A Stanmore surgery has been slated after being labelled as “inadequate” following a recent care inspection.

The Stanmore Surgery in Elm Park, Stanmore, is in dire need of resolving the issues found by a Care Quality Commission inspection in May.

The care quality commission (CQC) is a regulator of all health and social care services in England.

Inspectors rated the practice as inadequate for being safe, effective and well-led and it was rates that it required improvement for being caring and responsive.

The practice was found to be failing on the following points:

• Patients were at risk of harm because systems and processes were not in place to keep them safe

• Actions identified to address concerns with infection control had not been taken

• There were serious concerns identified in incident reporting, safeguarding, chaperoning, medicines management, health and safety, fire safety and dealing with emergencies and major incidents

• The practice had no clear leadership structure, insufficient leadership capacity and limited formal governance arrangements.

Professor Ursula Gallagher, Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice in CQC’s London region said: “It is important that the people who are registered at The Stanmore Surgery can rely on getting the high quality care which everyone is entitled to receive from their GP.

“We have now placed the practice into special measures – which means we will inspect again in six months’ time.

"This will enable the practice to access all the support it needs via NHS England, using the vulnerable practices scheme.”

Patients registered with practices should be aware that the package of support being offered by NHS England and the Royal College of GPs will ensure that there are no immediate risks to patient safety.