What is the Quality of Facilities at Primecare Medical Centre

Neutral

"• There was a patient participation group set up however it was very small following the resignation of its previous chair was trying to recruit new membership at the time of our inspection."

Positive

"• The main GP had the lead role in long term conditions management although the practice nurse was responsible for the reviews of patients with COPD and asthma."

Positive

"If patients do not attend after receiving an invitation to a national screening programme the practice nurse will contact the patient to check the reason and encourage attendance."

Positive

"• The practice had an effective system in place for monitoring and assessing the quality of services provided through quality improvement."

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 was a process in place for reviewing patients prescribed medicines requiring monitoring including high risk medicines."

Positive

"For example there was a significant event involving the test mechanism for a monitoring machine."

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."

Positive

"Background to Primecare Medical Centre This practice is based in a residential style house at the end of a road there is limited car parking available."

Positive

"There were also risk assessments in place for infection control health and safety control of substances hazardous to health COSHH fire and Legionella testing as well as fire drills."

Neutral

"Core training for staff covered such topics as safeguarding infection prevention and control fire safety health and safety information governance and confidentiality."

Neutral

"Core training for staff covered such topics as safeguarding infection prevention and control fire safety health and safety information governance and confidentiality."

Positive

"• For patients who may find it difficult to sit in the waiting area with other people the practice offered the last appointment of the day."

Neutral

"For example the medicine Methotrexate was not available as a repeat prescription so patients’ would have to be reviewed prior to being prescribed more."