Types of Facilities

Nurse

Latest Snippet(s)

Positive

"However the practice could not provide appropriate checks through the Disclosure and Barring Service DBS for one nurse and one health care assistant and a voluntary driver who provided a medicines delivery service."

2016-06-07 Snippet(s)

Positive

"However the practice could not provide appropriate checks through the Disclosure and Barring Service DBS for one nurse and one health care assistant."

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."

Neutral

"These services were nurse led."

Monitoring

Latest Snippet(s)

Positive

"Since the last inspection the practice had formed a patient participation group PPG that met regularly and worked alongside the virtual PPG to make improvements at the practice; for example introducing ways of encouraging patients to use the selfhelp blood pressure monitoring machine located in the waiting area."

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

"The practice had reviewed their systems for the monitoring of these prescriptions and we saw these were now being followed."

2016-06-07 Snippet(s)

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

"• There were procedures in place 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

"• Arrangements were in place for planning and monitoring the number of staff and mix of staff needed to meet patients’ needs."

Activities

2016-06-07 Snippet(s)

Positive

"The practice is registered to provide the regulated activities of diagnostic and screening procedures; treatment of disease disorder and injury; maternity and midwifery services; family planning; and surgical procedures."

Medicines

Cancer Screening Equipment

Receptionist

DBS Checks

2016-06-07 Snippet(s)

Positive

"Areas for improvement Action the service MUST take to improve • Ensure all staff have received either a disclosure and barring service check DBS or an associated risk assessment."

Positive

"The areas where the provider must make improvements are: • Ensure all staff have received either a disclosure and barring service check DBS or an associated risk assessment."

End of Life Care

2016-06-07 Snippet(s)

Neutral

"For example patients receiving end of life care carers those at risk of developing a longterm condition and those requiring advice on their diet or smoking and alcohol."

Clinical Supervision

2016-06-07 Snippet(s)

Positive

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

Health and Safety

2016-06-07 Snippet(s)

Positive

"There was a health and safety policy available with a poster in the reception office which identified local health and safety representatives."

Neutral

"This covered such topics as safeguarding infection prevention and control fire safety health and safety and confidentiality."

Infection Prevention and Control

2016-06-07 Snippet(s)

Neutral

"This covered such topics as safeguarding infection prevention and control fire safety health and safety and confidentiality."