What is the Quality of Care at Padiham Group Practice

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"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."

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"East Lancashire has a higher prevalence of COPD smoking and smoking related illhealth cancer mental health and dementia than national averages."

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"The practice reflected on performance indicators and recognised that there were certain longterm conditions where further work was required for example the practice set up a dementia team after GPs had completed a diploma in diabetes management."

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"East Lancashire has a higher prevalence of COPD smoking and smoking related illhealth cancer mental health and dementia than national averages."

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"The practice offered a range of support and individually tailored care for patients with mental health conditions and had an action plan for further work to improve the care for these patients."

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"• Staff had a good understanding of how to support patients with mental health needs and dementia."

Positive

"This project was based on the understanding that physical and mental health can be affected by social problems and aimed to help support patients when their health was affected by social situations and help them meet their goals as well as helping build connected communities."

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

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"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."

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"East Lancashire has a higher prevalence of COPD smoking and smoking related illhealth cancer mental health and dementia than national averages."

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

Neutral

"• Performance for mental health related indicators was below local and national averages."

Positive

"• The practice must ensure that vaccine storage fridge temperatures are checked and recorded on a daily basis and that staff checking fridges are adequately trained and aware of the regulations for vaccine storage."

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"The practice informed CQC following the inspection the fridges were checked by a nonclinical member of staff and there was no evidence that this member of staff had been trained in the requirements of vaccine storage in line with regulations."

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"• A member of nonclinical staff checked vaccine storage fridge temperatures each day although records were not complete and there was no guidance on meeting regulations for vaccine storage."

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"Practice nurses were highly trained in the management of longterm conditions such as asthma and diabetes and were able to initiate insulin for newly diagnosed diabetics where appropriate which reduced the need for these patients to travel to secondary care services."

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"• The practice was working to improve diabetes care management and had developed a diabetes management group to monitor and improve the care for patients with diabetes."

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"For example a diabetes team had been set up and had agreed to implement a joint doctor and nurse diabetes clinic to support patients with complex diabetes care needs."

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"• The practice was aware that there were aspects of diabetes care management which required improvement had introduced a diabetes clinical group and planned to introduce joint GP and nurse clinics for patients with complex diabetes."

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"Practice nurses were highly trained in the management of longterm conditions such as asthma and diabetes and were able to initiate insulin for newly diagnosed diabetics where appropriate which reduced the need for these patients to travel to secondary care services."

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"The team reviewed diabetes care and planned to introduce joint GP and nurse clinics to provide additional care for patients who have complex diabetes."

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"A plan was in place to offer a joint GP and nurse diabetes clinic for complex diabetes care."

Positive

"The practice reflected on performance indicators and recognised that there were certain longterm conditions where further work was required for example the practice set up a dementia team after GPs had completed a diploma in diabetes management."

Neutral

"• The practice could not consistently demonstrate how they ensured rolespecific training and updating for relevant staff although we were assured that nurses reviewing patients with longterm conditions had completed relevant training and several GPs had recently completed a diabetes diploma."