CQC to close Plumstead GP practice

The Care Quality Commission has cancelled the registration of a south-east London GP practice - effectively closing the surgery.

After the latest inspection in February 2017, Dr Asha Shen’s practice at The Slade, Plumstead, was rated Inadequate overall - following a period of more than a year with the practice in special measures, during which time its registration had been suspended.

CQC inspectors found the practice:

• Had still not addressed key issues affecting the health and safety and wellbeing of patients. There was a lack of cohesion and shared understanding between the practice’s leaders.
• Was still not recording serious incidents or discussing them with practice staff to share learning and prevent similar occurrences from happening again.
• Had still not established effective arrangements for assessing, managing and monitoring risks, and had not established a schedule of quality improvement.
• Had several members of staff that had not received key training.
• Had some policies were still not fit for purpose.

However, the provider had taken some positive steps to improve medicines management, holding and documenting meetings, the availability of emergency medicines and equipment, and they had begun to address an aspect of feedback from patients.

Michele Golden, CQC’s Head of General Practice Inspection, said:

“Dr Asha Sen’s practice has once again been rated as Inadequate overall and in all the five key areas of being safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led."

“We have really been left with no choice other than to cancel its registration.”

You can read the report in full on our website.

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