Barnet MRI Centre, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet.Barnet MRI Centre in Wellhouse Lane, Barnet is a Diagnosis/screening specialising in the provision of services relating to diagnostic and screening procedures and services for everyone. The last inspection date here was 17th April 2019 Contact Details:
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24th January 2019 - During an inspection to make sure that the improvements required had been made
Barnet MRI Centre is operated by InHealth Limited. The service is situated in a unit shared between the provider and the NHS host trust. The unit sees both NHS and private patients on an outpatient basis; as well as providing a service for inpatients from the host trust. Both adults and children under 18 years old are seen at the unit.
The unit contains one MRI scanner that belongs to a third party. The unit is separately staffed by InHealth. The opening hours are Monday to Friday, 7am until 9pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 8am until 8pm.
The service is part of the host trust’s ‘one stop shop’ for prostate and breast cancer clinics.
We inspected this location under our diagnostic and imaging inspection methodology. We carried out our visit as an unannounced inspection lasting one day, on 24 January 2019, with two CQC inspectors and a specialist advisor.
To get to the heart of patients’ experiences of care and treatment, we ask the same five questions of all services: are they safe, effective, caring, responsive to people's needs, and well-led? Where we have a legal duty to do so we rate services’ performance against each key question as outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate.
Throughout the inspection, we took account of what people told us and how the provider understood and complied with the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Services we rate
This was the first time we rated this service. We rated it as good overall.
We rated this service as good because:
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Following this inspection, we told the provider that it should make improvements, even though a regulation had not been breached, to help the service improve. Details are at the end of the report.
Dr Nigel Acheson
Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals (London and South East England)
1st July 2013 - During a routine inspection
We spoke with five people, who all told us they were happy with the quality of the service they had received. One person said " I've got no complaints, this is a great service." All the staff were kind, patient and caring. The staff did not rush patients and were very calm. People commented on staff not rushing them and allowing them to ask questions. One person said "the staff here are calm and in control - you feel very safe." We observed all the patients were given time to get comfortable in the scanner. Staff ensured that patients were warm by giving them blankets. They were then given ear plugs, ear protectors and a buzzer to call staff if they had any concerns during the scan. One person said "I knew it was going to be noisy but having some one talking to me really helped." The MRI scanner was serviced and checked four times a year. If the staff had concerns about the safety of the scanner it was shut down immediately for maintenance to occur The provider required all staff to undertake mandatory training yearly. We asked patients their views of the staff who had supported them during the MRI scan. All five people gave them high praise. One said "the staff were amazing." We spoke with five people, who all told us they were happy with the quality of the service they had received. One person said "I've got no complaints, this is a great service."
21st November 2011 - During a routine inspection
Safety checks and risk assessments were carried out before MRI scans were undertaken. This ensured patients’ safety during the process. Privacy and confidentiality were maintained as much as possible in the restricted space available to the service. Patients were given information on what to expect before coming for the scan and one person described the experience as ‘perfect’.
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