Safety

Privacy

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Positive

"They also told us they were satisfied with the care provided by the practice and said their dignity and privacy was respected."

Positive

"• Curtains were provided in consulting rooms to maintain patients’ privacy and dignity during examinations investigations and treatments."

Positive

"• The reception and waiting room were open plan and interconnected but every effort was made to ensure provide some privacy for patients waiting at the reception desk for example low volume of conversation and appointment screens being shielded."

Safety

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Positive

"Safety was monitored using information from a range of sources including national patient safety alerts NPSA and national institute for health and care excellence NICE guidance."

Positive

"• There was an effective system in place for reporting and recording significant events • Lessons were shared to make sure action was taken to improve safety in the practice."

Positive

"Lessons were shared to make sure action was taken to improve safety in the practice."

Positive

"The practice also had a variety of other risk assessments in place to monitor safety of the premises such as control of substances hazardous to health and infection control and legionella."

Positive

"Information about safety was recorded monitored appropriately reviewed and addressed."

Positive

"• When there were unintended or unexpected safety incidents people received reasonable support truthful information a verbal and written apology and were told about any actions to improve processes to prevent the same thing happening again."

Positive

"The practice had systems in place for knowing about notifiable safety incidents When there were unexpected or unintended safety incidents: • The practice gives affected people reasonable support truthful information and a verbal and written apology."

Positive

"The practice had systems in place for knowing about notifiable safety incidents • The practice proactively sought feedback from staff and patients which it acted on."

Positive

"We reviewed safety records incident reports and minutes of meetings where these were discussed."

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."

Abuse

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Positive

"• Staff knew how to recognise signs of abuse in vulnerable adults and children."

Control of Infection

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Positive

"The practice also had a variety of other risk assessments in place to monitor safety of the premises such as control of substances hazardous to health and infection control and legionella."

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

"There was an infection control protocol in place and staff had received up to date training."

Diet

Visitors

Signage

Support

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Positive

"Patients said they felt the practice offered an excellent service and staff were helpful caring and treated them with dignity and respect."

Positive

"• Patients said they were treated with compassion dignity and respect and they were involved in their care and decisions about their treatment."

Positive

"• Patients said they were treated with compassion dignity and respect and they were involved in decisions about their care and treatment."

Positive

"They also told us they were satisfied with the care provided by the practice and said their dignity and privacy was respected."

Positive

"Results from the national GP patient survey showed patients felt they were treated with compassion dignity and respect."

Positive

"• Curtains were provided in consulting rooms to maintain patients’ privacy and dignity during examinations investigations and treatments."

Complaints

Governance

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Positive

"• There was an overarching governance framework which supported the delivery of the strategy and good quality care."

Positive

"Governance arrangements The practice had an overarching governance framework which supported the delivery of the strategy and good quality care."

Neutral

"The practice had a number of policies and procedures to govern activity and held regular governance meetings."

Neutral

"• Staff received training that included: safeguarding fire procedures basic life support and information governance awareness."

Quality of Care

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Positive

"This report describes our judgement of the quality of care at this service."