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Positive
"From our desk based inspection we found: Supporting patients to live healthier lives • The practice had reviewed its bowel cancer screening policy to reflect what steps would be taken for patients who did not receive a sample kit or had failed to return their sample to the practice."
Positive
"At this inspection we found that: • The practice had reviewed and updated its bowel cancer screening policy."
Positive
"• The practice had reviewed and updated its breast cancer screening policy."
Positive
"• The practice had reviewed its breast cancer screening policy."
Positive
"In addition the practice had produced a breast cancer screening reminder letter."
2016-03-10 Snippet(s)
Positive
"• The practice’s uptake of the national screening programme for cervical bowel and breast cancer screening were below national average."
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Neutral
"The practice is facing difficulties in recruiting a new practice nurse and relying on locum nurses to deliver the services."
2016-03-10 Snippet(s)
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."
Neutral
"The team included a GP specialist advisor a practice nurse specialist advisor and a practice manager specialist advisor."
Neutral
"The practice is facing difficulties in recruiting a new practice nurse and relying on locum nurses to deliver the services."
Neutral
"• The practice was facing difficulties in recruiting a new practice nurse and was relying on locum practice nurses."
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Positive
"This was due to poor health promotion and issues with monitoring services through the use of a clear programme of clinical audits."
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."
2016-03-10 Snippet(s)
Positive
"Management monitoring and improving outcomes for people The practice used the information collected for the Quality 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."
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Positive
"The practice is located in a converted building with limited car parking for patients and staff."
2016-03-10 Snippet(s)
Positive
"The practice is located in a converted building with limited car parking for patients and staff."
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Neutral
"The practice comprises of three consulting rooms one treatment room a patient waiting area reception office and management office located in annexe in the garden area."
2016-03-10 Snippet(s)
Neutral
"The practice comprises of three consulting rooms one treatment room a patient waiting area reception office and management office located in annexe in the garden area."
Latest Snippet(s)
Positive
"Health promotion can involve a range of activities from encouraging and advertising flu vaccines to promoting the importance of cancer screening."
2016-03-10 Snippet(s)
Positive
"This included ongoing support during onetoone meetings appraisals coaching mentoring clinical supervision and facilitation and support for the revalidation of doctors."
2016-03-10 Snippet(s)
Positive
"• Staff received training that included: safeguarding children and adults fire safety basic life support health and safety and equality and diversity."
Positive
"There was a health and safety policy available."
Positive
"• Legionella a bacterium which can contaminate water systems in buildings checks were carried out during a health and safety inspection undertaken by an external contractor."
Neutral
"• The practice had a staff handbook for newly appointed nonclinical members of staff that covered such topics as safeguarding fire safety health and safety and confidentiality."
2016-03-10 Snippet(s)
Positive
"Regular medicine audits were carried out to ensure the practice was prescribing in line with best practice guidelines for safe prescribing."
Neutral
"• We checked medicines kept in the treatment rooms medicine refrigerators and found they were stored securely including obtaining prescribing recording handling storing and security."
Neutral
"The practice reviewed their protocol and invited patients for medicine reviews."