The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have published the results of their last inspection of Location Medical Services - and we are pleased to announce that we have been rated as Good across all 5 key areas (Safety, Effectiveness, Care, Responsiveness & Leadership).
CQC registration for private medical and ambulance providers is the same statutory in-depth inspection process that NHS hospitals, ambulance services and GP practices are subject to across England.
Although the provision of medical service at events or on film sets is not, technically, a “regulated activity” in the eyes of the law (meaning that some operators working solely in these areas can avoid inspections if they wish to) it is, a legal requirement for any organisation providing ambulance services (including to film sets & events - regardless of what some unregulated lead clients to believe ). CQC registration is also required for our NHS primary care work - so LMS is happy to subject our whole business to the same levels of scrutiny - and we work hard to maintain safety and high across all of our services .
CQC registration is the only recognised independent benchmark for the medical sector, and being able to demonstrate high standards across every aspect of areas such as recruitment background checks, staff training, leadership, clinical governance, infection control, medicines management, complaints handling, equipment testing, innovation, data security etc - means we can offer clients complete peace of mind that we are the safe, reputable and reliable medical provider that our 25 years of experience would suggest!
WIth many unregulated, unsafe and potentially dangerous medical operators prevalent in the Film, TV and Event industries (where customers are not always aware of the laws and benchmarks applicable to the sector), we urge customers across all sectors to look for, and check themselves (via the CQC website), providers’ CQC ratings before they expose their crew / customers or patients to poor healthcare and themselves to litigation.
Our full inspection report is available on the CQC website: https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-221074578