Hunar Clinic

Updated 1 September 2022

Hunar Clinic is a privately owned cosmetic surgery clinic. The service provides a range of cosmetic procedures for self-funding patients from a wide geographical area. It is an on demand service driven by patient choice. The service provides day care procedures and does not have overnight facilities. The service is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to carry out surgical procedures and treatment of disease disorder and injury. The service was registered in 2019 and there is a registered manager in place. This is the service’s first inspection since it registered.

We inspected this service using our comprehensive inspection methodology.

Updated 1 September 2022

The service did not have a previous rating. We rated it as good because:

• The service had enough staff to care for patients and keep them safe. Staff had training in key skills, understood how to protect patients from abuse, and managed safety well. The service controlled infection risk well. Staff assessed risks to patients, acted on them and kept good care records. The service managed safety incidents well and learned lessons from them.
• Staff provided good care and treatment, provided refreshments if required and gave them pain relief when they needed it. Managers monitored the effectiveness of the service and made sure staff were competent. Staff worked well together for the benefit of patients and had access to good information.
• Staff treated patients with compassion and kindness, respected their privacy and dignity, took account of their individual needs, and helped them understand their conditions. They provided emotional understanding to patients and their families and signposted to appropriate emotional support services.
• The service planned care to meet the needs of local people, took account of patients’ individual needs, and made it easy for people to give feedback. People could access the service when they needed it and did not have to wait too long for treatment.
• Leaders ran services well using reliable information systems and supported staff to develop their skills. Staff understood the service’s vision and values, and how to apply them in their work. Staff felt respected, supported and valued. They were focused on the needs of patients receiving care. Staff were clear about their roles and accountabilities. The service engaged well with patients to plan and manage services and all staff were committed to improving services continually.

The service performs other procedures which fall outside the scope of registration, we will report only on the liposuction part of the service, as this falls within the scope of CQC registration.

However:

• We found several out of date medicines and equipment on resuscitation trolleys
• We found substances subjected to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) were not always kept securely
• We found intravenous fluids not stored securely

Updated 1 September 2022

This is the first time we have rated this service. We rated it as good. We rated this service as good overall, as we found it good in responsive, caring, effective and well led and requires improvement in safe.

See the summary above for details.