2015-11-12 Snippet(s)
Neutral
"The practice provided an enhanced service for patients with dementia and referred patients with potential symptoms to the local memory clinic for diagnosis and specialist advice."
Latest Snippet(s)
Positive
"The practice also encouraged its patients to attend national screening programmes for bowel and breast cancer screening."
Latest Snippet(s)
Positive
"• A gestational diabetes audit found room for improvement in how patients were supported to live and maintain a healthy lifestyle."
Positive
"For example a diabetes audit highlighted the need for consistent lifestyle improvement support for some patients and the locum GP had been trained in this so it could be provided when the principal GP was not there."
2015-11-12 Snippet(s)
Positive
"The practice had identified diabetes as an area for continued improvement and actively encouraged patients to learn how to control the condition for example referring patients to the Barking and Dagenham nutrition and dietetics service."
Neutral
"Patients with diabetes were referred to DESMOND or DAFNE courses on selfmanagement and to the community diabetic team if required."
Neutral
"These included carers patients with long term conditions such as diabetes and those wanting advice on their diet and smoking and alcohol cessation."
Latest Snippet(s)
Positive
"• Performance for mental health related indicators was better or significantly better than the national average and the CCG average in all three indicators."
Neutral
"The audit found one patient did not consistently take their medicine because of complex mental health needs."
2015-11-12 Snippet(s)
Positive
"The practice followed up patients who had attended accident and emergency A&E where they may have been experiencing poor mental health and understood how to access local mental health crisis services."
Positive
"Patients using this service presented with a wide range of health needs and a high prevalence of mental health problems and posttraumatic stress disorder."
Positive
"The practice regularly worked with multidisciplinary teams in the case management of people experiencing poor mental health including those with dementia."
Positive
"• The practice was performing better than average for mental health related indicators."
Positive
"For example one patient with enduring mental health problems told us they had been referred by their doctor to the local “Fit for Life” exercise scheme and said this had greatly helped them both physically and mentally."
Positive
"The practice provided information for patients experiencing poor mental health how to access various support groups and voluntary organisations including activities and clubs to promote healthier lifestyles and reduce social isolation."
Latest Snippet(s)
Positive
"This meant the practice could provide childhood immunisations and provide health checks such as tuberculosis screening to people who might otherwise not receive such care."
2015-11-12 Snippet(s)
Positive
"The practice carried out annual health checks for patients with a learning disability and routinely offered these patients longer appointments."
2015-11-12 Snippet(s)
Positive
"The practice reviewed patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD and asthma at least annually with a checkup including spirometry reversibility and medicines."
Neutral
"On a yearly basis a specialist pharmacist visited the practice to review all patients on the asthma register."
2015-11-12 Snippet(s)
Positive
"• The percentage of patients with hypertension having a normal blood pressure reading within the last nine months was in line with expectations."
2015-11-12 Snippet(s)
Positive
"The practice carried out annual health checks for patients with a learning disability and routinely offered these patients longer appointments."
2015-11-12 Snippet(s)
Positive
"• The percentage of patients with hypertension having a normal blood pressure reading within the last nine months was in line with expectations."