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The Dove Valley Practice, Powell Street, Worsbrough, Barnsley.

The Dove Valley Practice in Powell Street, Worsbrough, Barnsley 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 19th December 2019

The Dove Valley Practice is managed by The Dove Valley Practice.

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 2019-12-19
    Last Published 2017-01-12

Local Authority:

    Barnsley

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Inspection Reports:

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6th December 2016 - During an inspection to make sure that the improvements required had been made pdf icon

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at The Dove Valley Practice on 3 December 2014. The inspection identified areas of practice where the provider needed to make improvements. We carried out this announced follow up inspection to review the improvements made. This report only includes the areas we reviewed. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for The Dove Valley Practice on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

Overall the practice is rated as good.

Following this inspection we have rated the practice as good in the safe domain.

  • The practice had clearly defined and embedded systems, processes and practices in place to keep patients safe and safeguarded from abuse.

  • The GPs had attended the necessary child and adult safeguarding training.

  • The practice had employed a lead nurse. The lead nurse was responsible for implementing and monitoring systems to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. The practice had completed a risk assessment on the 8 December 2015, implemented an action plan and responded to the issues found. Staff had last completed infection control training on 20 April 2016.

  • The practice had a cold chain protocol in place to ensure the maintenance of a safe temperature for vaccines

     

    . Staff had kept a daily record of the refrigerator temperature. Where the temperature was outside of a

    the recommended range, staff documented the actions taken.

    staff had taken and recorded their actions.

  • Although the practice manager had reviewed the recruitment and selection policy it did not contain all the requirements set out in Schedule 3 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. 

  • The registered provider should review the recruitment and selection policy to make sure it contains all the requirements of Schedule 3 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. 

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice

3rd December 2014 - During a routine inspection pdf icon

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at The Dove Valley Practice on 3 December 2014. The inspection identified areas of practice where the provider needed to make improvements. We carried out this announced follow up inspection to review the improvements made. This report only includes the areas we reviewed. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for The Dove Valley Practice on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

Overall the practice is rated as good.

Following this inspection we have rated the practice as good in the safe domain.

  • The practice had clearly defined and embedded systems, processes and practices in place to keep patients safe and safeguarded from abuse.

  • The GPs had attended the necessary child and adult safeguarding training.

  • The practice had employed a lead nurse. The lead nurse was responsible for implementing and monitoring systems to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. The practice had completed a risk assessment on the 8 December 2015, implemented an action plan and responded to the issues found. Staff had last completed infection control training on 20 April 2016.

  • The practice had a cold chain protocol in place to ensure the maintenance of a safe temperature for vaccines

     

    . Staff had kept a daily record of the refrigerator temperature. Where the temperature was outside of a

    the recommended range, staff documented the actions taken.

    staff had taken and recorded their actions.

  • Although the practice manager had reviewed the recruitment and selection policy it did not contain all the requirements set out in Schedule 3 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. 

  • The registered provider should review the recruitment and selection policy to make sure it contains all the requirements of Schedule 3 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. 

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice

 

 

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