Latest Snippet(s)
Positive
"• Some patients diagnosed with dementia did not have a care plan in place."
Positive
"Some patients diagnosed with dementia did not have a care plan in place."
2017-02-28 Snippet(s)
Neutral
"For example the practice offered a range of enhanced services such as avoiding unplanned admissions to hospital and dementia reviews."
Neutral
"The practice offered a range of enhanced services such as avoiding unplanned admissions to hospital and dementia diagnosis."
Latest Snippet(s)
Positive
"The areas where the provider should make improvements are: • Seek ways to encourage eligible patients to have cervical cancer screening."
2019-12-05 Snippet(s)
Positive
"• Encourage eligible female patients to have cervical cancer screening."
2017-02-28 Snippet(s)
Positive
"The practice also encouraged its patients to attend national screening programmes for bowel and breast cancer screening."
2020-03-19 Snippet(s)
Positive
"Information published by Public Health England rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as seven on a scale of one to ten."
2019-12-05 Snippet(s)
Positive
"Information published by Public Health England rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as seven on a scale of one to ten."
2019-12-05 Snippet(s)
Positive
"There was a mercury sphygmomanometer used for taking blood pressure readings."
2017-02-28 Snippet(s)
Positive
"• The practice had introduced a ‘Health Pod’ in the waiting area to enable patients to take their blood pressure and weight."
Positive
"• The health care assistant offered home visits for blood pressure tests and phlebotomy."
Positive
"This enabled patients to take their blood pressure and weight."
Positive
"• The healthcare assistants offered home visits for phlebotomy and blood pressure checks for housebound patients and would then report any concerns to the relevant clinicians."
Latest Snippet(s)
Neutral
"We have rated this practice as Requires Improvement overall and for the population groups Longterm conditions Working age people including those recently retired and students and People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia."
2017-02-28 Snippet(s)
Positive
"• Staff had a good understanding of how to support patients with mental health needs and dementia."
Positive
"• The practice demonstrated good working relationships with the community mental health teams and social workers."
Positive
"• Children could be referred to CHUMS a community based service which offered support to children and young people with mild and moderate mental health needs."
Positive
"The service offered support to children and young people with mild and moderate mental health needs in Bedfordshire."
Neutral
"• Performance for mental health related indicators was comparable to local and national averages."
Neutral
"• The practice had told patients experiencing poor mental health about how to access support groups and voluntary organisations."
Neutral
"Performance for mental health related indicators was largely comparable to local and national averages."
Neutral
"• The practice matron was able to directly refer patients to community mental health teams and liaise with the specialist community staff and services."
2019-12-05 Snippet(s)
Positive
"A second independent thermometer was not used to crosscheck the accuracy of the temperature and to monitor the temperature if the electricity supply to the vaccine fridge was interrupted."
2017-02-28 Snippet(s)
Positive
"• There were longer appointments available for patients with a learning disability and elderly patients."
Neutral
"The practice demonstrated how they encouraged uptake of the screening programme and for those with a learning disability and they ensured a female sample taker was available."
2017-02-28 Snippet(s)
Positive
"For example on receipt of an alert regarding blood testing strips for monitoring diabetes the practice manager and GP discussed this with the other clinical staff and checks were carried out to check patients that may have been affected."
Positive
"For example for those reviewing patients with longterm conditions such as diabetes COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiac disease attended study days conferences and external events."
Neutral
"• Performance for diabetes related indicators was comparable to local and national averages."
2017-02-28 Snippet(s)
Neutral
"• The practice provided influenza pneumonia and shingles vaccinations."
2017-02-28 Snippet(s)
Positive
"• There were longer appointments available for patients with a learning disability and elderly patients."
Neutral
"The practice demonstrated how they encouraged uptake of the screening programme and for those with a learning disability and they ensured a female sample taker was available."
2017-02-28 Snippet(s)
Positive
"• The practice sent letters to carers inviting them to attend for health reviews and flu vaccinations."
Positive
"The practice sent letters to carers inviting them to attend for health reviews and flu vaccinations."