A GP surgery with 3,965 patients on its books has been praised by the Care Quality Commission.

Southview Park Surgery in London Road, Vange, scored good in four areas. It was ordered to improve in one category following an announced visit in March.

A report published this week reads: “A good rating was achieved in effective, caring, responsive and well-led.

“A requires improvement rating was achieved for providing safe services.

“Overall the practice is rated as good as we found sufficient improvements had been made in the safe management of medicines.

“At our initial inspection in July 2016 we found that the provider did not have systems established to ensure safety alerts such as Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency were appropriately actioned. A requirement notice was issued to ensure the provider made suitable improvements for these risks.”

The practice has been ordered to improve auditing and share information with staff.

The report continues: “The practice serves a broad demographic with high levels of deprivation amongst children and older people. Their male and female patients have a lower than the local average life expectancy.”