What is the Quality of Facilities at Lowton Surgery

Positive

"• The practice’s uptake for breast and bowel cancer screening was in line with the CCG and national averages."

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"comourpracticeslowtonSurgery There are five GPs one female and four male and they are supported by a practice nurse There is also a practice manager a surgery manager and supporting administration staff."

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

"The team included a GP specialist adviser a practice nurse specialist adviser and a second CQC inspector."

Positive

"People whose circumstances make them vulnerable: • The practice held an “Important patient” register which included vulnerable patients carers drug monitoring learning disabilities military veterans deprivation of liberty safeguards DOLs cancer gold standard framework GSF childhood asthma and those patients who were housebound."

Positive

"• The practice held an “Important patient” register which included vulnerable patients carers drug monitoring learning disabilities military veterans deprivation of liberty safeguards DOLs cancer gold standard framework GSF childhood asthma and those patients who were housebound."

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

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."

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"People with suspected hypertension were offered ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and patients with atrial fibrillation were assessed for stroke risk and treated as appropriate."

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."

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

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"The practice is registered with the Care Quality Commission CQC to provide the regulated activities of diagnostic and screening procedures; surgical procedures; and treatment of disease disorder and injury."

Neutral

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

Positive

"All patients on this register had been offered a mental health care plan and face to face review."

Neutral

"This included one to one meetings appraisals coaching and mentoring clinical supervision and revalidation."

Positive

"• Staff were clear on their roles and accountabilities including in respect of safeguarding and infection prevention and control • Practice leaders had established 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."