Background to this inspection
Updated
22 October 2018
Dr A Palmer and J Gardner are also known as Barlborough Medical Practice (). It is registered with the CQC as a GP partnership with two GP partners. The partnership has been established since 1993.
The surgery provides primary care medical services commissioned by NHS England and North Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The practice covers a semi-rural area and lies within the Bolsover district of North East Derbyshire.
The premises include a main site within Barlborough and a branch surgery situated in the nearby village of Renishaw, approximately 2½ miles away. The premises at Barlborough are approximately 20 years old, and the branch surgery shares a building with another GP practice which is part of the neighbouring CCG.
The addresses for the main location and branch surgery are:
• Barlborough Medical Practice, The Old Malthouse, 7 Worksop Road, Barlborough, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 4TY.
• Renishaw, Emmett Carr Surgery, Abbey Place, Renishaw, Sheffield. S21 3TY.
As part of our inspection, we visited the main site at Barlborough. The practice offers dispensing services from the main site to patients on the practice list who live more than one mile (1.6km) from their nearest pharmacy.
Updated
22 October 2018
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr A Palmer & Dr J Gardner on 21 February 2018. The overall rating for the practice was ‘Good’, however, the practice was rated ‘Requires improvement’ for providing safe services. We asked the practice to develop an action plan to address the areas of concern that were identified during our inspection.
The full comprehensive report can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Dr A Palmer & Dr J Gardner on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 10 October 2018 to review actions taken by the practice since our previous inspection in February 2018. This report covers our findings in relation to actions taken by the practice since our last inspection in the area of ‘Safe’.
Overall the practice remains rated as ‘Good’. The practice is now also rated ‘Good’ for providing safe services.
Our key findings were as follows:
- The practice had reviewed and improved their processes for repeat prescribing and the management of high risk medicines.
- The practice had reviewed and improved their processes for significant events, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) alerts and near misses.
- The practice had addressed previous issues identified relating to their dispensary.
- The practice had improved their systems for ensuring emergency medicines and consumables were not used past their expiry date.
Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP
Chief Inspector of General Practice
People with long term conditions
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