We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Maghull Family Surgery on 27 June 2017. The overall rating for the practice was good but we rated the practice as requires improvement for providing safe services. This was because the practice did not have robust arrangements in place for monitoring patients on high risk medicines. We issued a requirement notice for the provider to address this issue.
The full comprehensive report on the June 2017 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Maghull Family Surgery on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
This inspection was carried out on 31 July 2018 to confirm that the provider had carried out their plan to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breach in regulations identified in our previous inspection. This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements and also additional improvements made since our last inspection.
We found that the provider had taken appropriate action to ensure an effective system was in place for monitoring patients on high risk medicines.
Our key findings were as follows:
- The provider had reviewed and updated their systems and processes to ensure that risks associated with high risk medicines were closely monitored to protect patient safety. A spreadsheet had been introduced to ensure a regular overview of patients requiring regular tests linked to the medicines they were prescribed.
We had also made a number of recommendations following our June 2017 inspection. We therefore also looked at the providers progress in addressing these. Our findings were as follows:
Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP
Chief Inspector of General Practice.