A GP surgery has been labelled inadequate in a report carried out by the independent health regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

The damning report on The Beeches Surgery, Carshalton, found that of the five categories it was judged on, the surgery was inadequate in three and required improvement in two.

Categories where the surgery was found inadequate were safety services, service effectiveness and well-led services.

Read the report in full here: Beeches Surgery.

The CQC also found the surgery, which was taken over by Dr Froley & Partners last July, required improvement in the areas of service care and response to people's needs.

Ursula Gallagher, deputy chief inspector of General Practice, said: "While patients spoke well of care they received at the practice, our inspectors did find areas of concern.

"I feel it is vital Beeches Surgery takes action to address those concerns.

"The practice has a responsibility to ensure that all people using the services have a right to receive care which is of a high quality, compassionate and safe."

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Further criticisms made of the surgery include care treatment for the elderly that did not always reflect current standards, staff feeling unsupported, a lack of effective clinical leadership and a lack of a translation service.

Beeches Surgery practice manager, Debbie Williams, said that the findings had been disappointing, but that they were working to meet the recommendations stated in the review.

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She said: "Of course we were disappointed to read the findings.

"We are committed to delivering excellent patient care and we will be working to implement the improvements the Care Quality Commission recommended as part of their review."

She added that the surgery had already begun to implement some of the recommendations such as ensuring there was now a defibrillator and a supply of medical oxygen on site.