Dr James & Partners in Main Street, Northiam, Rye 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 2nd March 2017
Dr James & Partners is managed by Drs James, Parnell & Albardiaz.
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Dr James & Partners The Surgery Main Street Northiam Rye TN31 6ND United Kingdom
Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr James & Partners on 5 January 2016. The overall rating for the practice was good, but breaches of legal requirements were found in the safe domain. The practice sent to us an action plan detailing what they would do in relation to the shortfalls identified and the action taken in order to meet the legal requirements in relation to the following:-
Not all staff were trained in the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and not all clinical staff were trained in the Mental Capacity Act of 2005.
Not all staff had been risk assessed as to whether a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check was required to carry out their roles and not all clinical staff had been subject to enhanced DBS checks. (DBS checks identify whether a person has a criminal record or is on an official list of people barred from working in roles where they may have contact with children or adults who may be vulnerable).
Infection control audits were not being carried out on a regular basis. Additionally there was no comprehensive action plan to identify any infection prevention and control issues and to address any identified concerns.
Maximum and minimum temperatures were not always recorded on all fridges containing medicines.
There was not a reliable system for recording and tracking the prescription sheets that were transferred between the main surgery and the branch surgery.
There had not been regular rehearsals of fire safety and evacuation procedures.
There were no failsafe procedures for ensuring patients were aware of histology and other test results.
This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 24 January 2017 to confirm that the practice had carried out their plan to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breaches in regulations that we identified in our previous inspection on 05 January 2016.
Our key findings across the areas we inspected were as follows:-
All staff had received training in the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and all clinical staff had received training in the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
All staff had been risk assessed as to whether they needed a DBS check. All clinical staff had been DBS checked to an Enhanced level
There had been two infection control audits since the previous inspection.Actions had been identified and resolved.
Maximum and minimum temperatures had been recorded daily for all fridges.
There was a reliable system in place for tracking blank printer prescriptions between the main and branch surgeries.
A rehearsal of fire safety and evacuation procedures had been carried out since the last inspection and recorded.
A new system had been introduced to ensure that patients were made aware of test results that required further discussion.
This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements and also additional improvements made since our last inspection. The full comprehensive report on the January 2016 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Dr James and Partners on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr James & Partners on 5 January 2016. The overall rating for the practice was good, but breaches of legal requirements were found in the safe domain. The practice sent to us an action plan detailing what they would do in relation to the shortfalls identified and the action taken in order to meet the legal requirements in relation to the following:-
Not all staff were trained in the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and not all clinical staff were trained in the Mental Capacity Act of 2005.
Not all staff had been risk assessed as to whether a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check was required to carry out their roles and not all clinical staff had been subject to enhanced DBS checks. (DBS checks identify whether a person has a criminal record or is on an official list of people barred from working in roles where they may have contact with children or adults who may be vulnerable).
Infection control audits were not being carried out on a regular basis. Additionally there was no comprehensive action plan to identify any infection prevention and control issues and to address any identified concerns.
Maximum and minimum temperatures were not always recorded on all fridges containing medicines.
There was not a reliable system for recording and tracking the prescription sheets that were transferred between the main surgery and the branch surgery.
There had not been regular rehearsals of fire safety and evacuation procedures.
There were no failsafe procedures for ensuring patients were aware of histology and other test results.
This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 24 January 2017 to confirm that the practice had carried out their plan to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breaches in regulations that we identified in our previous inspection on 05 January 2016.
Our key findings across the areas we inspected were as follows:-
All staff had received training in the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and all clinical staff had received training in the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
All staff had been risk assessed as to whether they needed a DBS check. All clinical staff had been DBS checked to an Enhanced level
There had been two infection control audits since the previous inspection.Actions had been identified and resolved.
Maximum and minimum temperatures had been recorded daily for all fridges.
There was a reliable system in place for tracking blank printer prescriptions between the main and branch surgeries.
A rehearsal of fire safety and evacuation procedures had been carried out since the last inspection and recorded.
A new system had been introduced to ensure that patients were made aware of test results that required further discussion.
This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements and also additional improvements made since our last inspection. The full comprehensive report on the January 2016 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Dr James and Partners on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
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