• Doctor
  • Independent doctor

Harley Street Hospital

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings

19 Harley Street, London, W1G 9QJ

Provided and run by:
Harley Street Hospital Limited

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Background to this inspection

Updated 31 May 2019

The Harley Street Hospital is a provider of private healthcare specialist treatments specifically relating to spine and orthopaedic care, female healthcare, andrology, examinations and full health checks.

The service is located in a four-storey building which has an operating theatre, recovery room, scrubs room, pharmacy, reception and client waiting areas on two floors and three consultation rooms. The service is located at the following address:-

19 Harley St, London, W1G 9QJ

The provider offers it services to clients aged 12 upwards, and is the office is open during the following times:-

  • 9am – 7pm (Monday to Friday)
  • 10am – 4pm (Saturday, Sunday)

The service has three doctors (two male and one female), who see clients at the registered location.

The provider has a registered manager. A registered manager is a person who is registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

Harley Street Hospital is registered to conduct the following regulated activities under the Health and Social Care Act 2008: -

  • Diagnostic and screening procedures
  • Treatment of disease, disorder and injury
  • Surgical procedures

How we inspected this service

Prior to the inspection, we reviewed information about the service provide to us by the service. We also provided comment cards to the service for service users to complete prior to our inspection.

On the day of inspection, we spoke with the registered manager, a consultant doctor, hospital co-ordinator, HR co-ordinator, healthcare assistant and hospital pharmacist.

To get to the heart of patients’ experiences of care and treatment, we always ask the following five questions:

  • Is it safe?
  • Is it effective?
  • Is it caring?
  • Is it responsive to people’s needs?
  • Is it well-led?

These questions therefore formed the framework for the areas we looked at during the inspection.

Overall inspection

Good

Updated 31 May 2019

This service is rated as Good overall.

The key questions are rated as:

Are services safe? – Good

Are services effective? – Good

Are services caring? – Good

Are services responsive? – Good

Are services well-led? – Good

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at the Harley Street Hospital on 3 April 2019. This inspection was undertaken as part of our programme of inspecting independent doctor services registered with the Commission. This inspection was the first rated inspection of this service.

The Harley Street Hospital is a private hospital located on Harley Street in London. The service offers a range of specialist treatments which include orthopaedic care, non-surgical and rehabilitation services, spinal care, a range of exam services including cardio exam and full health checks.

The service manager is the registered manager. A registered manager is a person who is registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

Our key findings were:

  • The service assessed need and delivered care in line with current legislation, standards and evidence-based guidance.
  • The service organised and delivered services to meet patients’ needs.
  • Actions identified on the most recent external health and safety evaluation of the service had been completed.
  • The service treated patients with kindness, respect and compassion.
  • User feedback was used to improve on services provided.
  • The service had the capacity and skills to deliver quality care

The areas where the provider should make improvements are:

  • Evaluate processes to enable regular dissemination of patient medicine and safety alerts.

Dr Rosie Benneyworth BM BS BMedSci MRCGP

Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care