What is the Quality of Facilities at Kingsnorth Medical Practice

Positive

"The practice was also very active in its involvement with the Federation Ashford Clinical Providers whereby one GP partner was the chair and the practice manager chaired the local practice managers group."

Neutral

"A GP partner held the role of Chair of the Ashford Federation and the practice manager chaired the local practice managers group."

Positive

"The practice nurse was the infection control clinical lead who had recently attended training to undertake this role and was therefore up to date with best and current practice."

Positive

"• Where a patient’s mental capacity to consent to care or treatment was unclear the GP or practice nurse assessed the patient’s capacity and recorded the outcome of the assessment."

Positive

"• The nurse practitioner used the dementia register to arrange for flu shingles and pneumonia vaccinations."

Positive

"The practice offer opportunities for work experience placements student nurse secondments and had also offered employment under an apprenticeship scheme."

Positive

"This included clinical meetings which GPs and practice nurses attended reception team meetings nurse meetings and significant event meetings."

Neutral

"• The community nurse practitioner conducted home visits for dementia patients to undertake medicine reviews and check that medicines was being taken as prescribed and look for potential signs of medicine hoarding."

Neutral

"The practice staff consist of four GP partners male and four salaried GPs female one GP registrar female one community nurse practitioner male four practice nurses female three healthcare assistants female one phlebotomist female one practice manager one deputy practice manager as well as administration and reception staff."

Positive

"Management monitoring and improving outcomes for people The practice used the information collected for the Quality and Outcomes Framework QOF and performance against national screening programmes to monitor outcomes for patients."

Positive

"Blood pressure checks were also offered at these clinics to maintain essential health monitoring for relevant patients."

Positive

"• There were procedures for monitoring and managing risks to patient and staff safety."

Neutral

"It is based on a combination of what we found when we inspected information from our ongoing monitoring of data about services and information given to us from the provider patients the public and other organisations."

Neutral

"• Performance monitoring evidenced high achievement within the clinical commissioning group CCG area."

Neutral

"• There were arrangements for planning and monitoring the number of staff and mix of staff needed to meet patients’ needs."

Neutral

"• The practice conducted further strategic monitoring and worked closely with Kent Public Health Observatory to obtain the date to manage inform and drive performance."

Positive

"A lift provides access to the first floor and all areas are accessible to patients with mobility issues as well as parents with children and babies."

Neutral

"• There were disabled facilities a lift a fixed and a portable hearing loop and translation services available."

Positive

"For example: • Patients receiving end of life care carers those at risk of developing a longterm condition and those requiring advice on their diet smoking and alcohol cessation and the practice nursing team provided lifestyle advice and support for this purpose."

Positive

"This included ongoing support onetoone meetings coaching and mentoring clinical supervision and facilitation and support for revalidating GPs."

Positive

"This covered such topics as fire safety health and safety emergency procedures waste handling dress code practice policies and procedures staff handbook confidentiality and disciplinary procedures."

Positive

"There was a health and safety policy available."

Neutral

"• The community nurse practitioner conducted home visits for dementia patients to undertake medicine reviews and check that medicines was being taken as prescribed and look for potential signs of medicine hoarding."