What is the Quality of Care at Dr Robert Mathewson

Positive

"• Some staff had been provided with training in dementia awareness to support them in supporting patients with dementia care needs."

Positive

"• Care planning was carried out for patients with dementia care needs."

Positive

"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 provides a range of enhanced services for example: extended hours childhood vaccination and immunisation schemes checks for patients who have a learning disability and avoiding unplanned hospital admissions."

Neutral

"For example a register of people who had a learning disability was maintained to ensure patients were provided with an annual health check and to ensure longer appointments were provided for patients who required these."

Positive

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

Positive

"Bowel and breast cancer screening rates were around the national average."

Positive

"This included conditions such as diabetes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD cardio vascular disease and hypertension."

Positive

"• GPs had lead roles in some chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes • Patients with several long term conditions were offered a single longer appointment to avoid multiple visits to the surgery."

Positive

"For example staff who provided care and treatment to patients with longterm conditions had been provided with training in the relevant topics such as diabetes podiatry and spirometry."

Neutral

"GPs held lead roles in a range of areas including; hypertension osteoporosis minor surgery orthopaedics musculoskeletal diabetes women’s health and paediatrics."

Positive

"• GPs had lead roles in some chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes • Patients with several long term conditions were offered a single longer appointment to avoid multiple visits to the surgery."

Neutral

"GPs held lead roles in a range of areas including; hypertension osteoporosis minor surgery orthopaedics musculoskeletal diabetes women’s health and paediatrics."

Positive

"The practice provides a range of enhanced services for example: extended hours childhood vaccination and immunisation schemes checks for patients who have a learning disability and avoiding unplanned hospital admissions."

Neutral

"For example a register of people who had a learning disability was maintained to ensure patients were provided with an annual health check and to ensure longer appointments were provided for patients who required these."

Positive

"One of these was an audit of flu uptake for children."

Positive

"They intended to roll this out to adults who were eligible for flu vaccine."

Positive

"As a result the practice had sent individual invites for flu vaccine and this had increased uptake significantly."

Positive

"These included a minor surgery clinic insulin initiation podiatry and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring."

Positive

"• Data about how people with mental health needs were supported showed that outcomes for patients using this practice were comparable to local and national averages."

Positive

"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."

Neutral

"• The practice worked with other health and social care professionals in the case management of people experiencing poor mental health including those with dementia."

Neutral

"• Patients experiencing poor mental health were informed about how to access various support groups and voluntary organisations."

Neutral

"• The performance for mental health related indicators were comparable to local and national averages."

Positive

"As a result the practice had sent individual invites for flu vaccine and this had increased uptake significantly."

Neutral

"Vaccines were stored securely and a regular check on the temperature of the vaccine fridge was carried out."