What is the Quality of Facilities at Easington & Peterlee Medical Practice

Positive

"The practice worked well with other supporting services this included meetings with multidisciplinary teams including midwives health visitors district nurses and palliative care teams including the McMillan Nurses."

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 where appropriate recorded the outcome of the assessment."

Positive

"There are five nurse practitioners five practice nurse and six health care assistants HCAphlebotomists."

Positive

"During our visit we: • Spoke with a range of staff including three GPs one nurse practitioner one practice nurse and one health care assistant."

Positive

"The practice had two nurse practitioners could initiate insulin start the use of insulin and monitor to ensure correct dosage."

Positive

"The practice had recently employed a further advanced nurse practitioner who had taken the lead role in women’s health."

Positive

"Despite this being an area of least satisfaction we found when we reviewed the appointment availability that the next routine appointment was available within three working days and an appointment with an advanced nurse practitioner was available on the afternoon of the inspection."

Neutral

"They have a community psychiatric nurse aligned to the practice."

Neutral

"The practice trains foundation doctors and also hosts pharmacy and student nurse placements."

Neutral

"• Two nurse practitioners • There were disabled facilities available and all the consulting and treatment rooms were on the ground floor."

Positive

"Management monitoring and improving outcomes for people The practice had a dedicated Quality and Outcomes Framework QOF team and monthly meeting took place to review results."

Positive

"• A programme of continuous clinical and internal audit and monitoring was used to monitor quality and to make improvements."

Positive

"• There were procedures in place for monitoring and managing risks to patients 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

"Infection control monitoring was undertaken throughout the year and annual infection control audits were completed."

Neutral

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

Neutral

"• There were overarching governance arrangements with monthly reports submitted to Intrahealth’s clinical governance board."

Positive

"There was a health and safety policy available and a poster with details of responsible people."

Neutral

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

Positive

"One of the practice nurses was the infection prevention and control IPC lead who liaised with the local IPC teams to keep up to date with best practice."

Neutral

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

Positive

"The practice also employs their own pharmacist who supported the medicine management systems and clinical audit."