The CQC are a body who are independent regulators of all health and social care services in England. They check that people get suitable, safe health and social care of a standard that meets the rules set by the government and covers all services provided by hospitals, GP surgeries, dentists, ambulance services, care homes, and services provided within people’s homes.

More information can be found on the CQC website: www.cqc.org.uk.

What standards can I expect the GP Practice to provide?

The practice is inspected by the CQC to ensure that we are registered and our premises and services are good enough to meet government standards.

The following booklet provides information as to the standards you can expect.

What standards you have a right to expect from the regulation of your GP practice.

As part of the registration process we have to provide a statement of purpose. This is a document which includes set standards about the services that we provide.

Our statement of purpose describes:

• Our aims and objectives in providing our services
• The kinds of services we provide
• The locations of our premises
• Details about our practice, which includes our legal status, and the manager(s), including the ‘address for service’ for all registered persons

Read our Statement of Purpose.

How are our services assessed?

The CQC inspectors will assess our services against five key questions:

• Are they safe?
• Are they effective?
• Are they caring?
• Are they responsive to people’s needs?
• Are they well-led?

We will be scored on each of the above following inspection as: outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate.

The practice is committed to securing a positive inspection result.

How can patients get involved?

The CQC will assess our services by a variety of methods. This will include feedback from people who use our services and the local population. They will also speak to members of our patient participation group.

If, as patients, you want to tell us how we can improve please contact the surgery via the website, by coming in, by phone or by completing the friends and family test on the website or in the surgery. We value all feedback both positive and negative and strive to always learn lessons to further improve services.

If you feel you would like to speak to the CQC about our services then you can contact them directly at www.cqc.org.uk or you may wish to speak to your local patient participation group details of which can be found on the Patient Participation Group page.

Our CQC Inspection

Our practice is inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to ensure we are meeting essential standards of quality and safety.

This widget provides a summary of the results of the latest checks carried out by the CQC.