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Archived: Modality Circumcision Service - Birmingham

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings

Laurie Pike Health Centre, 2 Fentham Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 6BB 0345 111 3313

Provided and run by:
Modality Medical Services Limited

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Background to this inspection

Updated 30 October 2019

Modality Medical Services Limited is the registered provider of Modality Circumcision Service – Birmingham. The clinic also known as Birmingham Circumcision Clinic is an independent healthcare provider located in Birmingham. The service operates from accommodation based at Laurie Pike Health Centre, 2 Fentham Road, Aston, Birmingham B6 6BB. More information about the service can be found on their website www.circumcisionbham.co.uk.

The clinic provides circumcision to fee-paying patients. The service provides circumcision to children and adults for medical, cultural and religious reasons under local anaesthetic.

The clinic had carried out 1251 circumcisions during January and December 2018. Unpublished data provided by the service showed 69% of circumcisions carried out by the clinic were on children under 3 months of age.

Laurie Pike Health Centre is a purpose-built building, with free parking. The circumcision clinic has access to two minor operation rooms, a waiting area and a private recovery room within the health centre.

The service is registered with Care Quality Commission (CQC) to provide the following regulated activities:

  • Diagnostic and screening procedures.
  • Surgical procedures.
  • Treatment of disease, disorder or injury.

The clinic is open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. The provider employs two doctors (one male and one female) and two healthcare assistants to cover this clinic as well as other services under the provider. The clinic uses the health centre’s reception staff to greet patients.

The provider employs a clinic manager and governance manager for all the provider’s independent health services. They are based at the provider’s head office located at 55 Terrace Road, Orsborn House, Birmingham, B19 1BP. Administration staff are based centrally and cover all community services. Administration staff book appointments and manage aftercare calls.

The clinic does not provide out of hours cover. Staff explain to people when aftercare information is given, that they can call the service between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday and a doctor will call them back within 24 hours during the clinics opening hours. After 5pm or on a bank holiday or weekend if it is an emergency they need to attend A&E.

How we inspected this service

Before the inspection we reviewed any existing information we held on the service and the information the provider returned to us.

To get to the heart of patients’ experiences of care and treatment, we always ask the following five questions:

  • Is it safe?
  • Is it effective?
  • Is it caring?
  • Is it responsive to people’s needs?
  • Is it well-led?

During this desk-based inspection on 7 October 2019 we reviewed any information the provider returned to us to check that the provider had made improvements in line with our recommendations. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements.

Overall inspection

Good

Updated 30 October 2019

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection of Modality Circumcision Service - Birmingham in May 2019. While no breaches of legal requirements were found, the service was rated as requires improvement for providing safe services. This was because we identified some areas where the provider should make improvements.

We carried out a focussed desk-based inspection of Modality Circumcision Service - Birmingham on 7 October 2019 to check that the provider had made improvements in line with our recommendations. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements.

You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Modality Circumcision Service - Birmingham on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:

  • Since our comprehensive inspection in May 2019, the provider had reviewed and improved their processes for the management of medicines used off label.
  • The provider had reviewed and improved their processes for communicating with the patient’s usual GP after the procedure.

Dr Rosie Benneyworth BM BS BMedSci MRCGP

Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care.