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Woodhall Spa New Surgery

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings

The Broadway, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, LN10 6SQ (01526) 353888

Provided and run by:
Woodhall Spa New Surgery

All Inspections

During an assessment under our new approach

Date of Assessment: 15 January 2025 to 27 January 2025. Woodhall Spa New Surgery is a GP practice and delivers primary medical services to 5,459 patients under a contract held with NHS England. Bardney Surgery is a branch site to the practice. We assessed 28 quality statements across all 5 key questions: safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led key questions. This assessment considered the demographics of the people using the service, the context the service was working within and how this impacted service delivery. Where relevant, further commentary is provided in the quality statements section of this report. Staff were appropriately skilled, qualified and experienced to carry out their roles. Medicines were well managed at the practice and the dispensary worked effectively to ensure safe processes were in place. Staff reviewed assessments; taking account of people’s needs and people were involved in decisions about their care. Staff had a good understanding of their community and provided a personalised service dependent on needs. People were treated with kindness and compassion. People had choice in their care and treatment. The service supported staff wellbeing. The service was easy to access and people received fair care and treatment. We found a breach of Regulation 17- Good Governance of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this assessment. There were not clear systems and processes to ensure actions were implemented from audit and risk assessment tools. Policies and procedures were not always consistent with their approach.

 

24 September 2015

During a routine inspection

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Woodhall Spa New Surgery on 24 September 2015. Overall the practice is rated as good.

Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:

  • Staff understood and fulfilled their responsibilities to raise concerns, and to report incidents and near misses. Information about safety was recorded, monitored, appropriately reviewed and addressed.
  • Risks to patients were assessed and well managed.
  • Patients’ needs were assessed and care was planned and delivered following best practice guidance. Staff had received training appropriate to their roles and any further training needs had been identified and planned.
  • Patients said they were treated with compassion, dignity and respect and they were involved in their care and decisions about their treatment.
  • Information about services and how to complain was available and easy to understand.
  • Patients said they found it easy to make an appointment and that there was continuity of care, with urgent appointments available the same day.
  • The practice had good facilities and was well equipped to treat patients and meet their needs.
  • There was a clear leadership structure and staff felt supported by management. The practice proactively sought feedback from staff and patients, which it acted on.

However there were areas of practice where the provider needs to make improvements.

Importantly the provider should ;

  • Ensure recruitment arrangements include all necessary employment checks for new staff.
  • Ensure that all staff receive appropriate supervision and appraisal.
  • Ensure the business continuity plan is reviewed to include more detailed information for staff to refer to in the event that it was needed.
  • Ensure that effective processes are in place to ensure the safe storage of medicines.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice