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Sheerness Health Centre

Overall: Inadequate read more about inspection ratings

250-262 High Street, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 1UP (01795) 580909

Provided and run by:
Dr Sanjiv Patel

Report from 25 September 2024 assessment

Ratings

  • Overall

    Inadequate

  • Safe

    Inadequate

  • Effective

    Inadequate

  • Caring

    Good

  • Responsive

    Requires improvement

  • Well-led

    Requires improvement

Our view of the service

Date of assessment 7 November 2024 including remote discussions with the practice management team. The assessment was prompted in part by information shared with CQC that indicated potential concerns about the culture and clinical governance arrangements of the practice. The practice was fully supportive of the assessment, which examined those risks. We found two breaches of the legal regulations in relation to safe care and treatment and good governance. Staff did not consistently protect people from abuse and improper treatment. Medicines were not managed safely. People’s individual needs were not assessed and managed in a timely manner. Governance systems and audits were not effective in identifying or addressing areas for improvement.