Inspectors publish reports on 50 more GP practices under new CQC approach

8 Jan 2015 01:57 PM

The Care Quality Commission has published a further 50 reports on the quality of care provided by GP practices in different parts of the country.

Following recent inspections by specialist teams, 42 of the practices have been rated as Good, one has been rated as Outstanding, and seven have been rated Requires Improvement.

Under CQC’s new programme of inspections, all of England’s GP practices are being given a rating according to whether they are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led.

Professor Nigel Sparrow, CQC's Senior National GP Advisor said:

“We know that the vast majority of England's GPs are providing a service which is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led.  If that is what we find on inspection - we give it a rating of Good, and I congratulate the GPs and staff in these practices.

“Patients should be able to expect high quality and consistent care from every GP practice. Where we have required improvement, we will expect the practice to take the necessary steps to address the issue, and we will return at a later date to check that those improvements have been made."

Full reports on all 50 inspections are available on this website.

For media enquiries, call the CQC press office on 020 7448 9401 during office hours or out of hours on 07789 876508. For general enquiries, call 03000 61 61 61.

Notes to editors

Please refer to the separate press release on the practice which has been rated Outstanding.

These are among the first GP practices to receive ratings following the introduction of our new inspection regime, which features specialist teams including inspectors, GPs and practice nurses.

To get to the heart of people’s experiences of care, we always ask the following five questions of services:

At every NHS GP practice we will look at the quality of care for the following six population groups: Older people, People with long-term conditions, Families, children and young people, Working age people (including those recently retired and students), People whose circumstances may make them vulnerable, People experiencing poor mental health (including people with dementia).

The full list of inspection reports published today under CQC’s new approach is below. The list includes CCG areas and overall ratings for each practice.

About the Care Quality Commission

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care in England.

We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve.

We monitor, inspect and regulate services to make sure they meet fundamental standards of quality and safety and we publish what we find to help people choose care.