UPDATE 19 September 2014 - Following discussions with NHS England, due to the work that the practices in Darlington are doing in October in relation to the Prime Ministers Challenge Fund, it has been decided to postpone the CQC inspections that were due to take place within Darlington CCG. You can find the list of CCGs we will inspect below.
We will be inspecting NHS GP practices in the following clinical commissioning groups as part of our ongoing testing of our new inspection approach.
- Barnet
- Brent
- Camden
- Croydon
- Greenwich
- Hammersmith & Fulham
- Hounslow
- Lambeth
- Richmond
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
- Westminster
- Corby
- East Lincolnshire
- East Staffs
- Great Yarmouth and Waveney
- Herefordshire
- Leicester City
- Luton
- Nene
- North Derbyshire
- Nottingham City
- Redditch and Bromsgrove
- Shropshire
- Solihull
- South Derbyshire
- South Lincolnshire
- South Norfolk
- Southend
- Stoke on Trent
- Thurrock
- Walsall
- West Essex
- West Suffolk
- Wolverhampton
- Wyre Forest
- Aylesbury Vale
- Bracknell and Ascot
- Bristol
- Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley
- Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford
- Fareham and Gosport
- Gloucestershire
- Guildford and Waverley
- Medway
- North and West Reading
- North East and West Devon
- North East Hampshire
- North East Hampshire & Farnham
- Somerset
- Surrey Downs
- Swindon
- West Hampshire
- Barnsley
- Blackburn & Darwin
- Bolton
- Bradford City
- Chorley and Ribble
- Cumbria
- Eastern Cheshire
- Newcastle
- Leeds South and East
- Liverpool
- North Lancashire
- Northumberland
- Salford
- Scarborough, Whitby and Rydale
- South Sefton
- Wigan
- York
About our new approach to inspecting GP practices
Inspections teams will be larger than before and they will include clinical experts and other professionals.
The results of each inspection will give you a clear picture of the quality of care in the practice – exposing whether it is providing poor or good care.
Our new approach aims to answer five key questions about the GP practice. Is it:
- safe?
- effective?
- caring?
- responsive to people’s needs?
- well-led?
Find out more about our new approach by reading 'A fresh start for the regulation and inspection of GP practices and out-of-hours services' below.
A fresh start for the regulation and inspection of GP practices and GP out-of-hours services