We carried out a review of the data available to us about Barton House Medical Practice 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 Barton House Medical Practice, you can give feedback on this service.
This practice is rated as Good overall. (Previous inspection September 2015 – Good)
The key questions are rated as:
Are services safe? – Good
Are services effective? – Good
Are services caring? – Good
Are services responsive? – Good
Are services well-led? - Good
As part of our inspection process, we also look at the quality of care for specific population groups. The population groups are rated as:
Older People – Good
People with long-term conditions – Good
Families, children and young people – Good
Working age people (including those recently retired and students – Good
People whose circumstances may make them vulnerable – Good
People experiencing poor mental health (including people with dementia) - Good
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Barton House Medical Practice on 15 March 2018 as part of our inspection programme.
At this inspection we found:
The areas where the provider should make improvements are:
Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Barton House Medical Practice on 2nd September 2015. Overall the practice is rated as good. Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:
However there were areas of practice where the provider needs to make improvements. Importantly the provider should:
Chief Inspector of General Practice
Barton House is a purpose built practice located at Beaminster, Dorset DT8 3EQ. The building was designed to meet the needs of disabled people and had full wheelchair access. Services were provided by three GPs, a registrar GP and a small team of practice nurses. A dispensing service was available within the practice. A practice manager had responsibility for the oversight of day to day practice activities. The service was supported by an active patient participation group.
The practice comprised of one location in the centre of Beaminster, Dorset. The regulated activities we inspected were Diagnostic and screening procedures; Maternity and midwifery services; Surgical procedures and Treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
Our inspection took place on Tuesday 3 June 2014 and involved four inspectors over a nine hour period. We found the provider had taken steps to ensure their service was safe for the patients it provided services to as well as to the staff employed there. There were systems in place to ensure effective patient care and we heard about a high level of patient satisfaction with the services provided. Patients were treated with dignity and respect in a purpose built environment which was accessible and ensured their privacy. Appointments were available at times which suited the majority of patients. In the event of patients requiring to be seen urgently there was provision to accommodate their needs. Information was available for patients who required out of hour’s care on the provider’s website, in the practice and on their telephone system. The practice was well led by the registered manager and their partner GPs and nursing team. They were supported by an engaged practice manager and staff team.
We spoke with 18 patients and received comment cards from a further 22 patients. We also spoke with three representatives of the patient reference group. All the views expressed by these people about the practice were very positive with a collective view that patients were at the centre of the practices service delivery.
Our inspecting GP spoke with the provider and the other GPs about patient groups as defined by the NHS and used as part of the Care Quality Commission’s new methodology. The patient groups were;
They told us they recognised these groups as being important to the NHS and that they provided services to all of these groups. However, they told us they found it difficult to identify specific services which could be applied to these groups as many patients fell into multiple groups at the same time.
The provider cited their carers group as being a strong example of their approach. Other examples included vaccination services, diabetes services, extended opening hours and access to a GP of choice and gender through GPs holding individual patient lists.