Types of Facilities

Cancer Screening Equipment

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Positive

"We were informed of the difficulties the practice encountered in patients attending for cancer screening due in the main to their cultural background."

Positive

"• The practice was participating in a local lung cancer screening trial to support early identification and diagnosis."

Nurse

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Positive

"• The practice had access to a respiratory nurse specialist who regularly attended the practice to support reviews of care and treatment of patients."

Monitoring

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Positive

"• Staff encouraged and supported patients to be involved in monitoring and managing their own health."

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

"Patients with suspected hypertension were offered ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and those 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."

Activities

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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."

End of Life Care

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Neutral

"• The practice ensured that end of life care was delivered in a coordinated way which took into account the needs of different patients including those who may be vulnerable because of their circumstances."

Infection Prevention and Control

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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

"• There was an effective system to manage infection prevention and control IPC."