 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.

If you have concerns about Kirkgate Surgery, you can give feedback on this service.

During an inspection looking at part of the service

We carried out an announced focused inspection at Kirkgate Surgery on 26 September 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 the following key questions; are services effective and are services well-led.

Because of the assurance received from our review of information we carried forward the ratings for the following key questions: are services safe, are services caring, are services responsive.

Our judgement of the quality of care at this service is based on a combination of what we found when we inspected, information from our ongoing monitoring of data about services and information from the provider, patients, the public and other organisations.

We have rated this practice as good overall and good for the population groups and requires improvement for working age people (including those recently retired and students).

We found that:

  • Patients received effective care and treatment that met their needs.
  • The way the practice was led and managed promoted the delivery of high-quality, person-centre care.

The areas where the provider should make improvements are:

  • Continue to review and improve hypnotic prescribing.
  • Continue to review and improve cervical screening uptake.
  • Continue to improve the breast cancer screening rate.

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

11 November 2015

During a routine inspection

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Kirkgate Surgery on 11 November 2015. Overall the practice is rated as good.

Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:

  • There was an open and transparent approach to safety and a system in place for reporting and recording significant events.
  • Risks to patients were assessed and well managed.
  • Staff assessed patients’ needs and delivered care in line with current evidence based guidance. Staff had the skills, knowledge and experience to deliver effective care and treatment.
  • Patients said they were treated with compassion, dignity and respect and they were involved in their care and decisions about their treatment.
  • Information about services and how to complain was available and easy to understand.
  • Patients said they found it easy to make an appointment with a named GP and that there was continuity of care, with urgent appointments available the same day.
  • The practice had good facilities and was well equipped to treat patients and meet their needs.
  • There was a clear leadership structure and staff felt supported by management. The practice proactively sought feedback from staff and patients, which it acted on.
  • The provider was aware of and complied with the requirements of the Duty of Candour.

The areas where the provider should make improvement are:

  • In the recording, monitoring, action planning and identification of any themes and trends relating to significant events.
  • To have a process to check that staff have appropriate and current registration with a professional regulator and medical indemnity.
  • Use of the functionality of the computer record system should be improved by further IT training by clinical staff.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice