• Doctor
  • GP practice

Brewer Street Surgery Also known as Brewer Street Surgery

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings

4 Brewer Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1RU (01622) 755401

Provided and run by:
Brewer Street Surgery

All Inspections

During an assessment under our new approach

Date of Assessment: 7 May 2026. Brewer Street Surgery is a GP practice and delivers services to approximately 9,079 people under a contract held with NHS England. According to the latest available data, the ethnic make-up of the service area is approximately 84.9% White, 7.76% Asian, 2.6% Mixed, 2.8% Black and 2% Other. Information published by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities shows deprivation within the service population group is in the 6 decile (6 of 10). The lower the decile, the more deprived the service population is relative to others.

This was a focused assessment. We undertook this assessment due to the length of time since our last assessment. We assessed 10 quality statements from across all 5 key questions. This assessment considered the demographics of the people using the service, the context the service was working within and how this impacted service delivery. Where relevant, further commentary is provided in the quality statements section of this report.

Staff kept facilities clean and maintained equipment appropriately to ensure people were kept safe. They assessed and managed the risk of infection well and took steps to control the risk of it spreading. There were enough staff with the right skills, qualifications and experience.

Staff supported people to live healthier lives, monitoring their care and treatment to ensure they received positive and consistent outcomes.

Staff treated people with kindness, empathy and compassion, and respected their privacy and dignity.

People could access care, treatment and support when they needed it. Leaders and staff were alert to discrimination and inequality that could disadvantage groups of people who used the service and sought ways to address any barriers.

The service had a clear vision and strategy, which considered the needs of the people who used their service and the wider community. Staff understood their individual roles and responsibilities. Leaders accounted for the actions, behaviours and performance of staff through clear and effective governance processes.

7 December 2016

During a routine inspection

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Drs Johnson, Garrett & Mitchell (also known as Brewer Street Surgery) on 7 December 2016. 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 an effective system 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 been trained to provide them with 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 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.

  • Translation services were available to patients whose first language was not English.

  • The practice had developed a wide range of other services for patients. The practice objective was to place the patients at the heart of the services, rather than the patients being sent through the health care system to access the services.

  • There was a clear leadership structure and staff felt supported by management. The practice 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:

  • Ensure that staff are aware of what constitutes a ‘near miss’ in terms of incident reporting.

  • Continue to ensure the recording of medicines used during minor surgery are appropriately recorded.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice