What is the Quality of Facilities at Birtle View Medical Practice

Positive

"• The practice’s uptake for breast and bowel cancer screening was in line with the national average."

Positive

"The practice nurse and health care assistant were trained to carry out a finger prick test for Creactive protein CRP which is a measure for infections."

Positive

"At the time of the inspection the practice consisted of one male lead GP and two newly recruited GPs one male and one female one practice nurse one health care assistant and one counsellor."

Positive

"• The practice had recruited a practice nurse who specialised in diabetes who took a lead in diabetes care in the practice."

Positive

"The GP and practice nurse also accommodated home visits for those who had difficulties getting to the practice due to limited local public transport availability."

Positive

"• Staff encouraged and supported patients to be involved in monitoring and managing their own health for example through social prescribing schemes such as its focused care worker."

Positive

"• Arrangements were in place for planning and monitoring the number and mix of staff needed to meet patients’ needs including planning for holidays sickness busy periods and epidemics."

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."

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

"The GP and practice nurse also accommodated home visits for those who had difficulties getting to the practice due to limited local public transport availability."

Positive

"The GP and practice nurse also accommodated home visits for those who had difficulties getting to the practice due to limited local public transport availability."

Positive

"Regulated activities include surgical procedures family planning treatment of disease disorder or injury diagnostic and screening and maternity and midwifery."

Positive

"• Staff were clear on their roles and accountabilities including in respect of safeguarding and infection prevention and control • Practice leaders had established policies procedures and activities to ensure safety and assured themselves that they were operating as intended."

Neutral

"This included one to one meetings appraisals coaching and mentoring clinical supervision and revalidation."

Positive

"• Staff were clear on their roles and accountabilities including in respect of safeguarding and infection prevention and control • Practice leaders had established policies procedures and activities to ensure safety and assured themselves that they were operating as intended."

Positive

"• The practice acted on and learned from external safety events as well as patient and medicine safety alerts."