Tolsey Surgery, Sherston, Malmesbury.

Tolsey Surgery in Sherston, Malmesbury 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 1st December 2016

Tolsey Surgery is managed by Tolsey Surgery.

Contact Details:

Address: Tolsey Surgery High Street Sherston Malmesbury SN16 0LQ United Kingdom Telephone: 01666840270 Website: http://www.tolseysurgery.co.uk

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Further Details:

Important Dates:

Last Inspection		2016-12-01
Last Published		2016-12-01

Local Authority:

Wiltshire

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Inspection Reports:

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10th November 2016 - During an inspection to make sure that the improvements required had been made

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

In May 2016 a comprehensive inspection of Tolsey Surgery was conducted. The practice was rated as requires improvement for safe and good for effective, caring, responsive and well led. Overall the practice was rated as good.

We found that the practice required improvement for the provision of safe services, improvements were needed in the method the practice assessed, managed and mitigated the risks that related to the safe management of medicines.

Tolsey Surgery sent us an action plan that set out the changes they would make to improve these areas.

We carried out an announced focussed inspection of Tolsey Surgery on 10 November 2016 to ensure the practice had made these changes and that the service was meeting regulations. At this inspection we rated the practice as good for providing safe services. The overall rating for the practice remains good. For this reason we have only rated the location for the key question to which this related. This report should be read in conjunction with the full inspection report of 17 May 2016. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Tolsey Surgery on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

Our key findings at the November 2016 inspection were:

• The practice had ensured effective systems were in place for monitoring patients prior to issuing repeat prescriptions of high risk medicines
• Standard operating procedures for the signing of repeat prescriptions prior to dispensing were being adhered to.
• Standard operating procedures in relation to checks of controlled drugs and the maintenance of an accurate controlled drugs register were being adhered to.
• Systems were in place to ensure effective monitoring of hand written prescription use.
• Fire drills had been carried out.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice

17th May 2016 - During a routine inspection

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

In May 2016 a comprehensive inspection of Tolsey Surgery was conducted. The practice was rated as requires improvement for safe and good for effective, caring, responsive and well led. Overall the practice was rated as good.

We found that the practice required improvement for the provision of safe services, improvements were needed in the method the practice assessed, managed and mitigated the risks that related to the safe management of medicines.

Tolsey Surgery sent us an action plan that set out the changes they would make to improve these areas.

We carried out an announced focussed inspection of Tolsey Surgery on 10 November 2016 to ensure the practice had made these changes and that the service was meeting regulations. At this inspection we rated the practice as good for providing safe services. The overall rating for the practice remains good. For this reason we have only rated the location for the key question to which this related. This report should be read in conjunction with the full inspection report of 17 May 2016. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Tolsey Surgery on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

Our key findings at the November 2016 inspection were:

• The practice had ensured effective systems were in place for monitoring patients prior to issuing repeat prescriptions of high risk medicines
• Standard operating procedures for the signing of repeat prescriptions prior to dispensing were being adhered to.
• Standard operating procedures in relation to checks of controlled drugs and the maintenance of an accurate controlled drugs register were being adhered to.
• Systems were in place to ensure effective monitoring of hand written prescription use.
• Fire drills had been carried out.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice