England’s Chief Inspector of General Practice has placed Dr Andreas Sampson’s GP practice in Haringey, North London, into special measures, following a Care Quality Commission inspection which found the quality of care to be Inadequate overall.
Inspectors rated the practice as Inadequate in all areas for being safe, effective, well-led, caring and responsive, after an inspection in March 2016.
A full report of the inspection, which details inspectors’ findings and highlights the areas where improvements must be made, has been published.
At the time of the inspection, the patient list consisted of six NHS patients.
Inspectors found there was no evidence of recording and learning from significant events. When things went wrong, lessons learned were not communicated to support improvement.
Systems to address risks were not implemented to ensure that patients were kept safe. The practice had not undertaken an infection prevention and control audit, arrangements for dealing with medical emergencies were inadequate, and clinical equipment was not regularly checked.
The practice could not demonstrate how it was delivering care in line with recognised professional standards and guidelines.
Inspectors also found that Dr Sampson did not properly assess and manage risks to his patients because he failed to ensure that appropriate infection prevention systems were in place, he failed to ensure that clinical equipment was regularly checked and he had not undertaken basic life support training.
However, the majority of patients that that took part in the 2015 patient survey said that Dr Sampson was ‘very polite’, ‘very good’ at listening and ‘very good’ at explaining tests and treatments.
Ursula Gallagher, Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice in CQC’s London region said: “It is important that the people who are registered with Dr Sampson can rely on getting the high quality care which everyone is entitled to receive from their GP.
“During this inspection we were refused access to patient records and the opportunity to ask patients (via comment card or in person) for their views about care and treatment.
“We have not been able to assure ourselves that people were being protected from avoidable harm, that people’s care and treatment was optimised and that people were being treated with care and compassion.
“We have made it clear where this practice must improve. We will keep this practice under review and after a period of six months we will inspect again to check whether sufficient improvements have been made. If we find that the provider remains inadequate, we will consider taking further action.”
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