Westrop Medical Practice, Highworth, Swindon.

Westrop Medical Practice in Highworth, Swindon 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 30th March 2020

Westrop Medical Practice is managed by Westrop Medical Practice.

Contact Details:

Address: Westrop Medical Practice Newburgh Place Highworth Swindon SN6 7DN United Kingdom Telephone: 01793762218 Website: http://www.westropsurgery.co.uk

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Further Details:

Important Dates:

Last Inspection		2020-03-30
Last Published		2016-09-09

Local Authority:

Swindon

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Inspection Reports:

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30th August 2016 - During a routine inspection

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

In March 2016 a comprehensive inspection of Westrop Medical Practice was conducted. The practice was rated as requires improvement for safe and good for effective, caring, responsive and well led. Overall the practice was rated as good. During that inspection we found that the practice was not compliant with the legislation in relation to nurses administering vaccines and medicines in accordance with written instructions.

We also advised the provider that they should ensure a GP or nurse takes responsibility for the exemption of patients with long term conditions from national indicators for monitoring these conditions and review the number of patients identified as carers and seek to increase the numbers identified.

The report setting out the findings of the inspection was published in April 2016. Following the inspection we asked the practice to provide an action plan detailing how they would improve on the areas of concern.

We carried out an announced desk top inspection of Westrop Medical Practice on 30 August 2016 to ensure the changes the practice told us they would make had been implemented and to apply an updated rating.

We found the practice had made significant improvement since our last inspection on 10 March 2016. Following this desk top review we rated the practice as good for providing safe services. The overall rating for the practice remains good. For this reason we have only rated the location for the key question to which this related. This report should be read in conjunction with the full inspection report of 10 March 2016.

At this inspection we found:

• Systems were in place to ensure that nurses were administering vaccines and medicines in accordance with written instructions.

• The GP was reviewing patients with long term conditions ensuring the correct follow up were in place before any patients were excepted from a review.

• The practice had implemented improvements to help identify carers to offer support.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice

10th March 2016 - During a routine inspection

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

In March 2016 a comprehensive inspection of Westrop Medical Practice was conducted. The practice was rated as requires improvement for safe and good for effective, caring, responsive and well led. Overall the practice was rated as good. During that inspection we found that the practice was not compliant with the legislation in relation to nurses administering vaccines and medicines in accordance with written instructions.

We also advised the provider that they should ensure a GP or nurse takes responsibility for the exemption of patients with long term conditions from national indicators for monitoring these conditions and review the number of patients identified as carers and seek to increase the numbers identified.

The report setting out the findings of the inspection was published in April 2016. Following the inspection we asked the practice to provide an action plan detailing how they would improve on the areas of concern.

We carried out an announced desk top inspection of Westrop Medical Practice on 30 August 2016 to ensure the changes the practice told us they would make had been implemented and to apply an updated rating.

We found the practice had made significant improvement since our last inspection on 10 March 2016. Following this desk top review we rated the practice as good for providing safe services. The overall rating for the practice remains good. For this reason we have only rated the location for the key question to which this related. This report should be read in conjunction with the full inspection report of 10 March 2016.

At this inspection we found:

• Systems were in place to ensure that nurses were administering vaccines and medicines in accordance with written instructions.

• The GP was reviewing patients with long term conditions ensuring the correct follow up were in place before any patients were excepted from a review.

• The practice had implemented improvements to help identify carers to offer support.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice