We carried out a review of the data available to us about Aspull Surgery 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 Aspull Surgery, you can give feedback on this service.
This practice is rated as Good overall. (Previous inspection 5 November 2014 – Good)
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
As part of our inspection process, we also look at the quality of care for specific population groups. The population groups are rated as:
Older People – Good
People with long-term conditions – Good
Families, children and young people – Good
Working age people (including those recently retired and students – Good
People whose circumstances may make them vulnerable – Good
People experiencing poor mental health (including people with dementia) - Good
We carried out an announced inspection at Aspull Surgery on 2 November 2017. We carried out a comprehensive inspection of this service under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. The inspection was planned to check whether the provider is meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008, to look at the overall quality of the service, and to provide a rating for the service under the Care Act 2014.
At this inspection we found:
The practice had clear systems to manage risk so that safety incidents were less likely to happen. When incidents did happen, the practice learned from them and improved their processes.
The practice routinely reviewed the effectiveness and appropriateness of the care it provided. It ensured that care and treatment was delivered according to evidence- based guidelines.
Staff involved and treated patients with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
Patients found the appointment system easy to use and reported that they were able to access care when they needed it.
There was a strong focus on continuous learning and improvement at all levels of the organisation.
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.
Chief Inspector of General Practice
We inspected Aspull Surgery on the 5th November 2014 as part of our new comprehensive inspection programme.
We reviewed information provided to us leading up to the inspection and spent seven hours on-site speaking to seven members of staff, six patients and reviewed 18 comment cards which patients had completed leading up to the inspection. From all the evidence gathered during the inspection process we have rated the practice as good.
During our inspection the comments from patients were positive about the care and treatment they received.
Feedback included individual praise of staff for their care and kindness and going the extra mile.
Our key findings were as follows:
We saw several areas of outstanding practice including:
The patient participation group (PPG) working with a specialist activities instructor have established weekly health walks, with two patients being trained as walk leaders.
However, there were also areas of practice where the provider needs to make improvements.
Importantly the provider should:
We saw the practice had in place a detailed child protection and vulnerable adult’s policy and procedure. Within the policy it stated ‘All members of staff require child protection and safeguarding adult training as part of induction and renewed annually.’
Speaking with staff who acted as chaperones, they were clear of the role and responsibility but not all non-clinical staff had received training.
We noted whole prescription pads were issued to each GP for home visits, once these had been issued, no checks were in place to monitor the number or prescriptions used.
Chief Inspector of General Practice