Elsenham Surgery, Elsenham, Bishops Stortford.

Elsenham Surgery in Elsenham, Bishops Stortford 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 4th August 2016

Elsenham Surgery is managed by Elsenham Surgery.

Contact Details:

Address: Elsenham Surgery Station Road Elsenham Bishops Stortford CM22 6LA United Kingdom Telephone: 01279814705 Website: http://www.elsenhamsurgery.co.uk

Ratings:

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Further Details:

Important Dates:

Last Inspection		2016-08-04
Last Published		2016-08-04

Local Authority:

Essex

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Inspection Reports:

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12th July 2016 - During an inspection to make sure that the improvements required had been made

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

On 12th November 2015, we carried out a comprehensive inspection at Elsenham Surgery. Overall the practice was rated as good, with requires improvement for safe services. This was because we found that the practice did not have a controlled medicines register for the GP's bag, the cabinets where controlled medicines were stored were not compliant with the storage requirements for controlled medicines and we were not satisfied that medicines in the dispensary were only accessible to authorised staff.

In relation to this, the practice was issued with a requirement notice for improvement. We also made advisory comments that entries in the controlled medicines record should be made in ink rather than pencil.

After this inspection the practice sent us an action plan that identified how they would achieve the improvements and the date when they would be completed. We then carried out an announced focused inspection at Elsenham Surgery on 12th July 2016 to check that the necessary improvements had been made.

Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:

• There was a controlled medicines register in the GP's bag;
• The cabinet where controlled medicines were stored was compliant with storage requirements for controlled medicines;
• Steps had been taken to improve security and access so that medicines were only available to authorised staff;
• Entries in the controlled medicines register were made in ink rather than pencil.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice

30th November 2015 - During a routine inspection

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

On 12th November 2015, we carried out a comprehensive inspection at Elsenham Surgery. Overall the practice was rated as good, with requires improvement for safe services. This was because we found that the practice did not have a controlled medicines register for the GP's bag, the cabinets where controlled medicines were stored were not compliant with the storage requirements for controlled medicines and we were not satisfied that medicines in the dispensary were only accessible to authorised staff.

In relation to this, the practice was issued with a requirement notice for improvement. We also made advisory comments that entries in the controlled medicines record should be made in ink rather than pencil.

After this inspection the practice sent us an action plan that identified how they would achieve the improvements and the date when they would be completed. We then carried out an announced focused inspection at Elsenham Surgery on 12th July 2016 to check that the necessary improvements had been made.

Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:

• There was a controlled medicines register in the GP's bag;
• The cabinet where controlled medicines were stored was compliant with storage requirements for controlled medicines;
• Steps had been taken to improve security and access so that medicines were only available to authorised staff;
• Entries in the controlled medicines register were made in ink rather than pencil.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice