We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection on 24 October 2018 to ask the service the following key questions; Are services safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led?

Our findings were:

Are services safe?

We found that this service was providing safe care in accordance with the relevant regulations

Are services effective?

We found that this service was providing effective care in accordance with the relevant regulations

Are services caring?

We found that this service was providing caring services in accordance with the relevant regulations

Are services responsive?

We found that this service was providing responsive care in accordance with the relevant regulations

Are services well-led?

We found that this service was providing well-led care in accordance with the relevant regulations

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check whether the service was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

Roodlane Medical Limited – Cornwall Street is a private GP service, providing a broad range of health services including GP consultations, health and wellbeing screening and occupational health services.

This service is registered with CQC under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 in respect of some, but not all, of the services it provides. There are some general exemptions from regulation by CQC which relate to particular types of service and these are set out in Schedule 2 of The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. At Roodlane Medical Limited – Cornwall Street, services are also provided to patients under arrangements made by their employer or an insurance company with whom the servicer user holds a policy (other than a standard health insurance policy). These types of arrangements are exempt by law from CQC regulation. Therefore, at Roodlane Medical Limited – Cornwall Street, we were only able to inspect the services which are not arranged for patients by their employers or an insurance company with whom the patient holds a policy (other than a standard health insurance policy).

The lead GP is the registered manager. A registered manager is a person who is registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

We received 17 completed CQC comment cards from service users. All the comments were positive about the service and staff. There were no appointments booked on the day of the inspection and therefore we were unable to speak with any patients.

Our key findings were:

• The service had clear systems to manage risk so that safety incidents were less likely to happen. There were arrangements in place for sharing and learning.
• The service reviewed the effectiveness and appropriateness of the care it provided. It ensured that care and treatment was delivered according to evidence- based guidelines.
• Staff involved and treated patients with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
• Patients could access appointments and services in a way and at a time that suited them. Patients could be seen on the same day and there were clear pathways for seamless referrals to specialist services and facilities.
• There were clear responsibilities, roles and systems of accountability to support good governance and management.

There were areas where the provider could make improvements and should:

• Review the arrangements in place for analysing feedback from patient surveys so that the performance of each service location is clearly demonstrated.

Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGPChief Inspector of General Practice