Folkestone GP to exit Special Measures

Published: 17 November 2017 Page last updated: 3 November 2022
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England’s Chief Inspector of General Practice has taken a Folkestone GP practice out of special measures following improvements in the quality of its services. 

Central Surgery (Dr Yogesh Amin) in in Cheriton Road, Folkestone, Kent had been rated Inadequate during an inspection in February 2017, when the practice was placed into special measures.

During the latest inspection in October 2017, inspectors found that the practice had made a significant number of improvements and the practice is now rated Good overall. The practice was rated as Good for being safe, caring, effective, responsive to people’s needs and well-led.

Read the full inspection report.

The practice put an action plan in place to ensure that inspectors found significant improvements when they returned in October 2017.

Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:

  • There were systems in place for the safe prescribing and monitoring of medicines.
  • The practice had clear leadership and a documented strategy for the service involving the proposed merging of the service with a neighbouring practice.
  • The practice knew their patients and listened to them. They had an established patient participation group and they told us they felt valued and spoke highly of the service.

Professor Steve Field, Chief Inspector of General Practice, said:

"It is clear that Central Surgery has made some real improvements since our previous inspection where we identified concerns relating to the safe delivery of services and leadership of the practice.

"The practice is now providing a safe, caring and effective service. I am pleased to announce that the practice will come out of special measures and I congratulate them on the progress that they have made.”

Ruth Rankine, Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice for the South of England, said:

“During our recent inspection of Central Surgery we found a number of significant improvements had been made in all areas and that action had been taken to identify, assess and manage risks to patients.

“We are pleased to see that the hard work and strong commitment from all practice staff to deliver improved services has resulted in higher standards of care for their patients. I congratulate them on the concentrated effort this has taken, the practice should be very proud of this achievement.”

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We are pleased to see that the hard work and strong commitment from all practice staff to deliver improved services has resulted in higher standards of care for their patients.

Ruth Rankine, Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice for the South of England

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