What is the Quality of Facilities at The Whalebridge Practice

Positive

"The wider clinical team consists of two practice nurses one senior practice nurse and one Health Care Assistant HCA who is also a phlebotomist."

Positive

"The GP and practice nurse also accommodated home visits for those who had difficulties getting to the practice due to limited local public transport availability."

Neutral

"A staffed reception area is located on the ground floor whilst a selfcheckin reception area is on the first floor along with nurse treatment and GP consulting rooms."

Positive

"• Staff encouraged and supported patients to be involved in monitoring and managing their own health for example through social prescribing schemes."

Positive

"• The practice had arrangements for adults with newly diagnosed cardiovascular disease including the offer of highintensity statins for secondary prevention people with suspected hypertension were offered ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and patients with atrial fibrillation were assessed for stroke risk and treated as appropriate."

Positive

"• Arrangements were in place for planning and monitoring the number and mix of staff needed to meet patients’ needs including planning for holidays sickness busy periods and epidemics."

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."

Positive

"The GP and practice nurse also accommodated home visits for those who had difficulties getting to the practice due to limited local public transport availability."

Positive

"The GP and practice nurse also accommodated home visits for those who had difficulties getting to the practice due to limited local public transport availability."

Positive

"• Staff were clear on their roles and accountabilities including in respect of safeguarding and infection prevention and control • Practice leaders had established proper policies procedures and activities to ensure safety and assured themselves that they were operating as intended."

Neutral

"• The practice ensured that end of life care was delivered in a coordinated way which considered the needs of different patients including those who may be vulnerable because of their circumstances."

Positive

"This included an induction process onetoone meetings appraisals coaching and mentoring clinical supervision and support for revalidation."

Positive

"• Staff were clear on their roles and accountabilities including in respect of safeguarding and infection prevention and control • Practice leaders had established proper policies procedures and activities to ensure safety and assured themselves that they were operating as intended."

Positive

"• The practice acted on and learned from external safety events as well as patient and medicine safety alerts."