What is the Quality of Care at Sunderland GP Alliance - Special Allocation Scheme

Positive

"• The practice took steps to ensure that patients with established mental health issues who had been allocated to the practice due to temporary aberrant behaviour caused by a previous failure to provide effective treatment appropriately were offered increased mental health support."

Positive

"They worked to ensure that they were referred to appropriate mental health support services."

Positive

"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia: • Staff interviewed had a good understanding of how to support patients with mental health needs and those patients living with dementia."

Positive

"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia: • When we inspected the practice they had five patients on their mental health register none of these patients were diagnosed with dementia."

Positive

"Due to the nature of the patients the practice was allocated this often related to supporting patients with mental health issues."

Neutral

"• The practice had five patients on the mental health register and three patients on the depression register."

Neutral

"• The practice and the lead GP were very aware of the mental health needs of their patients."

Neutral

"• The practice had five patients on the mental health register and three patients on the depression register."

Positive

"• The practice told us they encouraged the uptake of cervical breast and bowel cancer screening when eligible patients were registered with the practice."

Positive

"The practice was able to demonstrate that they had made good progress in reducing antibiotic prescribing and they had an effective strategy to continue to do this."

Positive

"The practice had reviewed its antibiotic prescribing and taken action to support good antimicrobial stewardship in line with local and national guidance."

Positive

"We saw that: • For four of the clinical QOF domains only one patient was on the register chronic heart disease COPD peripheral arterial disease and rheumatoid arthritis."

Positive

"Clinicians knew how to identify and manage patients with severe infections including sepsis and had recently completed training provided by the local clinical commissioning group."