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90 per cent of GPs ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has completed its first round of GP practice inspections and rated 90 per cent of GPs as 'good' or 'outstanding’, Pulse has reported.
The programme, which cost in excess of £100 million, showed that two-thirds of practices given the lowest rating (‘inadequate’) were found to be ‘good’ on re-inspection. The 90 per cent ‘good’ and above figure also shows a three per cent increase on last year’s result.
Professor Steve Field, CQC's chief inspector of general practice, maintained the money was well spent: “It is clear that the GP inspection programme has helped deliver improved care for people right across the country.
“Three-quarters of practices rated as inadequate improved sufficiently on re-inspection to receive a higher rating.”
Dr Robert Morley, GPC regulation spokesperson, argued: “It’s clear the massive cost and disruption to practices is completely unwarranted and disproportionate – it just confirms what is already known through other means.
“There is simply no need to have in place the simplistic, misleading and damaging CQC rating system and it should be abolished.”
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