Quality of care provided by a Huddersfield GP improves

Published: 30 June 2016 Page last updated: 12 May 2022
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The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by a Huddersfield GP practice to be Good, following an inspection carried out earlier this year.

CQC inspected the practice of Dr MSN Ahmed & Dr MB Ahmed (known as Bradford Road Medical Centre) on 13 April 2016. This was to check that the practice had taken sufficient action to address a number of significant shortfalls we had identified during CQCs previous inspection in August 2015.

Following the inspection in August 2015, the practice was rated as inadequate for providing safe, effective and well-led services; and good for providing caring and responsive services. Overall it was rated as inadequate.

During this inspection, CQC found that the practice had taken sufficient action to address the breaches in regulations. For example health and safety concerns had been addressed, deficits in staff training had been rectified, clinical records had improved and systems to ensure the safe management of vaccines had been implemented. Overall the practice is now rated as good.

The full report of the inspection has been published.

Sue McMillan, Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice in the North, said:

"It is clear that Dr MSN Ahmed & Dr MB Ahmed had made a significant number of improvements since our original inspection when we had major concerns relating to the safe delivery and effectiveness of services at the practice.

"With the support of NHS England and the local Clinical Commissioning Group, the practice has been able to make improvements, and is now providing a safe and clinically effective service.

"The practice had made some real improvements since our previous inspection in August 2015, where we identified serious concerns including fire, health and safety and buildings maintenance.

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

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The practice had made some real improvements since our previous inspection.

Sue McMillan, Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice in the North

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