Types of Care

Dementia

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Positive

"• Patients at risk of dementia were identified and offered an assessment to detect possible signs of dementia."

Positive

"When dementia was suspected there was an appropriate referral for diagnosis."

Neutral

"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia: The practice looked after patients in care homes including some residents living with dementia and also a home for patients with learning difficulties."

2016-04-27 Snippet(s)

Positive

"Information about patients’ outcomes was used to make improvements such as an audit on dementia patients allowed the practice to identify and offer a further appointment to patients with memory problems who had failed to make or cancelled an earlier appointment."

Asthma

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Positive

"There were nurse led clinics for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease a type of lung disease."

Positive

"The practice runs a number of services for its patients including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD clinics child immunisation diabetes clinics cardiac care including ECGs and seven day ECG monitoring new patient checks and travel health clinics."

2016-04-27 Snippet(s)

Positive

"The practice runs a number of services for its patients including asthma and COPD clinics child immunisation diabetes clinics Cardiac Care including ECGs and seven day ECG monitoring new patient checks and travel health clinics."

Cancer

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Positive

"• The practice assessed and monitored the physical health of people with mental illness severe mental illness and personality disorder by providing access to health checks interventions for physical activity obesity diabetes heart disease cancer and access to ‘stop smoking’ services."

Positive

"• The practice’s uptake for breast and bowel cancer screening was above the England average."

2016-04-27 Snippet(s)

Positive

"The practice also encouraged its patients to attend national screening programmes for bowel and breast cancer screening."

Diabetes

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Positive

"• The practice assessed and monitored the physical health of people with mental illness severe mental illness and personality disorder by providing access to health checks interventions for physical activity obesity diabetes heart disease cancer and access to ‘stop smoking’ services."

Positive

"The practice runs a number of services for its patients including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD clinics child immunisation diabetes clinics cardiac care including ECGs and seven day ECG monitoring new patient checks and travel health clinics."

Positive

"• The practice could demonstrate how it identified patients with commonly undiagnosed conditions for example diabetes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD atrial fibrillation and hypertension • The practice’s performance on quality indicators for long term conditions was in line with local and England averages."

2016-04-27 Snippet(s)

Positive

"The practice runs a number of services for its patients including asthma and COPD clinics child immunisation diabetes clinics Cardiac Care including ECGs and seven day ECG monitoring new patient checks and travel health clinics."

Hypertension

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Positive

"People with suspected hypertension were offered ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and patients with atrial fibrillation were assessed for stroke risk and treated as appropriate."

Positive

"• The practice could demonstrate how it identified patients with commonly undiagnosed conditions for example diabetes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD atrial fibrillation and hypertension • The practice’s performance on quality indicators for long term conditions was in line with local and England averages."

Stroke

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Positive

"People with suspected hypertension were offered ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and patients with atrial fibrillation were assessed for stroke risk and treated as appropriate."

Antibiotic

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Positive

"The practice had reviewed its antibiotic prescribing and taken action to support good antimicrobial stewardship in line with local and national guidance."

Flu

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Positive

"There were clear signed protocols in place for the use of patient specific directions PSDs although the practice could not produce records of PSDs for flu clinics influenza vaccinations administered by the HCA from the previous year."

Blood Pressure

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Positive

"People with suspected hypertension were offered ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and patients with atrial fibrillation were assessed for stroke risk and treated as appropriate."

Mental Health

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Positive

"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia: • Staff interviewed had a good understanding of how to support patients with mental health needs and those patients living with dementia."

Positive

"• The practices performance on quality indicators for mental health was comparable to local and England averages."

Neutral

"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia: The practice looked after patients in care homes including some residents living with dementia and also a home for patients with learning difficulties."

2016-04-27 Snippet(s)

Positive

"• Staff had a good understanding of how to support patients with mental health needs and dementia."

Positive

"• The practice regularly worked with multidisciplinary teams in the case management of patients experiencing poor mental health including those with dementia."

Neutral

"• The practice had told patients experiencing poor mental health about how to access various support groups and voluntary organisations."

Neutral

"The practice also hosted a chiropodist and a local mental health service."

Neutral

"They were early adopters of online booking and host a chiropodist smoking cessation counselling and mental health services."

Vaccine

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Neutral

"• The practice had systems to inform eligible patients to have the meningitis vaccine for example before attending university for the first time."

Bipolar

Schizophrenia