The Victoria Surgery in Tipton is a Doctors/GP specialising in the provision of services relating to diagnostic and screening procedures, maternity and midwifery services, services for everyone and treatment of disease, disorder or injury. The last inspection date here was 13th July 2017
The Victoria Surgery is managed by The Victoria Surgery.
Contact Details:
Address:
The Victoria Surgery Victoria Road Tipton DY4 8SS United Kingdom
Telephone:
01215573422
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
2017-07-13
Last Published
2017-07-13
Local Authority:
Sandwell
Link to this page:
Inspection Reports:
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Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at The Victoria Surgery on 20 January 2016. The overall rating for the practice was Good. However, for providing safe service the practice was rated as requires improvement. The full comprehensive report on the June 2016 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for The Victoria Surgery on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 15 June 2017 to confirm that the practice had carried out their plan to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breaches in regulations that we identified in our previous inspection. This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements and also additional improvements made since our last inspection on the 20 January 2016.
Overall the practice is rated as Good.
Our key findings were as follows:
During our previous inspection we saw that the practice had a defibrillator and oxygen available on the premises. This equipment was only checked annually and we found that the oxygen mask and defibrillator pads were out of date. At this follow up inspection we saw monthly checks had been introduced for both the defibrillator and oxygen to ensure it was in good working order. There were masks and pads available and they were in date.
When we inspected the practice in January 2016 we saw that some prescriptions had not been collected for nearly two months; two of these were for children, one of which was for the treatment of asthma. This did not ensure safeguards were in place to ensure that vulnerable patients always received medicines in a timely way. At this follow up inspection we saw the practices’ repeat prescription protocol had been reviewed and a monthly log had been introduced to account for all uncollected prescriptions.
When we inspected the practice in January 2016 we saw most staff had received a Disclosure and Barring Service (BDS) check. However, one staff member was undergoing a DBS check. They carried out the role of a chaperone but the practice had not formally assessed risk whilst waiting to for the outcome of the DBS check. At this inspection we looked at all administration staff files and saw DBS checks were in place. DBS checks help to identify whether a person has a criminal record or is on an official list of people barred from working in roles where they may have contact with children or adults who may be vulnerable
During our previous inspection we saw all the emergency medicines were in date. However, they were they were not easily accessible to staff in the event of an emergency. At this follow up inspection we saw that the practice had carried out a risk assessment and had relocated the emergency medicines to accessible locations.
Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at The Victoria Surgery on 20 January 2016. The overall rating for the practice was Good. However, for providing safe service the practice was rated as requires improvement. The full comprehensive report on the June 2016 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for The Victoria Surgery on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 15 June 2017 to confirm that the practice had carried out their plan to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breaches in regulations that we identified in our previous inspection. This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements and also additional improvements made since our last inspection on the 20 January 2016.
Overall the practice is rated as Good.
Our key findings were as follows:
During our previous inspection we saw that the practice had a defibrillator and oxygen available on the premises. This equipment was only checked annually and we found that the oxygen mask and defibrillator pads were out of date. At this follow up inspection we saw monthly checks had been introduced for both the defibrillator and oxygen to ensure it was in good working order. There were masks and pads available and they were in date.
When we inspected the practice in January 2016 we saw that some prescriptions had not been collected for nearly two months; two of these were for children, one of which was for the treatment of asthma. This did not ensure safeguards were in place to ensure that vulnerable patients always received medicines in a timely way. At this follow up inspection we saw the practices’ repeat prescription protocol had been reviewed and a monthly log had been introduced to account for all uncollected prescriptions.
When we inspected the practice in January 2016 we saw most staff had received a Disclosure and Barring Service (BDS) check. However, one staff member was undergoing a DBS check. They carried out the role of a chaperone but the practice had not formally assessed risk whilst waiting to for the outcome of the DBS check. At this inspection we looked at all administration staff files and saw DBS checks were in place. DBS checks help to identify whether a person has a criminal record or is on an official list of people barred from working in roles where they may have contact with children or adults who may be vulnerable
During our previous inspection we saw all the emergency medicines were in date. However, they were they were not easily accessible to staff in the event of an emergency. At this follow up inspection we saw that the practice had carried out a risk assessment and had relocated the emergency medicines to accessible locations.
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