The Care Quality Commission has rated a GP practice in Poplar, East London as Inadequate overall - it has now been placed into special measures.
All Saints Practice in Newby Place, Poplar, a location registered by the Hurley Group, was rated Inadequate for being safe, caring and well-led. It was rated Requires Improvement for being effective and responsive to people’s needs, following the inspection in November 2016.
CQC inspectors found that though there was a system in place for highlighting, monitoring and cascading patient safety alerts, in reality this was not being adhered to.
Patients said that the poor continuity of care made it difficult to feel involved in decisions about their care and treatment, as well as finding it difficult to make appointments.
The practice must now:
- Review its implementation of the processes to ensure appropriate receipt, action and monitoring of patient safety alerts.
- Ensure effective arrangements are implemented to assure the safe management of medicines.
- Ensure significant events are investigated thoroughly and recorded in accordance with the practice’s significant event policy.
- The practice should also ensure that written information is available to direct carers to various avenues of support that are available and that records are kept up to date.
Professor Ursula Gallagher, CQC's Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice, said:
“We are placing All Saints Practice into special measures. Services placed in special measures will be inspected again within six months. If insufficient improvements have been made such that there remains a rating of inadequate, we will take action in line with our enforcement procedures. The service will be kept under review and if needed could be escalated to urgent enforcement action. Special measures will give people who use the service the reassurance that the care they get should improve."
“Whilst patients did tell us that they were treated with compassion, dignity and respect, they also said that the poor continuity of care made it difficult to feel involved in decisions about their care and treatment.”
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