England’s Chief Inspector of General Practice has rated Dr Binoy Kumar’s Practice at St Pauls Surgery, in Preston as Inadequate, and the practice will remain in special measures following an inspection by the CQC in July.
At an inspection in August 2015, the CQC rated the practice as Inadequate and placed it into special measures after finding significant concerns. A further inspection in June 2016 found improvements had been made, so their rating was amended to Requires Improvement but they remained in special measures as there were still concerns that needed to be addressed.
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 safe, effective and well-led, and Good for being caring and responsive.
Alison Holbourn, Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice at CQC said:
“We found that people registered with Dr Binoy Kumar’s Practice are not getting the high quality care which everyone should expect to receive from their GP."
“It is our expectation that providers should use our inspection reports to get to grips with their problems and push through improvements."
“Although at this most recent inspection steps had been taken to address previous concerns, some significant issues still remained. We saw evidence that previous concerns regarding the safe recruitment of staff had re-occurred and also identified new concerns related to the clinical care of patients."
“We have told the practice where they must improve and we are keeping them in special measures to ensure the safety of people using these services.”
A full report of this inspection has been published on our website.
Some of the findings included:
- Inspectors saw evidence that knowledge of and reference to best practice for the clinical care of patients was lacking.
- The practice had not followed the practice recruitment policy in the recruitment of three new staff.
- Processes for the safe monitoring of some patients taking high-risk medicines were lacking and patients were being prescribed these medicines without timely review.
CQC are taking enforcement action against this provider, and will report publicly on this when legally able to. CQC is working closely with Greater Manchester CCG to ensure the safety of people using this service until a new provider is in place.
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We have told the practice where they must improve and we are keeping them in special measures to ensure the safety of people using these services
Alison Holbourn, Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice at CQC