2016-09-28 Snippet(s)
Positive
"• The practice advanced nurse practitioner undertook weekly proactive visits to patients in a local care home in which many patients were of an older age."
Positive
"The practice nurse planned to undertake the health assessments was experienced and had already received appropriate training to provide an effective health assessment."
Neutral
"• An allfemale nursing team including a nurse practitioner and three practice nurses."
Neutral
"The practice nursing team consisted of a nurse practitioner and three practice nurses."
Latest Snippet(s)
Positive
"We also issued best practice recommendations in this area because: • The provider did not have a consistent system for checking that monitoring for patients who take long term medicines on a shared care basis had been provided before the prescriptions were issued."
Positive
"• The provider had implemented a consistent system for checking that monitoring for patients who took long term medicines on a shared care basis had been provided before issuing prescriptions."
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
"We saw that patients had received both the medicines and blood monitoring tests in line with hospital dosage instructions and nationally recognised guidance."
2016-09-28 Snippet(s)
Positive
"Action the service SHOULD take to improve • Implement a consistent system for checking that monitoring for patients who take long term medicines on a shared care basis has been provided before the medicines are issued."
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
"In addition the provider should: • Implement a consistent system for checking that monitoring for patients who take long term medicines on a shared care basis has been provided before the medicines are issued."
Positive
"The secondary care provider decided on the dosage of medicines and arranged patient monitoring including blood function tests to look for any adverse side effects of the medicines."
Positive
"This could lead to a missed opportunity that a patient may receive the medicine although they had not had the necessary blood monitoring • We reviewed five personnel files and found appropriate recruitment checks had been undertaken prior to employment."
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
"We saw that patients had received both the medicines and blood monitoring tests in line with hospital dosage instructions and nationally recognised guidance."
Neutral
"• Arrangements were in place for planning and monitoring the number and mix of staff needed to meet patients’ needs."
Latest Snippet(s)
Neutral
"There is limited car parking at the practice although patients are permitted to use an adjacent supermarket car park free of charge."
2016-09-28 Snippet(s)
Positive
"• Following patient feedback about lack of car parking the practice engaged with an adjacent supermarket to secure free parking for patients."
Neutral
"There is limited car parking at the practice although patients are permitted to use an adjacent supermarket car park free of charge."
Latest Snippet(s)
Neutral
"This could lead to a patient receiving the medicine when they had not had the necessary blood monitoring."
2016-09-28 Snippet(s)
Positive
"This could lead to a missed opportunity that a patient may receive the medicine although they had not had the necessary blood monitoring • We reviewed five personnel files and found appropriate recruitment checks had been undertaken prior to employment."
Positive
"Clinical exception rates allow practices not to be penalised where for example patients do not attend for a review or where a medicine cannot be prescribed due to side effects."
2016-09-28 Snippet(s)
Neutral
"It covered such topics as safeguarding infection prevention and control fire safety health and safety and confidentiality."
2016-09-28 Snippet(s)
Positive
"• The practice had a lead person identified for ensuring that the latest infection prevention and control IPC measures were applied."
Neutral
"It covered such topics as safeguarding infection prevention and control fire safety health and safety and confidentiality."