We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Drs Green Broadbelt and Majeed, Vittoria Medical Centre on 19 March 2019 as part of our inspection programme.

We based our judgement of the quality of care at this service on a combination of:

• what we found when we inspected
• information from our ongoing monitoring of data about services and
• information from the provider, patients, the public and other organisations.

We have rated this

practice as requires improvement overall and requires improvement for all population groups.

We rated the practice as good for providing effective, caring and well led services.

We found:

• The practice had some safe systems and practices in place such as those in respect of safeguarding people from abuse, prevention and control of infections, safe recruitment of staff and management of health and safety risks.

• There was equipment and medicines for use in emergencies and these were checked and documented. However, we found some equipment in GP bags that had not been serviced or calibrated as required.
• Blank prescriptions were logged in and out for use at the practice, however they were left in printers overnight and in unused rooms.
• Patients received effective care and treatment that met their needs. We saw that clinicians treated and cared for patients in line with current best practice guidelines and legislation.
• The practice understood the needs of its patients’ population and delivered care and treatment tailored to the individual’s needs.
• Staff dealt with patients with kindness and respect and involved them in decisions about their care. Feedback from patients was very positive about care, treatment and access at this practice.
• The practice organised and delivered services to meet patients’ needs. Patients could access care and treatment in a timely way.
• The way the practice was led and managed promoted the delivery of person-centre care. There was evidence of clinical and internal audits being undertaken which demonstrated outcome improvements. However, there was no formal audit programme based on national, local and service priorities.

The overall rating for this practice was requires improvement due to concerns in providing safe and responsive care, these areas affected all population groups so we rated all population groups as requires improvement.

We rated the practice as requires improvement for providing safe services because:

• The practice did not have appropriate systems in place for the safe management of medicines. This was in respect of the monitoring of prescribed high-risk medicines and acting in accordance with patient safety alerts related to medicines.

We rated the practice as requires improvement for providing responsive services because:

• Complaints were not responded to effectively and appropriate action was not taken in response to issues raised by the complainant.
• Communication with the complainant did not include information about possible learning from the event or information about how the patient could escalate the complaint if they were dissatisfied with the outcome of the investigation.

The areas where the provider must make improvements are:

• Ensure that care and treatment is provided in a safe way, in particular, management of high risk medicines.
• Establish effective systems and processes to ensure complaints are handled and responded to in accordance with the fundamental standards of care.

(Please see the specific details on action required at the end of this report).

The areas where the provider should make improvements are:

• Review the practice's systems for checking and monitoring equipment considering relevant guidance and ensure that all equipment is maintained, in particular, equipment held by GPs in their bags.
• Review the security of NHS prescription pads in the practice clinical areas and ensure there are systems in place to keep them safe.
• Develop and implement a protocol for the checking of prescriptions waiting to be collected to ensure they were not left without investigation for too long.
• Develop an audit programme/plan that is based on national, local and practice priorities.
• Continue to monitor and actively improve prescribing of antibiotics and hypnotics.
• Review the system and process for receiving information about non-attenders at secondary care appointments, including children.
• Continue to monitor and actively encourage the uptake of cervical screening for eligible women.

Details of our findings and the evidence supporting our ratings are set out in the evidence tables.

Dr Rosie Benneyworth BM BS BMedSci MRCGP

Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Drs Green, Broadbelt and Majeed on the 12 November 2015. The overall rating for the practice was good and safe required improvement. The full comprehensive report on the inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Drs Green, Broadbelt and Majeed on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

This inspection was a desk-based review carried out on 22 February 2017 to confirm that the practice had carried out their plan to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breach in regulation that we identified in our previous inspection on 12 November 2015. This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements and also additional improvements made since our last inspection.

After the comprehensive inspection the practice wrote to us to say what they would do to meet the following legal requirements set out in the Health and Social Care Act (HSCA) 2008:

Regulation 19 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 ‘Fit and proper persons employed.’

Our key findings were as follows:

• The practice had addressed the issues identified during the previous inspection.

• They had provided up to date DBS checks on all staff working at the practice.Staff files had been updated to include all required checks when staff started at the practice.

• The systems in place for monitoring equipment and medicines had been improved to include regular audits.

• All significant events and complaints were recorded and investigated with the findings shared with staff to promote learning at practice meetings.

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Drs Edwards, Green and Broadbelt on the 12th November 2015. Overall the practice is rated as good.

Our key findings were as follows:

• Clinical staff regularly reviewed significant events although there was no formal system to share learning amongst the whole staff team to identify and learn from events. Staff understood and fulfilled their responsibilities to raise concerns and report incidents. Staff were aware of procedures for safeguarding patients from risk of abuse.

• Some of the staff files lacked evidence of necessary checks such as: no photographic identification, checks with the professional registered body, medical review and no evidence of a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check. (These checks identify whether a person has a criminal record or is on an official list of people barred from working in roles where they may have contact with children or adults who may be vulnerable.)

• The practice was clean and tidy. The practice had good facilities in a purpose built building with access for patients with disabilities.
• The clinical staff proactively sought to educate patients to improve their lifestyles by regularly inviting patients for health assessments. Services were planned and delivered to take into account the needs of different patient groups.

• The practice worked closely with other organisations and with the local community in planning how services were provided to ensure that they met people’s needs.

• Patients spoke highly about the practice and the whole staff team. Feedback from patients about their care was consistent and strongly positive.

• The practice sought patient views about improvements that could be made to the service, including through the Patient Participation Group (PPG).
• Information about services and how to complain was available in a formal format however there was no adapted format to help some patients to better understand the complaints policy. The practice proactively sought feedback from staff and patients, which it acted upon.

• There was a clear leadership structure with delegated duties distributed amongst the team and staff felt supported by management. The staff worked well together as a team.

• There were systems in place to monitor and improve quality and identify risk.

We saw areas of outstanding practice including:

• The practice staff organised a number of community initiatives. Previously they had held an awareness day for carers and some patients received assistance to help them access respite and in raising awareness for supportive organisations such as MIND and the Alzheimer’s Society. They had also raised funds to provide a Jubilee party for patients within the community who were over 65 years and over 70 patients attended. The GPs had subsidised the party and meal.

There were areas of practice where the provider must make improvements.

• Take action to ensure its recruitment policy and procedures are improved to ensure necessary employment checks are in place for all staff and the required information in respect of workers is held. Health and Social Care Act 2008 Fit and Proper Person Employed. (Regulated Activities) 2014 Regulations 19 1)2)4)5).

However there were areas of practice where the provider should make improvements:

• To share all serious incidents of risk and complaints with all staff to help improve shared learning within the practice.

• The systems in place for monitoring equipment and medicines should be improved to ensure continuous safety checks.

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice