Types of Facilities

Nurse

Latest Snippet(s)

Neutral

"The rest of the team consist of a practice manager a practice nurse and an extensive administrative team consisted of reception staff a medical secretary pharmacist a first contact practitioner social prescriber and a dietician."

2017-03-02 Snippet(s)

Positive

"The practice nurse was the infection control clinical lead and liaised with the local infection prevention teams to keep up to date with best practice."

Positive

"• Where a patient’s mental capacity to consent to care or treatment was unclear the GP or practice nurse assessed the patient’s capacity and recorded the outcome of the assessment."

Positive

"Other staff include one female practice nurse a female health care assistant a male pharmacist two receptionists a reception manager and practice manager an apprentice and a summariser."

Monitoring

Latest Snippet(s)

Positive

"We rated the practice as requires improvement for providing effective services because: • Whilst there was monitoring of the outcomes of care and treatment the practices patient quality outcomes relating to Families children and young people and Working age people were low compared to local and national levels."

Positive

"We based our judgement of the quality of care at this service on a combination of: • what we found when we inspected • information from our ongoing monitoring of data about services and • information from the provider patients the public and other organisations."

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

"• Continue efforts to strengthen the systems used for monitoring patients on high risk medicines."

2017-03-02 Snippet(s)

Positive

"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

"• Arrangements were in place for planning and monitoring the number of staff and mix of staff needed to meet patients’ needs."

Transport/Minibus Available

Latest Snippet(s)

Positive

"The area are good transport links with tube and over ground stations nearby."

Lift

Latest Snippet(s)

Positive

"The practice is in a shared community health centre located on the second floor with lift access."

2017-03-02 Snippet(s)

Positive

"The premises are wheelchair accessible and facilities for wheelchair users include a lift two accessible toilets and two parking spaces."

Neutral

"• The practice was purpose built and had a lift to improve access for patients with mobility problems."

Activities

Latest Snippet(s)

Positive

"The practice is registered with the CQC to carry out the following regulated activities diagnostic and screening procedures treatment of disease disorder or injury surgical procedures family planning maternity and midwifery services and treatment of disease disorder or injury."

2017-03-02 Snippet(s)

Positive

"The practice is registered with the Care Quality Commission CQC as an organisation to carry out the regulated activities of Surgical procedures; Treatment of disease disorder or injury; Family planning; Maternity and midwifery services and Diagnostic and screening procedures."

Receptionist

Parking

2017-03-02 Snippet(s)

Positive

"The premises are wheelchair accessible and facilities for wheelchair users include a lift two accessible toilets and two parking spaces."

Wheelchair Access

2017-03-02 Snippet(s)

Positive

"The premises are wheelchair accessible and facilities for wheelchair users include a lift two accessible toilets and two parking spaces."

End of Life Care

2017-03-02 Snippet(s)

Neutral

"For example: • Patients receiving end of life care carers those at risk of developing a longterm condition and those requiring advice on their diet were signposted to the relevant service."

Clinical Supervision

2017-03-02 Snippet(s)

Positive

"This included ongoing support onetoone meetings coaching and mentoring clinical supervision and facilitation and support for revalidating GPs."

Health and Safety

2017-03-02 Snippet(s)

Positive

"There was a health and safety policy available with a poster in the reception office which identified local health and safety representatives."

Neutral

"This covered such topics as safeguarding infection prevention and control fire safety health and safety and confidentiality."

Infection Prevention and Control

2017-03-02 Snippet(s)

Neutral

"This covered such topics as safeguarding infection prevention and control fire safety health and safety and confidentiality."

Medicines

2017-03-02 Snippet(s)

Neutral

"For example we found the practice was reissuing repeats as acute as opposed to repeat prescription the current process in place meant patients without acute conditions were not having medicine reviews."

Neutral

"PSDs are written instructions from a qualified and registered prescriber for a medicine including the dose route and frequency or appliance to be supplied or administered to a named patient after the prescriber has assessed the patient on an individual basis."