Block Lane Surgery

Primary Medical Services · North West

Overall Rating
Requires Improvement Last inspected 5 May 2022
Domain Ratings
Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Requires Improvement
Well-led
Requires Improvement

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2 must-do actions
3 should-do actions

Must-Do Actions (2)

Legal requirements based on regulation breaches identified during inspection.

Must Do
Safe
Ensure care and treatment is provided in a safe way to patients.
Regulation 12 HSCA (RA) Regulations 2014 Safe care and treatment
The provider had failed to provide care and treatment in a safe way for service users. In particular: • One patient prescribed Leflunomide was overdue the monitoring required as set out in the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). • One patient prescribed Warfarin had not had an international normalised ratio (INR) …
Must Do
Well-led
Establish effective systems and processes to ensure good governance in accordance with the fundamental standards of care.
Regulation 17 HSCA (RA) Regulations 2014 Good governance
The provider had failed to establish systems and processes that operated effectively to ensure compliance with requirements to demonstrate good governance. In particular: • Some staff working at the practice were employed by a different provider and there was no formal arrangement for sharing the staff. • Required checks were …

Should-Do Actions (3)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should Do
Effective
Carry out second cycles of their clinical audits.
Should Do
Effective
Improve their cervical screening data.
Should Do
Safe
Add alerts to all family members of children on the safeguarding register.
Location Details
CQC ID: 1-10837481075
Local Authority: Oldham
Region: North West
Inspection Report
Type: Comprehensive inspection
Date: 5 May 2022
Rating: Requires Improvement
Actions: 2 must-do , 3 should-do
AI-extracted 17 Feb 2026