One Welbeck Digestive Health is operated by ASI London A Limited. The service has no overnight beds. Facilities include three endoscopy rooms and eight single bedded patient rooms. The service did not treat anyone under the age of 18.
The service provides oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopies and colonoscopies. These are examinations to detect changes in the stomach and the intestines.
We inspected this service using our comprehensive inspection methodology. We carried out an unannounced visit to the clinic on 11 March 2020.
To get to the heart of patients’ experiences of care and treatment, we ask the same five questions of all services: are they safe, effective, caring, responsive to people's needs, and well-led?. Where we have a legal duty to do so we rate services’ performance against each key question as outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate.
Throughout the inspection, we took account of what people told us and how the provider understood and complied with the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Services we rate
The service had not been rated before. We rated it as Good overall.
We found good practice:
- The service controlled infection risk well. Staff kept themselves, equipment and the premises clean. They used control measures to prevent the spread of infection. Premises and equipment were suitable and were well looked after.
- The service had enough staff with the right qualifications, skills, training and experience to keep people safe from avoidable harm and to provide the right care and treatment.
- Staff cared for patients with compassion, dignity and respect and involved them in decisions about their care and treatment.
- The provider planned and provided services in a way that met the needs of the patient group and people could access the service when they needed it.
- Leaders had the right skills and abilities to run a service providing high-quality sustainable care and promoted a positive culture that supported and valued patients and staff.
- There was a systematic approach to continually improve the quality of the service and safeguarding high standards of care. And there were effective systems in place for managing risks.
Nigel Acheson
Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals