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Erimus Practice Also known as The Cleveland Health Centre - Dr Anita Karn

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings

20 Cleveland Square, Cleveland Centre, Middlesbrough, TS1 2NX (01642) 242746

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Erimus Practice

All Inspections

6 July 2023

During a monthly review of our data

We carried out a review of the data available to us about Erimus Practice 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 Erimus Practice, you can give feedback on this service.

22 November

During a routine inspection

We carried out an announced inspection at Erimus Practice on 16, 22 and 25 November 2021. Overall, the practice is rated as Good.

Safe - Good

Effective - Good

Caring - Good

Responsive - Good

Well-led - Good

Why we carried out this inspection

This inspection was a comprehensive site visit inspection in line with our commitment to inspect newly registered services.

  • We inspected all five key questions (Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well led)

How we carried out the inspection

Throughout the pandemic CQC has continued to regulate and respond to risk. However, taking into account the circumstances arising as a result of the pandemic, and in order to reduce risk, we have conducted our inspections differently.

This inspection was carried out in a way which enabled us to spend a minimum amount of time on site. This was with consent from the provider and in line with all data protection and information governance requirements.

This included:

  • Conducting staff interviews using video conferencing
  • Completing clinical searches on the practice’s patient records system and discussing findings with the provider
  • Reviewing patient records to identify issues and clarify actions taken by the provider
  • Requesting evidence from the provider
  • A short site visit

Our findings

We based our judgement of the quality of care at this service 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

We found that:

  • The practice provided care in a way that kept patients safe and protected them from avoidable harm.
  • Patients received effective care and treatment that met their needs.
  • Staff dealt with patients with kindness and respect and involved them in decisions about their care.
  • The practice adjusted how it delivered services to meet the needs of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients could access care and treatment in a timely way.
  • The way the practice was led and managed promoted the delivery of high-quality, person-centre care.

Whilst we found no breaches of regulations, the provider should:

  • Take steps to ensure that correct clinical coding is applied to patient records in all cases to improve the safety and quality of clinical searches.
  • Continue their work on encouraging eligible women to take up the offer of cervical cancer screening
  • The provider should review and improve their arrangements for clinical audit at the practice. Clinical audit should be clearly linked to patient outcomes, monitored for effectiveness and comprise of two or more cycles to monitor improvements to patient outcomes.

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