Archived: Oxford Road Medical Practice

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out this comprehensive inspection on 22 September 2015.

Overall, we rated this practice as good. Specifically, we found the practice to be good for providing well-led, effective, caring, safe and responsive services.

Our key findings were as follows:

• Staff understood and fulfilled their responsibilities to raise concerns and to report incidents and near misses. Information about safety was recorded, monitored, appropriately reviewed and addressed.
• There were systems in place to reduce risks to patient safety for example, infection control procedures.
• Patients’ needs were assessed and care was planned and delivered following best practice guidance.
• Staff had received training appropriate to their roles and any further training needs had been identified and planned.
• Patients said they were treated with compassion, dignity and respect and they were involved in their care and decisions about their treatment.

There were some areas of practice where the provider needs to make improvements.

The provider should:

• Ensure the practice information leaflet is available in reception when patients ask.
• Ensure that stock control and date check systems function correctly so that all single use clinical instruments stored and used are within their expiry dates. Dispose of in accordance with the appropriate guidance any unused instruments or equipment which have expired.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice