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Northbourne Medical Centre, Shoreham by Sea.

Northbourne Medical Centre in Shoreham by Sea 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 14th December 2016

Northbourne Medical Centre is managed by Northbourne Medical Centre.

Contact Details:

Ratings:

For a guide to the ratings, click here.

Safe: Good
Effective: Good
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-Led: Good
Overall: Good

Further Details:

Important Dates:

    Last Inspection 2016-12-14
    Last Published 2016-12-14

Local Authority:

    West Sussex

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Inspection Reports:

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17th November 2016 - During an inspection to make sure that the improvements required had been made pdf icon

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

The practice was rated good overall and is now rated good for providing safe services.

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection of this practice on 5 July 2016. A breach of legal requirements was found during that inspection within the safe domain. After the comprehensive inspection, the practice sent us an action plan detailing what they would do to meet the legal requirements. We conducted a focused inspection on 17 November 2016 to check that the provider had followed their action plan and to confirm that they now met legal requirements. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements.

During our previous inspection on 5 July 2016 we found the following area where the practice must improve:

  • Conduct and record regular checks to ensure non-medical electrical equipment is safe to use.

Our previous report also highlighted the following areas where the practice should improve:

  • Conduct an overall review of practice policies.

  • Ensure all staff receive appropriate training in patient capacity and consent.

  • Increase the numbers of patients diagnosed with diabetes and patients with severe and enduring mental health problems who receive an annual review.

  • Establish a robust tracking system for blank prescriptions for use in printers.

You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link on our website at www.cqc.org.uk

During the inspection on 17 November 2016 we found:

  • All electrical equipment had been checked and recorded as safe. A certificate dated 7 July 2016 was issued to the practice confirming this.

We also found in relation to the areas where the practice should improve:

  • The practice was in the process of conducting an overall review of practice policies and a clear action plan was in place.

  • Staff had received training in mental capacity and consent.

  • The practice had increased the numbers of patients with diabetes and severe and enduing mental health problems who received an annual review. For example the percentage of patients with diabetes who had a blood pressure reading in the preceding 12 months during 2015/2016 was 81% (previously 67%) compared to the clinical commissioning group average of 79% and the national average of 78%.The percentage of patients with severe and enduing mental health problems who had a comprehensive care plan documented in the preceding 12 months was 75% (previously 58%) compared to the CCG average of 79% and the national average of 88%.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice
5th July 2016 - During a routine inspection pdf icon

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

The practice was rated good overall and is now rated good for providing safe services.

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection of this practice on 5 July 2016. A breach of legal requirements was found during that inspection within the safe domain. After the comprehensive inspection, the practice sent us an action plan detailing what they would do to meet the legal requirements. We conducted a focused inspection on 17 November 2016 to check that the provider had followed their action plan and to confirm that they now met legal requirements. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements.

During our previous inspection on 5 July 2016 we found the following area where the practice must improve:

  • Conduct and record regular checks to ensure non-medical electrical equipment is safe to use.

Our previous report also highlighted the following areas where the practice should improve:

  • Conduct an overall review of practice policies.

  • Ensure all staff receive appropriate training in patient capacity and consent.

  • Increase the numbers of patients diagnosed with diabetes and patients with severe and enduring mental health problems who receive an annual review.

  • Establish a robust tracking system for blank prescriptions for use in printers.

You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link on our website at www.cqc.org.uk

During the inspection on 17 November 2016 we found:

  • All electrical equipment had been checked and recorded as safe. A certificate dated 7 July 2016 was issued to the practice confirming this.

We also found in relation to the areas where the practice should improve:

  • The practice was in the process of conducting an overall review of practice policies and a clear action plan was in place.

  • Staff had received training in mental capacity and consent.

  • The practice had increased the numbers of patients with diabetes and severe and enduing mental health problems who received an annual review. For example the percentage of patients with diabetes who had a blood pressure reading in the preceding 12 months during 2015/2016 was 81% (previously 67%) compared to the clinical commissioning group average of 79% and the national average of 78%.The percentage of patients with severe and enduing mental health problems who had a comprehensive care plan documented in the preceding 12 months was 75% (previously 58%) compared to the CCG average of 79% and the national average of 88%.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice

 

 

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