Stanmore Medical Group, 5 Stanmore Road, Stevenage.

Stanmore Medical Group in 5 Stanmore Road, Stevenage 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 13th September 2017

Stanmore Medical Group is managed by Stanmore Medical Group.

Contact Details:

Address: Stanmore Medical Group The Health Centre 5 Stanmore Road Stevenage SG1 3QA United Kingdom Telephone: 01438313223 Website: http://www.stanmoremedicalgroup.co.uk

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Further Details:

Important Dates:

Last Inspection		2017-09-13
Last Published		2017-09-13

Local Authority:

Hertfordshire

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Inspection Reports:

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1st December 2017 - During a routine inspection

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an unannounced focused inspection at Stanmore Medical Group on 15 August 2017. This was to check that improvements had been made following the breaches of legal requirements we identified from our comprehensive inspection carried out on 12 January 2017. During our inspection in January 2017 we identified regulatory breaches in relation to;

• Regulation 12 Health & Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014

- safe care and treatment.

• Regulation 17 Health & Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014

- good governance.

This report only covers our findings in relation to the areas requiring improvement as identified on inspection in January 2017. You can read the report from this comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Stanmore Medical Group on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

The areas identified as requiring improvement during our inspection in January 2017 were as follows:

• Ensure the system for managing high risk medicines is effective and keeps patients safe.
• Review and strengthen its overall system for monitoring responses to safety alerts to ensure that any required actions are addressed.

In addition, the practice were told they should:

• Review training systems to ensure staff are up to date in areas such as basic life support.
• Continue to encourage patients to engage with the national screening programme for breast cancer.

Our focused inspection on 15 August 2017 showed that improvements had been made and our key findings across the areas we inspected were as follows:

• The practice had an effective system in place for the safe management of patients receiving high risk medicines.
• A system was in place to ensure the required actions were taken and recorded in response to safety alerts.
• Staff had completed training relevant to their roles, for example safeguarding and basic life support training.
• The practice had taken steps to encourage patients to engage with the national cancer screening programme.
• The processes in place for managing risks had been reviewed and improved.
• The practice had strengthened their governance arrangements and had introduced additional practice specific policies and risk assessments which were reviewed on a regular basis.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice

1st January 1970 - 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 unannounced focused inspection at Stanmore Medical Group on 15 August 2017. This was to check that improvements had been made following the breaches of legal requirements we identified from our comprehensive inspection carried out on 12 January 2017. During our inspection in January 2017 we identified regulatory breaches in relation to;

• Regulation 12 Health & Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014

- safe care and treatment.

• Regulation 17 Health & Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014

- good governance.

This report only covers our findings in relation to the areas requiring improvement as identified on inspection in January 2017. You can read the report from this comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Stanmore Medical Group on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

The areas identified as requiring improvement during our inspection in January 2017 were as follows:

• Ensure the system for managing high risk medicines is effective and keeps patients safe.
• Review and strengthen its overall system for monitoring responses to safety alerts to ensure that any required actions are addressed.

In addition, the practice were told they should:

• Review training systems to ensure staff are up to date in areas such as basic life support.
• Continue to encourage patients to engage with the national screening programme for breast cancer.

Our focused inspection on 15 August 2017 showed that improvements had been made and our key findings across the areas we inspected were as follows:

• The practice had an effective system in place for the safe management of patients receiving high risk medicines.
• A system was in place to ensure the required actions were taken and recorded in response to safety alerts.
• Staff had completed training relevant to their roles, for example safeguarding and basic life support training.
• The practice had taken steps to encourage patients to engage with the national cancer screening programme.
• The processes in place for managing risks had been reviewed and improved.
• The practice had strengthened their governance arrangements and had introduced additional practice specific policies and risk assessments which were reviewed on a regular basis.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice