Dr Michael Mitchell, Northwood.Dr Michael Mitchell in Northwood is a Doctors/GP specialising in the provision of services relating to diagnostic and screening procedures, services for everyone and treatment of disease, disorder or injury. The last inspection date here was 11th July 2019 Contact Details:
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31st October 2017 - During a routine inspection
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection on 31 October 2017 to ask the service the following key questions; Are services safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led?
Our findings were:
Are services safe?
We found that this service was not providing safe care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
Are services effective?
We found that this service was not providing effective care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
Are services caring?
We found that this service was providing caring services in accordance with the relevant regulations.
Are services responsive?
We found that this service was providing responsive care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
Are services well-led?
We found that this service was not providing well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations.
Background
Dr Michael Mitchell is an independent provider of general medical services and treats both adults and children from a location at 2 Dene Road, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2AD. The provider is a single-handed private GP who is supported by two reception staff. The location is inaccessible to patients with mobility issues however home visits are offered to those who are unable to attend.
The provider is registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide the regulated activities of diagnostic and screening procedures and treatment of disease, disorder or injury. Services provided include the management of long-term conditions, flu, chicken pox, meningitis B & travel vaccinations, childhood immunisations, well persons examinations & health screening, HIV testing, end of life care, substance misuse, cryotherapy and wound management.
Appointments are available weekdays from 8am to 12pm which includes a walk-in service. For out of hours care the provider has an agreement with a private locum agency, alternatively patients are signposted to the local urgent care centre. The GP has an active list of over 1000 patients and provides an average of four consultations a day.
Our key findings were:
We identified regulations that were not being met and the provider must:
You can see full details of the regulations not being met at the end of this report.
In addition the provider should:
Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP
Chief Inspector of General Practice
1st January 1970 - During a routine inspection
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection on 31/10/17 to ask the service the following key questions; Are services safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led? At the inspection we found the provider was not meeting the regulations for providing safe, effective and well-led care. The full comprehensive report on the October 2017 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Dr Michael Mitchell on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 29/11/18 to confirm that the practice had taken action to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breaches in regulations that we identified in our previous inspection on 31/10/17. This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements.
At this inspection we found the provider had made the necessary improvements
Our key findings were:
There were areas where the provider could make improvements and should:
Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP
Chief Inspector of General Practice
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