Updated 28 April 2017
Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out a desktop based review of the Dr Colin Peskin practice on 21 March 2017. We found the practice to be good for providing safe services and it is rated as good overall.
We had previously conducted an announced comprehensive inspection of the practice on 10 December 2015. As a result of our findings during that visit, the practice was rated as good for being effective, caring, responsive and well led, and requires improvement for providing a safe service, which resulted in a rating of good overall. We found that the provider had breached one regulation of the Health and Social Care Act 2008: Regulation 19 (3) (a) (b) fit and proper persons employed. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection http://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-506052495/reports. The practice wrote to us to tell us what they would do to make improvements and meet the legal requirements.
We undertook a desktop based review on 21 March 2017 to check that the practice had followed their plan, and to confirm that they had met the legal requirements. This report only covers our findings in relation to those areas where requirements had not been met previously.
Our key findings on 21 March 2017 were as follows:
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Non-clinical staff had received basic life support training.
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The practice had reviewed its chaperone policy to ensure that staff note on the patient record that they were present during an examination.
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A procedure for ensuring pre-employment checks for staff was in place and checks had been undertaken for all current members of staff.
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The practice complaints policy had been reviewed to ensure that it facilitated learning and action to improve quality of care.
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Infection control training was being arranged for all staff.
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Access to a female GP was formalised through an agreement with the Pan-Barnet GP network.
Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP
Chief Inspector of General Practice