What is the Quality of Care at Somers Town Medical Centre

Positive

"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia: • The practice assessed and monitored the physical health of people with mental illness by providing access to health checks interventions for physical activity obesity diabetes heart disease cancer and access to ‘stop smoking’ services."

Positive

"To help improve patient outcomes the practice put in place a diabetes improvement project."

Positive

"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia: • The practice assessed and monitored the physical health of people with mental illness by providing access to health checks interventions for physical activity obesity diabetes heart disease cancer and access to ‘stop smoking’ services."

Positive

"• The practice was able to demonstrate how it identified patients with commonly undiagnosed conditions for example diabetes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD atrial fibrillation and hypertension."

Positive

"• The practice hosted a diabetes prevention and management clinic hosted by Camden Diabetes Integrated Practice Unit which provided patients with lifestyle and healthcare advice aimed at preventing and or controlling diabetes."

Neutral

"• The practice told us that they had a high prevalence of diabetes patients."

Positive

"Patients with suspected hypertension were offered ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and patients with atrial fibrillation were assessed for stroke risk and treated as appropriate."

Positive

"Patients with suspected hypertension were offered ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and patients with atrial fibrillation were assessed for stroke risk and treated as appropriate."

Positive

"Patients with suspected hypertension were offered ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and patients with atrial fibrillation were assessed for stroke risk and treated as appropriate."

Positive

"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia: • The practice assessed and monitored the physical health of people with mental illness by providing access to health checks interventions for physical activity obesity diabetes heart disease cancer and access to ‘stop smoking’ services."

Positive

"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia: • Staff interviewed had a good understanding of how to support patients with mental health needs and patients living with dementia."

Positive

"• The practice provided access to various local organisations that provided mental health support services."

Positive

"• Regular multidisciplinary team meetings were held with mental health care professionals from the local hospitals."

Neutral

"• The practice had systems to inform eligible patients to have the meningitis vaccine for example before attending university for the first time."

Positive

"Reception staff were competent in identifying an acutely unwell or deteriorating patient but had received no formal sepsis training."

Neutral

"• Review providing all reception staff with sepsis training."