Orchard House Surgery, Workington.

Orchard House Surgery in Workington 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 18th May 2017

Orchard House Surgery is managed by Orchard House Surgery.

Contact Details:

Address: Orchard House Surgery South William Street Workington CA14 2ED United Kingdom Telephone: 01900603985 Website: http://www.orchardhousesurgeryworkington.co.uk

Ratings:

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Further Details:

Important Dates:

Last Inspection		2017-05-18
Last Published		2017-05-18

Local Authority:

Cumbria

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Inspection Reports:

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21st April 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 Orchard House Surgery on 10 May 2016. The overall rating for the practice was good, although the practice was rated as requires improvement for safety. The full comprehensive report on the May 2016 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Orchard House Surgery on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 21 April 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 10 May 2016. This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements and also additional improvements made since our last inspection.

The practice is now rated as good for safe services, and overall the practice is rated as good.

Our key findings were as follows:

• The practice had taken action to address the concerns raised at the CQC inspection in May 2016. They had put measures in place to ensure they were compliant with regulations.
• Appropriate arrangements were now in place for the proper and safe management of medicines, including monitoring the temperatures of the refrigerators used to store vaccines, maintaining records of blank prescription form serial numbers in line with guidance issued by NHS Protect, and checks to ensure changes made to patients’ records are correct.

• Arrangements were in place to ensure there was a practice-wide approach to the review of any new or revised clinical guidelines.
• Appraisals had been carried out for all staff in the past 12 months.
• A clearly-signed call button had been put in place to enable patients to summon support to access the surgery.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice

10th May 2016 - During a routine inspection

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Orchard House Surgery on 10 May 2016. The overall rating for the practice was good, although the practice was rated as requires improvement for safety. The full comprehensive report on the May 2016 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Orchard House Surgery on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 21 April 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 10 May 2016. This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements and also additional improvements made since our last inspection.

The practice is now rated as good for safe services, and overall the practice is rated as good.

Our key findings were as follows:

• The practice had taken action to address the concerns raised at the CQC inspection in May 2016. They had put measures in place to ensure they were compliant with regulations.
• Appropriate arrangements were now in place for the proper and safe management of medicines, including monitoring the temperatures of the refrigerators used to store vaccines, maintaining records of blank prescription form serial numbers in line with guidance issued by NHS Protect, and checks to ensure changes made to patients’ records are correct.

• Arrangements were in place to ensure there was a practice-wide approach to the review of any new or revised clinical guidelines.
• Appraisals had been carried out for all staff in the past 12 months.
• A clearly-signed call button had been put in place to enable patients to summon support to access the surgery.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice