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Family Nurse Partnership & Health Visiting

Provider Tower Hamlets GP Care Group CIC Type Independent Healthcare Org Region London Last inspected 7 Jul 2022

Overall rating: Good  View full CQC report

Domain ratings

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

Earlier inspection findings

pre-2024 framework · 3 must-do 6 should-do

Must-do actions (3)

Legal requirements based on regulation breaches identified during inspection.

Must-do action 1 of 3
Must do
Safe
The provider must ensure that it has robust systems in place to oversee and monitor the quality and safety of care provided to vulnerable children and families and which can be used to underpin improvement work.
Regulation: Regulation 12 HSCA (RA) Regulations 2014 Safe care and treatment
⚠ The provider doesn't have robust systems in place to oversee and monitor the quality and safety of care provided to vulnerable children and families.
Must-do action 2 of 3
Must do
Safe
The provider must ensure there is robust guidance and practices around lone working to ensure the safety of their staff.
Regulation: Regulation 12 HSCA (RA) Regulations 2014 Safe care and treatment
⚠ The provider doesn't have robust guidance and practices around lone working.
Must-do action 3 of 3
Must do
Safe
The provider must ensure that the safeguarding children policy and any associated procedures are thoroughly reviewed to check they accurately reflect current national guidance and are relevant to the current provider.
Regulation: Regulation 13 HSCA (RA) Regulations 2014 Safeguarding service users from abuse and improper treatment
⚠ The provider's safeguarding children policy and associated procedures do not accurately reflect current national guidance and are not relevant to the current provider.

Should-do actions (6)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should-do action 1 of 6
Should do
Effective
The service should ensure that they continue work to improve performance in completing checks for the mandated milestones outlined in the Healthy Child Programme.
Should-do action 2 of 6
Should do
Safe
The service should ensure consistent approaches to frequency of meetings and sharing risk information with other agencies, for example with local GP practices.
Should-do action 3 of 6
Should do
Safe
The service should implement new tools and processes to enable effective reallocation of caseloads when staff members go on long-term leave or move job roles.
Should-do action 4 of 6
Should do
Well-led
The service should ensure they complete regular audits of patient care records to ensure they are of a high standard and contain all necessary information.
Should-do action 5 of 6
Should do
Responsive
The service should review the need for key information leaflets in local community languages and take steps to introduce them if necessary (online and/or paper versions).
Should-do action 6 of 6
Should do
Safe
The service should ensure that staff always offer an apology to people when things go wrong and record this when they have done so.

Location details

CQC ID: 1-8450540863
Local authority: Tower Hamlets
Region: London

Inspection report

Type: Comprehensive inspection
Date: 7 July 2022
Rating: Good
Actions: 3 must-do 6 should-do
AI-extracted 2 Jun 2026