Updated 24 December 2015
Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection of this practice on 20 November 2014. A breach of legal requirements was found. After the comprehensive inspection, the practice wrote to us to say what they would do to meet legal requirements in relation to ensuring robust processes were in place for the dispensing and management of medicines.
The practice did not have appropriate arrangements in place for managing medicines. The practice held stocks of controlled drugs (medicines that require extra checks and special storage arrangements because of their potential for misuse) and had in place standard procedures that set out how they were managed. However these procedures were not consistently followed by the practice staff.
The practice made information available to us. We undertook a desk top inspection to check that they had followed their plan and to confirm that they now met legal requirements. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the ‘all reports' link for on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.