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Positive
"At this inspection the practice manager and practice nurse had delegated responsibility for infection control."
2016-06-15 Snippet(s)
Positive
"The practice nurse was the infection control clinical lead who 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."
Neutral
"• There was evidence of appraisals and personal development plans for all staff; however the practice nurse had not received regular clinical supervision."
Neutral
"During our visit we: • Spoke with a range of staff GP partner a practice nurse practice manager and reception and administrative staff and spoke with patients who used the service."
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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."
2016-06-15 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
"• Not all procedures were 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."
Latest Snippet(s)
Positive
"There is a lift between the ground and first floors and the top third floor is a staff only administration and storage area."
2016-06-15 Snippet(s)
Neutral
"The two upper floors are currently staff use and storage only and there is a lift between the ground and first floors."
Latest Snippet(s)
Positive
"It is registered with the Care Quality Commission to carry on the regulated activities of maternity and midwifery services family planning services treatment of disease disorder or injury and diagnostic and screening procedures."
2016-06-15 Snippet(s)
Positive
"It is registered with the Care Quality Commission to carry on the regulated activities of maternity and midwifery services family planning services treatment of disease disorder or injury and diagnostic and screening procedures."
2016-06-15 Snippet(s)
Positive
"Areas for improvement Action the service MUST take to improve • Implement robust arrangements for health and safety including fire safety and testing of electrical equipment."
Positive
"Staff showed us fire safety guidelines in the health and safety policy; however the information was not sufficiently detailed there were no nominated leads for fire safety and fire drills had not been carried out."
Positive
"There was a health and safety policy available with a poster in the reception office it did not identify local health and safety representatives; however the practice entered this information on the day of inspection."
Neutral
"This covered such topics as safeguarding infection prevention and control fire safety health and safety and confidentiality."
Latest Snippet(s)
Positive
"However there were gaps or weaknesses in arrangements for fire safety electrical equipment testing staff recruitment processes arrangements for infection prevention and control and Patient Group Directions PGDs to allow nurses to administer medicines in line with legislation."
2016-06-15 Snippet(s)
Neutral
"This covered such topics as safeguarding infection prevention and control fire safety health and safety and confidentiality."
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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."
2016-06-15 Snippet(s)
Positive
"After inspection the practice provided evidence they had added emergency pain relief medicine to the emergency medicines box."
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."
2016-06-15 Snippet(s)
Neutral
"• There were disabled facilities such as wheelchair access and a disabled WC."
2016-06-15 Snippet(s)
Neutral
"For example: • Patients receiving end of life care carers and those at risk of developing a longterm."