What is the Quality of Facilities at West Cornforth Medical Practice

Neutral

"The practice also encouraged its patients to attend national screening programmes for bowel and breast cancer screening however bowel cancer screening uptake was lower than local and national averages."

Positive

"The advanced nurse practitioner was the infection control clinical lead who liaised with the local infection prevention teams to keep up to date with best practice."

Positive

"They are supported by an advanced nurse practitioner a nurse and healthcare 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."

Positive

"The practice team was forward thinking to improve outcomes for patients in the area and giving consideration to further involvement from advanced nurse practitioners."

Positive

"We also saw evidence of random spot checks by the advanced nurse practitioner on the practices emergency medical procedures."

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

"• Reviewed information from CQC intelligent monitoring systems."

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."

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 smoking and alcohol cessation."

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

Neutral

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