Types of Facilities

Nurse

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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 where appropriate recorded the outcome of the assessment."

Positive

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

Neutral

"During our inspection we spoke with the GP a nurse phlebotomist business manager dispensary manager staff and reception staff."

Receptionist

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Positive

"The receptionist in particular was extremely experienced in terms of personal knowledge of patients this exuded an air of familiarity and patients told us they found this comforting."

Monitoring

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Positive

"Management monitoring and improving outcomes for people The practice used the information collected for the Quality 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 patients 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."

Clinical Audit

Clinical Supervision

Health and Safety

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Positive

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

Neutral

"• The practice had an induction programme for newly appointed nonclinical members of staff that covered such topics as safeguarding infection prevention and control fire safety health and safety and confidentiality."

Infection Prevention and Control

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Neutral

"• The practice had an induction programme for newly appointed nonclinical members of staff that covered such topics as safeguarding infection prevention and control fire safety health and safety and confidentiality."