What is the Quality of Care at Bearwood Medical Centre

Positive

"• The practice recognised that carers were at high risk of stress and depression and at regular intervals contacted carers to check on their wellbeing and to offer support and help reduce feelings of isolation."

Positive

"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia The practice is rated as good for the care of people experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia."

Neutral

"The practice demonstrated how they encouraged uptake of the screening programme by using information in different languages and for those with a learning disability and they ensured a female sample taker was available."

Neutral

"For example the nursing staff had undertaken recent update training in asthma management diabetes management and chronic heart conditions."

Positive

"The practice also encouraged its patients to attend national screening programmes for bowel and breast cancer screening."

Positive

"These patients were also flagged on the computer system to be alert staff to offer testing opportunistically for women with a past history of gestational diabetes who attend the GP surgery or are having blood testing for other reasons for example travel vaccinations or routine smear testing."

Positive

"A new requirement contained within that guidance was that women diagnosed with gestational diabetes who had a negative postnatal test for diabetes should be offered an annual blood test."

Neutral

"• The practice were the first practice in Dorset to run virtual specialist diabetes clinics in conjunction with their consultant diabetologist to support high risk patients."

Neutral

"• The practice held virtual specialist clinics with a diabetes consultant for patients with complex diabetes needs."

Neutral

"For example the nursing staff had undertaken recent update training in asthma management diabetes management and chronic heart conditions."

Neutral

"The practice demonstrated how they encouraged uptake of the screening programme by using information in different languages and for those with a learning disability and they ensured a female sample taker was available."

Positive

"• The practice offered the carer a seasonal flu vaccination under the NHS."

Positive

"The population groups are: • Older people • People with longterm conditions • Families children and young people • Working age people including those recently retired and students • People whose circumstances may make them vulnerable • People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia."

Positive

"• The practice held regular ‘Better Together’ multidisciplinary team MDT meetings with the district nurses community matrons community mental health teams CMHTs social and voluntary sector services to ensure holistic care."

Positive

"• The practice regularly worked with multidisciplinary teams in the case management of patients experiencing poor mental health including those with dementia."

Positive

"Patients using the practice also had access to community nurses mental health teams and health visitors and other health care professionals who visit the practice on a regular basis."

Positive

"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia The practice is rated as good for the care of people experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia."

Neutral

"• The practice had told patients experiencing poor mental health about how to access various support groups and voluntary organisations."