Dr A S Pannu & Partners, Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey.Dr A S Pannu & Partners in Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey is a Doctors/GP specialising in the provision of services relating to diagnostic and screening procedures, services for everyone and treatment of disease, disorder or injury. The last inspection date here was 1st April 2020 Contact Details:
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12th April 2016 - During a routine inspection
![]() Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr A S Pannu and Partners on 9 September 2015. Breaches of the legal requirements were found in relation to routine checking of emergency equipment to ensure it was fit for purpose and the practice’s risk assessment for legionella did not cover the risk of an unused shower in one of the branch practices.
As a result, care and treatment was not always provided in a safe way for patients and the registered provider’s system to routinely check the equipment used in emergencies and appropriately assess the risk of legionella was not safe. Therefore, a Requirement Notice was served in relation to Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014: Regulation12 Safe care and treatment.
Following the comprehensive inspection, the practice wrote to us to tell us what they would do to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breaches and how they would comply with the legal requirements, as set out in the Requirement Notice.
Additionally, the practice was rated as requires improvement in the Caring domain as the practice had not responded to low scores in the national GP patient survey, in order to improve services. The practice were also informed of improvements it should make in relation to:
We undertook this desk based inspection on 12 April 2016, to check that the practice had followed their plan and to confirm that they now met the legal requirements. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Dr A S Pannu and Partners on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)
Chief Inspector of General Practice
9th September 2015 - During a routine inspection
![]() Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr A S Pannu and Partners (also known as St Georges Medical Centre) on the 9 September 2015. During the inspection we gathered information from a variety of sources. For example, we spoke with patients, interviewed staff of all levels and checked that the right systems and processes were in place.
Overall the practice is rated as requires improvement. Specifically, we found the practice to require improvement for providing safe services. It was good for providing effective, responsive and well-led services.
Our key findings were as follows:
However, there were also areas of practice where the provider needs to make improvements.
Importantly, the provider must:
In addition the provider should:
Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)
Chief Inspector of General Practice
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