Dr Kulvinder Singh, 10a Northumberland Court, Shepway, Maidstone.

Dr Kulvinder Singh in 10a Northumberland Court, Shepway, Maidstone is a Doctors/GP specialising in the provision of services relating to diagnostic and screening procedures, family planning services, maternity and midwifery services, services for everyone, surgical procedures and treatment of disease, disorder or injury. The last inspection date here was 19th September 2017

Dr Kulvinder Singh is managed by Dr Kulvinder Singh.

Contact Details:

Address: Dr Kulvinder Singh The Medical Centre 10a Northumberland Court Shepway Maidstone ME15 7LN United Kingdom Telephone: 01622753920 Website: http://www.themedicalcentregroup.co.uk

Ratings:

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Further Details:

Important Dates:

Last Inspection		2017-09-19
Last Published		2017-09-19

Local Authority:

Kent

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Inspection Reports:

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16th August 2017 - During an inspection to make sure that the improvements required had been made

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr Kulvinder Singh on 16 December 2016. The overall rating for the practice was good. The practice was rated as requires improvement for providing safe services and rated as good for providing effective, caring, responsive and well-led services. The full comprehensive report on the December 2016 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Dr Kulvinder Singh on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

This inspection was an announced focused inspection conducted on 17 August 2017 to confirm that the practice had carried out their plan to meet the legal requirements, in relation to the breaches in regulations that we identified in our previous inspection on 16 December 2016. This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements and also additional improvements made since our last inspection.

Overall the practice is now rated as good.

Our key findings were as follows:

• The practice had ensured that the arrangements for managing medicines in the practice kept patients safe. Controlled drugs were no longer stored within the practice.

The practice had also taken appropriate action to address areas where they should make improvements:

• The practice had taken appropriate measures to ensure they identified patients who are also carers to help ensure they are offered appropriate support. The practice had identified 100 patients as carers (1% of the practice list).

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice

13th December 2016 - During a routine inspection

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr Kulvinder Singh on 16 December 2016. The overall rating for the practice was good. The practice was rated as requires improvement for providing safe services and rated as good for providing effective, caring, responsive and well-led services. The full comprehensive report on the December 2016 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Dr Kulvinder Singh on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

This inspection was an announced focused inspection conducted on 17 August 2017 to confirm that the practice had carried out their plan to meet the legal requirements, in relation to the breaches in regulations that we identified in our previous inspection on 16 December 2016. This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements and also additional improvements made since our last inspection.

Overall the practice is now rated as good.

Our key findings were as follows:

• The practice had ensured that the arrangements for managing medicines in the practice kept patients safe. Controlled drugs were no longer stored within the practice.

The practice had also taken appropriate action to address areas where they should make improvements:

• The practice had taken appropriate measures to ensure they identified patients who are also carers to help ensure they are offered appropriate support. The practice had identified 100 patients as carers (1% of the practice list).

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice