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Doctor quits as Darlaston practice put into special measures

A doctors practice which looks after more than 3,500 people has been put into special measures by inspectors – prompting the doctor who runs the service to step down.

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The practice of Dr Saptarshi Saha, at Darlaston Health Centre, is the subject of an 'inadequate' report from the Care Quality Commission.

The service was branded inadequate in terms of safety and leadership and bosses were told improvements were needed in terms of effectiveness and responsiveness.

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Following on from an inspection in 2014, where bosses were told that they needed to improve performance in relation to incident reporting as well as recording and monitoring, inspectors had hoped to see substantial progress, but they weren't satisfied with the progress that had been made.

Other concerns were raised by the social care watchdog, including that staff hadn't received the correct information governance.

A spokesperson for the surgery said: "We are very disappointed with this report as it does not reflect the work we do.

"We are appealing against the rating. Dr Saha has decided to step down from running this practice within the next few months."

A statement attached to a report compiled by Professor Steve Field, chief inspector of general practice with the CQC, reads: "I am placing this service in special measures.

"Services placed in special measures will be inspected again within six months.

"If insufficient improvements have been made such that there remains a rating of inadequate for any population group, key question or overall, we will take action in line with our enforcement procedures to begin the process of preventing the provider from operating the service."

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