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Block Lane Surgery

Type Primary Medical Services Region North West Last inspected 5 May 2022

Overall rating: Requires Improvement  View full CQC report

Domain ratings

Five CQC key questions
Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Requires Improvement
Well-led
Requires Improvement

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 2 must-do 3 should-do

Must-do actions (2)

Legal requirements based on regulation breaches identified during inspection.

Must-do action 1 of 2
Must do
Safe
Ensure care and treatment is provided in a safe way to patients.
Regulation: Regulation 12 HSCA (RA) Regulations 2014 Safe care and treatment
⚠ The provider had failed to provide care and treatment in a safe way for service users. In particular: • One patient prescribed Leflunomide was overdue the monitoring required as set out in the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). • One patient prescribed Warfarin had not had an international normalised ratio (INR) …
Must-do action 2 of 2
Must do
Well-led
Establish effective systems and processes to ensure good governance in accordance with the fundamental standards of care.
Regulation: Regulation 17 HSCA (RA) Regulations 2014 Good governance
⚠ The provider had failed to establish systems and processes that operated effectively to ensure compliance with requirements to demonstrate good governance. In particular: • Some staff working at the practice were employed by a different provider and there was no formal arrangement for sharing the staff. • Required checks were …

Should-do actions (3)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 3
Should do
Effective
Carry out second cycles of their clinical audits.
Should-do action 2 of 3
Should do
Effective
Improve their cervical screening data.
Should-do action 3 of 3
Should do
Safe
Add alerts to all family members of children on the safeguarding register.

Location details

CQC ID: 1-10837481075
Local authority: Oldham
Region: North West

Inspection report

Type: Comprehensive inspection
Date: 5 May 2022
Rating: Requires Improvement
Actions: 2 must-do 3 should-do
AI-extracted 17 Feb 2026