What is the Quality of Care at The Foreland Medical Centre

Positive

"Good ––– People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia The practice is rated as good for the care of people experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia."

Positive

"The practice carried out screening for the early identification and diagnosis of dementia and referred patients to a local memory clinic and to the onsite primary care navigator to facilitate support needs."

Positive

"Good ––– People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia The practice is rated as good for the care of people experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia."

Positive

"We saw evidence that multidisciplinary team MDT meetings took place on a monthly basis to consider patients with complex needs including those with long term conditions and mental health problems who had been assessed as at risk."

Positive

"• There were longer appointments available for people with a learning disability and other groups such as refugees and patients with mental health problems."

Positive

"Patients experiencing a mental health crisis were assessed urgently at the practice or at home."

Positive

"The practice participated in applicable local audits such as a CCG audit of primary care mental health service referrals and A&E and urgent care unplanned admissions."

Positive

"The practice had monthly multidisciplinary meetings with social workers mental health workers and district nurses to discuss at risk patients and used a rapid response service to keep people at home avoiding a hospital admission where possible."

Positive

"The practice regularly worked with multidisciplinary teams in the case management of people experiencing poor mental health including those with dementia."

Neutral

"There were arrangements in place to support the management of patients on high risk medicines including recall procedures for patients on anticoagulants and medicines for rheumatoid arthritis and mental health conditions."

Positive

"• There were longer appointments available for people with a learning disability and other groups such as refugees and patients with mental health problems."

Positive

"It offered longer appointments for people with a learning disability and extended health check appointments for a large and growing refugee population."

Neutral

"There were arrangements in place to support the management of patients on high risk medicines including recall procedures for patients on anticoagulants and medicines for rheumatoid arthritis and mental health conditions."

Positive

"The practice also encouraged its patients to attend national screening programmes for bowel and breast cancer screening."

Positive

"• There were longer appointments available for people with a learning disability and other groups such as refugees and patients with mental health problems."

Positive

"It offered longer appointments for people with a learning disability and extended health check appointments for a large and growing refugee population."

Positive

"This included a range of onsite services such as phlebotomy and blood pressure monitoring and psychological therapies for patient convenience and accessibility and health checks for eligible adults."

Neutral

"There were arrangements in place to support the management of patients on high risk medicines including recall procedures for patients on anticoagulants and medicines for rheumatoid arthritis and mental health conditions."