19 April 2013
During a routine inspection
People gave their written consent to receive treatment at the practice and we saw completed forms for these in people's care files.
Staff received appropriate professional development. The doctor and staff kept up to date with research relevant to their practisce through attending courses and reading journals which counted towards their continual professional development (CPD).
People were not verbally informed on how they could raise a complaint. One person we spoke with told us that they did not know how they would raise a complaint if they needed to. However there was information available for people in a range of written formats on the practice's complaints process. There was a patient manual in the waiting room which detailed how a people could raise a complaint if they wished to and this was also available on the Wholistic Medical Centre's website.