The Care Quality Commission
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UK Vein Clinic, Manchester Also known as UK Vein Clinic LTD

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings

Pall Mall Medical, 61 King Street, Manchester, M2 4PD 07813 923191

Provided and run by:
UK Vein Clinic Ltd

All Inspections

6 July 2023

During a monthly review of our data

We carried out a review of the data available to us about UK Vein Clinic, Manchester on 6 July 2023. We have not found evidence that we need to carry out an inspection or reassess our rating at this stage.

This could change at any time if we receive new information. We will continue to monitor data about this service.

If you have concerns about UK Vein Clinic, Manchester, you can give feedback on this service.

4 october 2022

During a routine inspection

This service is rated as Good overall.

The key questions are rated as:

Are services safe? – Good

Are services effective? – Good

Are services caring? – Good

Are services responsive? – Good

Are services well-led? – Good

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at UK Vein Clinic as part of our inspection programme.

This inspection was a comprehensive inspection to check the provider was complying with the regulations under the Health and Social Care Act 2008. We inspected five key questions to determine if the service is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led.

UK Vein Clinic Diagnostic Treatment Centre is one of two independent health care facilities under the management of UK Vein Clinic (Manchester) Limited. The service provides treatment for symptomatic varicose veins to improve community access and to deliver effective varicose vein treatment, helping in the management and resulting in improved patient outcomes, wellbeing and satisfaction.

The medical director, Dr P Finigan is the registered manager. A registered manager is a person who is registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

Our key findings were:

We rated the service as good for providing safe services because:

  • The service provided care in a way that kept patients safe and protected them from avoidable harm.

We rated the practice as good for providing effective services because:

  • Patients received effective care and treatment that met their needs.

We rated the practice as good for providing caring services because:

  • Staff dealt with patients with kindness and respect and involved them in decisions about their care

We rated the practice as good for providing responsive services because:

  • The practice organised and delivered services to meet patients’ needs. Patients could access care and treatment in a timely way.

We rated the practice as good for providing well led services because:

  • The way the practice was led and managed promoted the delivery of high-quality, person-centre care.

Dr Sean O’Kelly BSc MB ChB MSc DCH FRCA

Chief Inspector of Hospitals and Interim Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services