Care Quality Commission Report (CQC) October 2014

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We had our CQC inspection on Tuesday 7th October 2014. The inspection team was led by a CQC inspector and included a GP specialist advisor, a Practice Manager and an Expert by Experience.The inspectors judged that Fownhope Medical Centre provided a ‘Good’ service to patients in all of the five key areas which the CQC assesses: 

  1. Safe,
  2. Effective,
  3. Caring,
  4. Responsive,
  5. Well Led. 

This applies to patients across all age ranges and to patients with varied needs due to their healthor social circumstances. The CQC inspects GP practices and gives an overall rating;

  • Outstanding,
  • Good,
  • Requires improvement,
  • Inadequate.

Go to the Care Quality Commission page on this website and you will be directed to the CQC website with full details about our service, our rating and the inspection report from 2014. We also have a full copy of the report available to read and/or download on the ‘Our Documents’ page of this site.