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"• Continue to review and improve uptake of cancer screening programmes."
Positive
"• The practice’s uptake for breast and bowel cancer screening was below the national average."
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"• In addition to standard nurse appointments the practice offered morning walk in blood clinics to ensure patients could attend the practice at a convenient time to fit around work commitments."
Positive
"The clinical team consists of a GP clinical lead male seven salaried GPs five female and two male an advanced nurse practitioner two practice nurses a healthcare assistant and a phlebotomist all of whom are female."
Positive
"• All clinical staff attended a weekly clinical meeting where complex patients were discussed by multidisciplinary team including; GPs advanced nurse practitioners healthcare assistants a mental health worker a physiotherapist a longterm conditions nurse and a pharmacist."
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."
Neutral
"For example; a practice nurse was undertaking a prescribing qualification; a GP at the practice was completing a dermatology diploma and the service manager was undertaking an operationsdepartment manager level five apprenticeship qualification."
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"Where a patient’s mental capacity to provide consent was unclear the GP or nurse assessed this and where appropriate recorded the outcome of the assessment."
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"• The practice had regular Asthma and Diabetes clinics and worked with the locality based diabetes nurse support team."
Neutral
"The team included a GP specialist advisor a practice nurse specialist advisor and a practice manager specialist advisor."
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"• Staff encouraged and supported patients to be involved in monitoring and managing their own health for example through social prescribing schemes."
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."
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"• There were governance arrangements which included monitoring and improving quality identification of risk policies and procedures to minimise risk and support delivery of quality care."
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"Management monitoring and improving outcomes for people The practice used the information collected for the Quality and 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 patient 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
"There were arrangements in place for planning and monitoring the number of staff and mix of staff needed to meet patients’ needs."
Neutral
"The practice was also involved in the CCG medicines management scheme and reviewed amber drug monitoring on a quarterly basis."
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"The surgery is located in Leeds City Centre and has good public transport links."
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."
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"The surgery is located in Leeds City Centre and has good public transport links."
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"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."
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"• Staff were clear on their roles and accountabilities including those relating to 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."
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"The practice offered free wifi to help entertain patients and facilitate their work whilst they were in the building."
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"• 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."
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"• Staff were clear on their roles and accountabilities including those relating to 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."
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"• The practice had a dedicated infection prevention and control IPC lead."
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"• The Advanced Nurse Practitioner was the infection prevention and control IPC lead who liaised with the local IPC teams to keep up to date with best practice."
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"• The practice was clean and infection prevention and control IPC audits were carried out."
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"Evidence we reviewed showed: • Staff had received mandatory training that included safeguarding fire procedures infection prevention and control basic life support and information governance awareness."
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"• The practice acted on and learned from external safety events as well as patient and medicine safety alerts."
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"• The practice had regular multidisciplinary MDT meetings which included representatives from the palliative care team the District Nursing team and Community Matron."
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"During our visit we: • Spoke with a range of staff which included a the lead GP two salaried GPs the Advanced Nurse Practitioner the office manager a receptionist and two members of the administrative team."
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"• The practice had inhouse meetings where incidents and significant events were discussed and these were also reviewed at One Medicare Ltd group wide clinical governance meetings."
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"There was a health and safety policy available."
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"The practice also had other risk assessments in place to monitor safety of the premises such as health and safety and legionella."
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"We saw up to date cleaning schedules in place and evidence of weekly audits conducted by the practice to ensure all cleaning tasks undertaken by the contract cleaners were carried out appropriately."
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"• The practice supported Leeds North Clinical Commissioning Group CCG initiatives to reduce the rate of elderly patients’ acute admission to hospital."