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Worcestershire Imaging Centre

Provider The Worcestershire Imaging Centre Limited Type Independent Healthcare Org Region West Midlands Last inspected 28 Feb 2019

Location rating: Requires Improvement  View location on CQC

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Ratings held for this CQC location, last inspected 28 February 2019. Ratings extracted from individual reports are shown separately below.

Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Not Yet Rated
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Requires Improvement

Most recent report indexed for actions

The date and rating here are from an individual report, not necessarily the location's latest assessment. Report ratings are extracted with AI; verify the original PDF.

Type: Comprehensive inspection
Date: 15 January 2019
Rating extracted from this report: Requires improvement
Actions indexed: 7 must-do 4 should-do

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AI-extracted 17 Feb 2026

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 7 must-do 4 should-do

Must-do actions (7)

Legal requirements based on regulation breaches identified during inspection.

Must-do action 1 of 7
Must do
Safe
The provider must ensure medicines stored within the service are in date and safe for use.
Regulation: Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment)
⚠ We found medicines which were out of date.
Must-do action 2 of 7
Must do
Safe
The provider must ensure there is a safeguarding lead and a member of staff has been trained to safeguarding children level three.
Regulation: Regulation 13 (Safeguarding service users from abuse and improper treatment)
⚠ The service did not have a safeguarding lead and no member of staff had been trained to safeguarding children level three.
Must-do action 3 of 7
Must do
Well-led
The provider must ensure there is a robust governance system in place to ensure risks are identified and addressed.
Regulation: Regulation 17 (Good governance)
⚠ There was no robust governance system in place to ensure risks identified during our inspection had been recognised by the service.
Must-do action 4 of 7
Must do
Well-led
The provider must ensure there is a robust governance system in place to ensure compliance with identifying a magnetic resonance expert and registered manager.
Regulation: Regulation 17 (Good governance)
⚠ There was no robust governance system in place to ensure compliance with identifying a magnetic resonance expert and registered manager.
Must-do action 5 of 7
Must do
Effective
The provider must ensure that bank staff are competent to operate scanning machines.
Regulation: Regulation 18 (Staffing)
⚠ There was no evidence of bank radiographer competencies. Induction checklists were not completed for locum staff.
Must-do action 6 of 7
Must do
Effective
The provider must ensure induction checklists are completed for bank staff.
Regulation: Regulation 18 (Staffing)
⚠ Induction checklists were not completed for locum staff.
Must-do action 7 of 7
Must do
Well-led
The provider must ensure that consultant and radiographers’ personal files have evidence of appraisals.
Regulation: Regulation 18 (Staffing)
⚠ At the time of the inspection, we found that the consultant radiologists personnel files did not contain evidence of their appraisals, which had been completed by their substantive employer.

Should-do actions (4)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 4
Should do
Well-led
The provider should ensure staff meetings take place routinely.
Should-do action 2 of 4
Should do
Effective
The provider should ensure image peer reviews take place routinely.
Should-do action 3 of 4
Should do
Safe
The provider should ensure that staff attend information governance training and other mandatory training required to enable them effectively carry out their role.
Should-do action 4 of 4
Should do
Safe
The provider should ensure hand hygiene audits are routinely carried out.