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Sedgley GP surgery moved out of special measures

A GP medical practice has been moved out of special measures by inspectors following the latest visit by Care Quality Commission officials.

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Bath Street Medical Practice, in Sedgley, had been rated inadequate after an inspection in November. Shortly after the inspection, the provider retired and a salaried GP was appointed.

The new GP applied for a new registration, which meant another inspection was needed.

Now, after the follow-up inspection was carried out on July 26 this year, it has been upgraded to 'requiring improvement'.

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The areas of care that need improving after the latest report were the centre's effectiveness and care. The other areas – leadership, safety and responsiveness – were rated as good.

An inspector said: "Although we found that there were some areas for improvement, our findings indicated that the practice were aware of the areas that required further attention.

"There was a proactive action plan in place which was being addressed."

The centre's practice manager said they were happy to be moving forward.

She went on:

"In the last inspection we only had one area rated as good, but now we have three. There are two areas that are stopping us from being rated as good.

"The CQC said it is very hard to be moved from inadequate to good, so they have rated us as requiring improvement before we have another inspection.

"The CQC inspectors said they were really pleased with the progress that had been made in the latest inspection."

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