Garden Park Surgery, Howdon, Wallsend.Garden Park Surgery in Howdon, Wallsend 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 10th January 2019 Contact Details:
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Link to this page: Inspection Reports:Click the title bar on any of the report introductions below to read the full entry. If there is a PDF icon, click it to download the full report.
28th November 2018 - During a routine inspection
![]() This practice is rated as Good overall (previous ratings, April 2016 – Inadequate, December 2016 – Good).
The key questions at this inspection are rated as:
Are services safe? – Good
Are services effective? – Good
Are services caring? – Good
Are services responsive? – Good
Are services well-led? - Good
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Garden Park Surgery on 28 November 2018 as part of our inspection programme.
At this inspection we found:
Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP
Please refer to the detailed report and the evidence tables for further information.
6th December 2016 - During a routine inspection
![]() Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out a previous announced inspection of this practice on 29 April 2016. During the previous inspection we found patients were at risk of harm because the systems and processes in place were ineffective and were not implemented in a way that kept them safe. We identified significant concerns in relation to medicines management and infection control arrangements and breaches of legal requirements were found. We also placed the practice into special measures, as we rated the practice as inadequate in the questions ‘Is the practice safe, effective and well led?’
We undertook this announced comprehensive inspection on 6 December 2016 to check that the practice had improved and to confirm they now met legal requirements. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Garden Park Surgery on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
Overall the practice is now rated as good.
Our key findings were as follows:
The area where the provider should make improvements is:
I am taking this service out of special measures. This recognises the significant improvements made to the quality of care provided by this service.
Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP
Chief Inspector of General Practice
29th April 2016 - During a routine inspection
![]() Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Garden Park Surgery on 29 April 2016. Overall the practice is rated as inadequate.
Our key findings were as follows:
The areas where the provider must make improvements are:
In addition, the provider should:
I am placing this service in special measures. Services placed in special measures will be inspected again within six months. If insufficient improvements have been made such that there remains a rating of inadequate for any population group, key question or overall, we will take action in line with our enforcement procedures to begin the process of preventing the provider from operating the service. This will lead to cancelling their registration or to varying the terms of their registration within six months if they do not improve.
The service will be kept under review and if needed could be escalated to urgent enforcement action. Where necessary, another inspection will be conducted within a further six months, and if there is not enough improvement we will move to close the service by adopting our proposal to remove this location or cancel the provider’s registration.
Special measures will give people who use the service the reassurance that the care they get should improve.
Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP
Chief Inspector of General Practice
29th November 2013 - During a routine inspection
![]() Garden Park Surgery is a practice with four GP's, two practice nurses and clinical and administrative support staff. The practice offers a wide range of services and can refer patients on to other healthcare providers when necessary. Patients told us that they were extremely happy with the care, support, treatment and service that they received from the practice. One patient said, "The doctors are great, I couldn't ask for anything more they have been great. I phoned this morning and got this appointment straight away." Another patient said, "They always explain everything." Other comments included, "I am a diabetic and find their clinics excellent" and "I have a say in my care, definitely". We found that patients' privacy and dignity were respected and they were involved in decisions made about their care. Care and treatment was planned and delivered in line with patients' needs. Patients told us they felt safe when in receipt of care and we saw that the provider had measures in place to identify abuse and prevent abuse from happening. There were effective systems in place to monitor and control the spread of infection. Patients received care in a clean and hygienic environment. Appropriate checks were carried out before staff began work and patients were cared for by suitably qualified, skilled and experienced staff.
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