We carried out a review of the data available to us about Westway Medical Centre 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.
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We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Drs Hulme, Wray, Gough, and Killough, also known as Westway Medical Centre on 10 August 2016. Overall the practice is rated as good.
Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:
Staff understood and fulfilled their responsibilities to raise concerns and report incidents and near misses.
Staff assessed patients’ needs and delivered care in line with current evidence based guidance.
Staff had the knowledge and skills to perform their duties. All staff had access to training to support them in their role.
Chief Inspector of General Practice
Patients we spoke with told us they had sufficient time during the consultation to discuss any concerns and that treatment was explained to them. The practice had procedures in place to keep people safe. The practice nurse checked each month that emergency drugs and oxygen in the practice were in stock, in date and ready to use.
The practice nurse was the infection control lead for the practice. An external audit in September 2013 confirmed the practice was maintaining good standards of infection control.
The practice carried out checks to show applicants for vacancies at the practice were suitable for the post and eligible to work in the UK. They checked the professional registration for newly employed clinical staff and this was repeated annually to show that professional registrations were up to date.
The practice had established a patient participation group (PPG). A PPG is made up of practice staff and patients that are representative of the practice population. We spoke with four patients who were members of the PPG during the inspection. They told us they felt they were listened to and were involved in how the practice was run.