A Spalding GP surgery has said it will work with a standards watchdog after it was placed in the band of surgeries requiring earliest inspections.
Munro Medical Centre was placed in Band 1 in a report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), as reported in a story in the Spalding and South Holland Voice last week.
Munro Medical Centre has asked us to point out that the bandings are not a ranking of surgeries or judgments on practice performance, but rather a means of prioritising a schedule of inspection so judgments can be made.
Dr Graham Wheatley, a GP at the surgery in West Elloe Avenue, Spalding, said: “We are currently in dialogue with the Care Quality Commission as we have identified potential inaccuracies in some of the data used in our banding.
“However, some of the data does reflect historical issues that we have taken decisive action to improve, in particular to strengthen our clinical teams of doctors and nurses.
“We are happy to work with the CQC, and when they come to inspect us (as they will for all practices), we are confident that we can show that our practice is of high and improving quality.”
