A BICESTER GP practice has been put into special measures by the Government’s health watchdog.

The Care Quality Commission deemed that the Langford Medical Practice, which has about 9,300 registered patients, was “inadequate” and was not safe.

The report, published today, said: “GPs were not always signing repeat prescriptions before they [sic] medicine was dispensed to the patient.”

Deputy chief inspector Ruth Rankine said: “I do not believe that the practice is likely to resolve its challenges without external support which it can receive through placing it in special measure.”

As a result, the GP practice has to work alongside NHS England to resolve the issues raised in the most recent inspection.

The practice will be revisited in six months.

The practice breached three regulations, including providing up-to-date training for trainee GPs and an unsafe management of medicines.

In a joint statement, the practice GP partners said they were “disappointed” with the report and added: “We can reassure our patients and the wider public that were are actively improving our working procedures so that we can further improve our performance.

The practice will be reviewed by the CQC again in six months.