Kings Lane Medical Practice - Dr D Kershaw, Higher Bebington, Wirral.Kings Lane Medical Practice - Dr D Kershaw in Higher Bebington, Wirral 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 4th May 2016 Contact Details:
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5th April 2016 - During a routine inspection
![]() Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Kings Lane Medical Practice - Dr D Kershaw on 5 April 2016. Overall the practice is rated as good.
Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:
The areas where the provider should make improvement are:
Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)
Chief Inspector of General Practice
24th April 2014 - During an inspection to make sure that the improvements required had been made
![]() We found that suitable systems were in place and requirements relating to staff were obtained and held on file. This meant that people were cared for by staff who were appropriately recruited, qualified and able to carry out their role. We looked at the systems in place and records held on file that demonstrated there were effective recruitment and selection procedures in place. Relevant checks were undertaken when staff were employed and to show that staff were registered with the relevant professional regulatory bodies
8th January 2014 - During a routine inspection
![]() We found that patients were generally satisfied with the service provided at the practice. Comments made included: “The service is wonderful, particularly the receptionists. They are always very pleasant, helpful and friendly”, “I can’t speak too highly of the service. It’s marvellous”. We found that there were suitable systems in place to gain consent from the patients. Staff who obtained consent were able to describe the consent process for both formal and informal consent. Staff demonstrated knowledge and understanding in the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children. We found that patients care and treatment was assessed, planned and delivered in order to meet their needs. Care and treatment plans were documented and reviewed and patients were fully informed and involved in their care or treatment. We found that improvements were needed to the systems in place to assess the suitability of staff for their role and to ensure specified required information was available in respect of people employed. We found the provider had effective systems in place for monitoring the quality of services. There was an active Patient Participation Group (PPG), complaints, incidents and significant events were reviewed and they participated in the QOF programme. QOF is a system for the performance management of GPs intended to improve the quality of general practice and reward good practice in surgeries.
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