Adlington Medical Centre in Anderton, Chorley is a Doctors/GP specialising in the provision of services relating to diagnostic and screening procedures, maternity and midwifery services, services for everyone and treatment of disease, disorder or injury. The last inspection date here was 17th January 2017
Adlington Medical Centre is managed by Dr Nimalendran Muttucumaru who are also responsible for 5 other locations
Contact Details:
Address:
Adlington Medical Centre 22-24 Babylon Lane Anderton Chorley PR6 9NW United Kingdom
Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at the practice of Adlington Medical Centre on 6 December 2016. Overall the practice is rated as good.
Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:
Staff understood and fulfilled their responsibilities to raise concerns and to report incidents and near misses. Information about safety was recorded, monitored, appropriately reviewed and addressed.
Risks to patients were assessed and well managed, including those relating to recruitment checks.
Patients’ needs were assessed and care was planned and delivered following best practice guidance. Staff had received training appropriate to their roles and any further training needs had been identified and planned.
Data showed patient outcomes were comparable to those locally and nationally.
Feedback from patients about their care was strongly positive,
Patients said they were treated with compassion, dignity and respect and they were involved in their care and decisions about their treatment.
The practice implemented suggestions for improvements and made changes to the way it delivered services as a result of feedback from patients.
Information about services and how to complain was available and easy to understand.
Patient’s views were positive when asked how easy it was to make an appointment including availability of same day appointments.
The practice had good facilities and was well equipped to treat patients and meet their needs.
There was a clear leadership structure and staff felt supported by management. The practice proactively sought feedback from staff and patients, which it acted on.