David Gartry Eye Surgery Ltd

The clinic is rated as Good overall. This was the first CQC inspection of David Gartry Eye Surgery Ltd.

The key questions are rated as:

Are clinics safe? – Good

Are clinics effective? – Good

Are clinics caring? – Good

Are clinics responsive? – Good

Are clinics well-led? – Good

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at David Gartry Eye Surgery Ltd as part of our inspection programme. This inspection was planned to check whether the clinic was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

David Gartry Eye Surgery Ltd provides a wide range of in-person privately funded pre-operative and post-operative care, for adult patients, over 18 years of age, undergoing ophthalmic surgery. The provider had an optometry clinic which was out of the scope of CQC registration and was not part of this inspection.

The clinical lead is the registered manager. A registered manager is a person who is registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the clinic. 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 clinic is run.

Our key findings were:

• The clinic had a safeguarding adults and children process in place to protect patients.
• All medicines that were dispensed to patients, to take home, were prescribed and dispensed by the personal authority of the treating medical practitioner.
• The provider ensured that equipment was safe and maintained according to manufacturers’ instructions.
• There was an effective system to manage infection prevention and control.
• Patients’ immediate and ongoing needs were assessed. Where appropriate this included their clinical needs and their mental and physical wellbeing.
• Clinicians had enough information to make or confirm a diagnosis.
• Leaders were knowledgeable about issues and priorities relating to the quality and future of clinics. They understood the challenges and were addressing them.

The areas where the provider should make improvements are:

• Consider if optometrists require a higher level of safeguarding adults training and regular clinical review of their consultations when carrying out work for the registered service.
• Consider if patient-facing administration staff require basic life support training.
• Take action to record all staff meetings.

Dr Sean O’Kelly BSc MB ChB MSc DCH FRCA

Chief Inspector of Health Care