Updated 14 December 2016
Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an unannounced inspection of Wimbledon Village Surgery on 9 December 2015. Breaches of legal requirements were found. After the comprehensive inspection, the practice wrote to us to say what they would do to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breaches of regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) and regulation 18 (Staffing) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.
We undertook this focussed inspection on 18 October 2016 to check they had followed their plan and to confirm that they now meet the legal requirements. This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements and also where additional improvements have been made following the initial inspection. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Wimbledon Village Surgery on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
After the focussed inspection of 9 December 2015, the practice was rated as requires improvement. They were rated as requires improvement for providing safe and well led services. Following the focussed inspection of 18 October 2016 we found the practice to be good overall, and good for providing safe and effective services.
Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:
- The practice had undertaken a fire risk assessment two weeks prior to the inspection, and had a fire safety checklist in place to repeat basic checks on a quarterly basis.
- All staff had been trained in infection control.
- The practice designated Fire Marshalls had attended training on fire safety and had trained other staff at the practice.
Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP
Chief Inspector of General Practice