What is the Quality of Facilities at Atlas Medical Practice

Positive

"The practice also encouraged its patients to attend national screening programmes for bowel and breast cancer screening and had achieved high results for performance."

Positive

"Where a patient’s mental capacity to consent to care or treatment was unclear the GP or nurse assessed the patient’s capacity and where appropriate recorded the outcome of the assessment."

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

"The practice has one GP partner at the time of inspection a number two practice nurse health care assistant administration and reception staff and a practice manager."

Positive

"We were told that clinical meetings were to be introduced on a weekly basis and these would also include the practice nurses and advanced nurse practitioners working at the practice."

Neutral

"There were infection control procedures and protocol in place that had recently been reviewed by the nurse and staff had received up to date training."

Positive

"Management monitoring and improving outcomes for people Patients care and treatment was planned and delivered in line with current evidence based guidance standards best practice and legislation and this was closely monitored by the GPs."

Positive

"• Regular meetings were held also with the team to ensure safe and effective prescribing as a result of this the practice the practice was aware of all the prescribing targets and were closely monitoring this for improvements."

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."

Neutral

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

Positive

"This included ongoing support during sessions clinical supervision and facilitation."

Positive

"• The practice had an induction programme for newly appointed nonclinical members of staff that covered such topics as safeguarding fire safety health and safety infection control bullying and harassment and complaints."

Positive

"For example safety alerts were well managed and health and safety related checks were carried out on the premises and on equipment on a regular basis."

Positive

"There was a health and safety policy available with a poster in the reception office which identified local health and safety representatives."