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Dr Jinmi & Partners Also known as Houghton Regis Medical Centre

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings

Peel Street, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, LU5 5EZ (01582) 866161

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Dr Jinmi & Partners

All Inspections

6 July 2023

During a monthly review of our data

We carried out a review of the data available to us about Dr Jinmi & Partners on 6 July 2023. We have not found evidence that we need to carry out an inspection or reassess our rating at this stage.

This could change at any time if we receive new information. We will continue to monitor data about this service.

If you have concerns about Dr Jinmi & Partners, you can give feedback on this service.

26 July 2016

During an inspection looking at part of the service

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr Goutam and Partners on 12 January 2015. A breach of legal requirements was found.

It should be noted that since the inspection on 12 January 2015 the practice has changed its name to Dr Jinmi and Partners. The practice is also known as Houghton Regis Medical Centre.

After the comprehensive inspection, the practice wrote to us to say what they would do to meet legal requirements in relation to;

  • Regulation 12 Health & Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 – safe care and treatment.

We undertook a focused inspection of Dr Jinmi and Partners on 26 July 2016 to check that they had followed their plan and to confirm that they now met legal requirements.

This report covers our findings in response only to those concerns which were highlighted in the original inspection.

You can read the full report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Dr Goutam & Partners on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

Our findings from this focused inspection were that the practice had made improvements since our previous inspection and were now meeting regulations that had previously been breached.

Specifically:

  • The updated recruitment policy was compliant with existing legislation.
  • Previously missing pre-employment checks on staff had been completed and recruitment check processes had been implemented .
  • Systems had been adopted to ensure appropriate checks regarding professional standards of nursing staff were maintained.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice

12 January 2015

During a routine inspection

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an announced inspection of Dr Goutam & Partners on 12 January 2015. This was a comprehensive inspection. We gave the practice an overall rating of ‘good’. This was based on four of the five domains and six population groups we looked at achieving the same good rating. We rated the safety domain as ‘requires improvement’.

Our key findings were as follows:

  • Overall the practice is rated as good. However improvements are required for the safety domain because the practice had not made the required employment checks for new employees and had not ensured an employee had continued registration to practice as a nurse.
  • Patients rated the practice and staff highly and felt welcomed and well cared for.
  • Arrangements were in place to maintain the appropriate standards of cleanliness. The practice was clean
  • Systems were in place to identify and respond to concerns about the safeguarding of adults and children. All staff demonstrated a good awareness of the processes.
  • Care provided was evidence based and in line with local and national guidance.
  • Patients reported the ‘usual doctor’ system allowed them to see the same doctor every time which ensured continuity of care.

However, there were also areas of practice where the provider needs to make improvements.

Importantly, the provider must:

  • Ensure the recruitment policy complies with current legislation and directives
  • Carry out the required pre-employment checks on relevant current staff where this check was incomplete
  • Install systems to carry out periodic checks so nursing staff continue to meet the professional standards which are a condition of their ability to practise

In addition the provider should:

  • Ensure written guidance is available to clinical staff on medicine management
  • Ensure validated directions are available to staff that administer vaccines
  • Introduce a system so blank prescription forms are tracked through the practice and kept securely
  • Ensure furniture with torn vinyl or other covering is either repaired or replaced
  • Commission a legionella risk assessment by a competent person and address any identified risks to the water system
  • Identify areas where liquid nitrogen and oxygen are stored and mark them with 'hazardous substance' notices
  • Commission a risk assessment of the premises and the practice environment and address any identified potential or actual risks
  • Make all possible efforts to reconvene the Patient Participation Group (PPG)
  • Consider options to help patients in wheelchairs communicate with the receptionist without being overheard
  • Develop suitable written information to patients on how to complain
  • Develop a business plan
  • Ensure policies and procedures reflect and comply with the requirements of legislation and directives
  • Develop a system to confirm all staff have been appraised

Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP 

Chief Inspector of General Practice