England’s Chief Inspector of General Practice has rated Dr Naz Asghar’s practice in Ealing, west London, as Inadequate overall following an inspection in August 2016.
Under CQC’s programme of inspections, all of England’s GP practices are given a rating in five key areas: safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.
The practice was rated as Inadequate for being safe, effective and well-led. It was rated Requires Improvement for caring and Good for being responsive.
Ursula Gallagher, Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice, at CQC said:
“We found that people registered with Dr Naz Asghar’s practice are not getting the high quality care which everyone should expect to receive from their GP."
“We are placing this practice in special measures – and we would now encourage the practice to seek the support it needs to improve. Practices placed in special measures will be inspected again within six months. If insufficient improvements have been made we will take action in line with our enforcement procedures to begin the process of preventing the provider from operating the service.”
Some of the areas where CQC have told the practice it must improve are:
- The practice must introduce clear and effective processes for recording and reporting significant events and incidents.
- It must provide staff with appropriate training to carry out their roles in a safe and effective manner.
- It must ensure that Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks are undertaken as part of the recruitment process for all staff employed at the practice or a risk assessment to indicate the risks of not having one have been assessed.
Patients registered with the practices being placed into special measures should be aware that a package of support is offered by NHS England and the Royal College of GPs to ensure that there are no immediate risks to patient safety at these GP practices whilst improvements are being made.
A full report of this inspection has been published on our website.
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We found that people registered with Dr Naz Asghar’s practice are not getting the high quality care which everyone should expect to receive from their GP.
Ursula Gallagher, CQC's Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice