CQC 28 March 2019
- Findings from an analysis of a sample of 85 inspection reports from CQC inspection programme of independent doctor and clinic services providing primary medical care in England.
- Main areas of concern related to:
- safe and effective prescribing
- awareness of safeguarding and establishing patients’ identity, particularly for children and their parents or legal guardians
- arrangements for clinical oversight, governance frameworks and quality monitoring and improvement
- recording details and managing patients’ care records
- gaining appropriate consent
- sharing information with a patient’s NHS GP or other health professionals in accordance with guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC)
