Dr Siraj Shah, Gravesend.Dr Siraj Shah in Gravesend 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 20th April 2017 Contact Details:
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21st February 2017 - During a routine inspection
![]() Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr Siraj Shah on 21 February 2017. Overall the practice is rated as good.
Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows,
Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)
Chief Inspector of General Practice
11th September 2014 - During an inspection to make sure that the improvements required had been made
![]() The inspection team consisted of an Inspector and a GP specialist advisor. We spoke with the practice manager, two administrative staff and a practice nurse. Patients' were protected from the risk of abuse, because the provider had taken reasonable steps to identify the possibility of abuse and prevent abuse from happening. Patients' were protected from the risk of infection because appropriate guidance had been followed. Patients' were protected against the risks associated with medicines because the provider had appropriate arrangements in place to manage medicines. Patients' were cared for, or supported by, suitably qualified, skilled and experienced staff. The provider had an effective system to regularly assess and monitor the quality of service that people receive.
28th November 2013 - During a routine inspection
![]() We spoke with patient's who used the service, staff, nurses and doctors. People told us that they were happy with the service they received. One person told us, "Yes, they sort me out very quickly". Another person told us, "They are very good to us". We could not locate any risk assessments completed for areas such as manual handling, Control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH), health and fire safety. When we asked the registered manager about this they confirmed that they did not have any in place. We found that the practice had no clear defined process for staff to follow to report suspicions of abuse, or information about the types and signs of abuse to look out for. We spoke with one of the staff members regarding their understanding of decontamination procedures in the surgery. The description for the decontamination processes was explained to us and was in line with Decontamination Guidelines. The provider was not able to show us a clear Environmental Cleaning and Maintenance Policy or domestic cleaning plan. We noted that the contents of the emergency drugs cabinet were logged, checked and signed off every month to ensure that these drugs had not expired. Risks associated with accessibility to the prescription scripts in the nurses room had not been adequately addressed by the provider. There was not an effective recruitment and selection process in place and the provider had employed staff without undertaking appropriate pre-employment checks before staff began work. Patients and their representatives were not regularly asked for their views about their care and treatment. The provider told us that they did not have a Quality/Audit policy in place. We found that the service had not completed any audits in relation to quality for example in relation to patient records, management of medicines or infection control.
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