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The Dawes Family Practice

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83 Spotland Road, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 6RX (01706) 644040

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The Dawes Family Practice

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Background to this inspection

Updated 22 November 2018

The Dawes Family Practice, 83 Spotland Road, Rochdale, OL12 6RX provides commissioned services under the General Medical Services (GMS) contract within the Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Commissioning Group area.

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The practice is responsible for providing treatment to approximately 7640 registered patients and offers services that include meningitis provision, the childhood vaccination and immunisation scheme, extended hours access, facilitating timely diagnosis and support for people with dementia, influenza and pneumococcal immunisations, patient participation, rotavirus and shingles immunisation, unplanned admissions and contraceptives.

Data shows that the age profile of the practice population is broadly in line with the CCG and national averages and that 28% of patients are from a black or other ethnic minority group.

Information taken from Public Health England placed the area in which the practice is located as two on the deprivation scale of one to ten. (The lower the number the higher the deprivation). In general, people living in more deprived areas tend to have greater need for health services.

The Dawes Family Practice is a training practice where two of the doctors are trainers to Foundation year 2 doctors and medical students from the University of Manchester.

The practice consists of two GP partners, three part time, female salaried GPs, one practice nurse and one health care assistant. The clinical team is supported by a practice manager, an office manager and a team of administration and reception staff.

We undertook a comprehensive inspection of The Dawes Family Practice on 26 June 2018 under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. The practice was rated as requires improvement in the area of safe and good overall. The full comprehensive report following the inspection in June 2018 can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for The Dawes Family Practice on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

We undertook a follow up focused inspection of The Dawes Family Practice on 29 October 2018. This inspection was carried out to review in detail the actions taken by the practice to improve the quality of care and to confirm that the practice was now meeting legal requirements.

Overall inspection

Good

Updated 22 November 2018

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at The Dawes Family Practice on 26 June 2018. The overall rating for the practice was good with safe as requires improvement. The full comprehensive report for the June 2018 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for The Dawes Family Practice on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 29 October 2018 to confirm that the practice had carried out their plan to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breaches in regulations that we identified in our previous inspection on 26 June 2018. This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements.

The rating of requires improvement previously awarded for safe following our full comprehensive inspection in June 2018 is now improved to good.

Our key findings were as follows:

  • Comprehensive risk assessments for health and safety and premises and security had been carried out.
  • The practice had reviewed and updated its process and policy on the prescribing of high risk medicines.
  • The practice had reviewed and updated its safeguarding policy and now included a section on female genital mutilation (FGM) and PREVENT which is about preventing terrorism.
  • A practice survey was taking place throughout November and December concentrating on the questions in the national survey where patient satisfaction was low.
  • A role specific induction process had been developed and implemented since the previous inspection.

Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP
Chief Inspector of General Practice