The Village Medical Centre, Littleborough.

The Village Medical Centre in Littleborough 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 9th October 2017

The Village Medical Centre is managed by GP CARE Services Limited who are also responsible for 1 other location

Contact Details:

Address: The Village Medical Centre Peel Street Littleborough OL15 8AQ United Kingdom Telephone: 01706370666 Website: http://www.villagemclittleborough.nhs.uk

Ratings:

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Further Details:

Important Dates:

Last Inspection		2017-10-09
Last Published		2017-10-09

Local Authority:

Rochdale

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Inspection Reports:

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29th September 2017 - During an inspection to make sure that the improvements required had been made

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

This is a focused follow-up inspection of The Village Medical Centre for areas within the key questions safe and effective. We found the practice to be good in providing safe and effective services. Overall the practice is now rated as good.

GP Care Services Ltd acquired the The Village Medical Centre in February 2017 which was rated inadequate at a previous inspection in September 2016. The practice was then inspected on 20 June 2017. The inspection was a comprehensive inspection under the Health and Social Care Act 2008. At that inspection the practice had made significant improvements and was then rated requires improvement overall because within the key questions safe and effective areas were still identified as requiring improvement as the practice was not yet meeting requirements at that time.

• The provider did not have a system in place to record the collection of prescriptions for controlled drugs.
• They did not have a system in place to deal with unmatched blood tests in the clinical system.
• They did not have a formal process to discuss and share complaints and significant events.

The practice provided us with an action plan detailing how they were going to make the required

improvements.

The full comprehensive report following the inspection on the 20 June 2017 is available on our website at www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-3475114133

This focused follow up inspection on 29 September 2017 was to confirm the required actions had been completed and award a new rating in the domains of safe and effective.The improvements we found mean that the practice is now rated ‘good’ for being safe and effective and is now rated good overall. The practice is also rated as ‘good’ for its services to all population groups. Evidence provided on this inspection included:

• A policy for the collection of controlled drug prescriptions
• A protocol for unmatched laboratory reports
• Minutes of clinical and administration meetings
• Agendas of meetings showing standing items for discussion

Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP 

Chief Inspector of General Practice

20th June 2017 - During a routine inspection

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

This is a focused follow-up inspection of The Village Medical Centre for areas within the key questions safe and effective. We found the practice to be good in providing safe and effective services. Overall the practice is now rated as good.

GP Care Services Ltd acquired the The Village Medical Centre in February 2017 which was rated inadequate at a previous inspection in September 2016. The practice was then inspected on 20 June 2017. The inspection was a comprehensive inspection under the Health and Social Care Act 2008. At that inspection the practice had made significant improvements and was then rated requires improvement overall because within the key questions safe and effective areas were still identified as requiring improvement as the practice was not yet meeting requirements at that time.

• The provider did not have a system in place to record the collection of prescriptions for controlled drugs.
• They did not have a system in place to deal with unmatched blood tests in the clinical system.
• They did not have a formal process to discuss and share complaints and significant events.

The practice provided us with an action plan detailing how they were going to make the required

improvements.

The full comprehensive report following the inspection on the 20 June 2017 is available on our website at www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-3475114133

This focused follow up inspection on 29 September 2017 was to confirm the required actions had been completed and award a new rating in the domains of safe and effective.The improvements we found mean that the practice is now rated ‘good’ for being safe and effective and is now rated good overall. The practice is also rated as ‘good’ for its services to all population groups. Evidence provided on this inspection included:

• A policy for the collection of controlled drug prescriptions
• A protocol for unmatched laboratory reports
• Minutes of clinical and administration meetings
• Agendas of meetings showing standing items for discussion

Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP 

Chief Inspector of General Practice