Orchard Medical Centre

Background to this inspection

Updated 16 June 2017

Orchard Medical Centre is located in Salford. The address of the practice is 10 Leigh Road, Manchester, Salford, M28 1LZ. The practice has limited parking facilities but has good public transport links with bus stops nearby.

The practice is a single handed GP (male) with two regular locum female GPs, a practice nurse (female), a practice manager, and a team of administration staff.

The practice is open between 9am to 7pm Monday to Friday. Appointments are from 9am to 11am every morning and 4pm and 6pm daily. Extended hours appointments are offered at the following times on a Thursday evening until 8pm. In addition to pre-bookable appointments can be booked up to six weeks in advance, urgent appointments are also available for people that needed them.

Outside of opening hours, patients are directed to the NHS 111 out of hour’s service.

The practice has approximately 2700 patients and operates under a general medical services (GMS) contract and is part of NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group. The age group of the patients at the practice is similar to that of the national average but with a slightly higher than average amount for people ages 40-59.

Overall inspection

Good

Updated 16 June 2017

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

This was a focused inspection of Orchard Medical Centre in one area within the key question safe. The evidence was reviewed at Orchard Medical Centre.

At this inspection we found the practice had made all required improvements. Overall, the practice is rated as good.

The practice was previously inspected on 14 September 2016. The inspection was a comprehensive inspection under the Health and Social Care Act 2008. At that inspection, the practice was rated good overall but required improvement for providing safe services.

Our key findings at this most recent inspection were as follows:

At the inspection on 3 April 2017 we reviewed a range of documents and found that all of the required improvements had been made.
Recruitment folders were in place for staff and all staff acting as chaperones had an up to date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check in place.
Recruitment checks were carried out for all employees as outlined in schedule three of the Health and Social Care act.
An appraisal system was now in place to ensure all staff received an annual performance review.
The practice now had a legionella risk assessment in place.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)

Chief Inspector of General Practice