17 June 2019
During a routine inspection
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Wadhurst Medical Group on 11 April 2018 as part of our inspection programme. The overall rating for the practice was Good, with a requires improvement rating for effective. The full comprehensive report on the November 2018 inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Wadhurst Medical Group on our website at .
This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 17 June 2019 to confirm that the practice had addressed the issues identified in requirement notice following the April 2018 inspection. A requirement notice had been issued against regulation 18 (staffing) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. This report covers our findings in relation to the requirements against regulation 18 (staffing).
This practice is rated as Good overall.
The key question at this inspection is rated as:
Are services effective? – Good
At this inspection we found:
- Improvements had been made to the management of staff training with the majority of staff up to date on their completion of mandatory training.
We also found that the practice had addressed areas we identified that they should address at our April 2018 inspection;
- They had reviewed and updated the fire risk assessment.
- They had removed reference to the dispensary within the controlled drug protocol.
- Complaint response letters now included the contact details of the ombudsman.
- Written records were stored securely.
Dr Rosie Benneyworth BM BS BMedSci MRCGP
Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care
Please refer to the detailed report and the evidence tables for further information.