Archived: Weightmedics - Edgware Road

This service is rated as Good overall.

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

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Weightmedics - Edqware Road under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act (HSCA) 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This was part of our inspection programme to check whether the service was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and to rate the service.

Weightmedics – Edgware Road provides weight loss services, including prescribing medicines and dietary advice to support weight reduction. The Nurse Director is the registered manager. A registered manager is a person who is registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

Our key findings were:

• The provider had implemented additional infection control measures in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
• The provider had adequate systems for reviewing and investigating when things went wrong and sharing any learning with all staff.
• The provider had effective processes to develop leadership capacity and skills, including planning for the future leadership of the service.

The areas where the provider should make improvements are:

• Only supply unlicensed medicines against valid special clinical needs of an individual patient where there is no suitable licensed medicine available.
• Make a clear record of the dose and frequency information for medicines prescribed.
• Review and improve how consent is obtained to ensure that patients are aware of all treatment risks.
• Review the system for sharing treatment plans with patient’s own GPs to ensure they are sent consistently.

Dr Rosie Benneyworth BM BS BMedSci MRCGP
Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care