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"• Opportunistic screening for dementia took place when the GPs or practice nurse saw patients."
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"Longer appointments were available to patients where needed such as those with learning disabilities dementia or mental health issues."
Positive
"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia The practice is rated as good for the population group of people experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia."
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"This included patients with learning difficulties dementia and mental health issues."
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"• The practice held a register of patients living in vulnerable circumstances including patients who were frail those with a learning disability and children in need or with a child protection plan in place."
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"They had also received updates for seeing patients with longterm conditions such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease."
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"• The practice actively monitored patients with diabetes and or chronic kidney disease to identify new or worsening cases of kidney function caused by the medical condition."
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"• The practice actively monitored patients with diabetes and or chronic kidney disease to identify new or worsening cases of kidney function caused by the medical condition."
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"The practice had participated in locally commissioned services for example: bowel screening pilot and diabetes prevention programme."
Neutral
"We saw that the exception rate for one clinical domain diabetes were higher than the CCG and national average."
Neutral
"• The practice had participated in locally commissioned services for example: bowel screening pilot and diabetes prevention programme."
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"Examples from three clinical audits undertaken included reviews of diabetes checks and hypertension reviews."
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"The practice also monitored the quality of their antibiotic prescribing."
Neutral
"• The practice was a low prescriber of all types of antibiotic items."
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"For example we saw that there had been a review of antibiotic prescribing with the aim of reducing unnecessary prescribing."
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"We were also shown some comparative data of the practice’s performance for antibiotic prescribing which compared well to similar practices in the CCG locality and nationally."
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"• The practice held a register of patients living in vulnerable circumstances including patients who were frail those with a learning disability and children in need or with a child protection plan in place."
Positive
"The practice’s vision was to provide excellent holistic healthcare in a nondiscriminatory manner to patients irrespective of race religion nationality marital status age sexual orientation disability and colour."
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"• Carers were offered an annual health check and flu vaccines."
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"For example the percentage of pregnant women who had received their flu vaccination."
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"They had introduced systems so that when patients came to see the community midwife they could receive the flu vaccination on the same day."
Positive
"The practice offered a range of immunisations for children travel vaccines and flu vaccinations in line with current national guidance."
Positive
"The practice had arranged that pregnant women could receive the flu vaccine on the same day they came to see the community midwife."
Positive
"For example discussions about the new enhanced services and flu campaigns took place which helped with the smooth running of the service."
Positive
"For example the practice nurse was given protected time to undertake home visits to administer the flu vaccination for patients who could not get into the practice."
Neutral
"The practice nurse was given protected time to visit housebound patients to review their health conditions and ensure they received their flu vaccinations."
Neutral
"The practice had worked flexibly to try and encourage a high uptake of the flu vaccinations such as making them available at the same time as other clinics."
Neutral
"For example the GPs told us how they were working with pregnant women to try and improve the uptake of the flu vaccine."
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"However we saw that the practice had what appeared to be mercury blood pressure monitoring equipment."
Positive
"The practice had adapted their care templates to include the need to carry out an electrocardiogram ECG a test to check the heart’s rhyme and electrical activity every two years for patients with high blood pressure for potential heart problems."
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"The practice was making good progress with targets for blood pressure checks and recording the smoking status for patients in this age group helping to identify patients who may be at increased risk of developing health conditions."
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"• The practice specifically considered the physical health needs of patients with poor mental health and those living with dementia."
Positive
"• The practice worked with the palliative care team and community nursing teams to support patients People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia: • The practice cohosted a weekly mental health clinic with the community mental health nurse."
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"• Patients with a mental health diagnosis were offered an annual review of their physical health needs."
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"This facilitated good links with the mental health services to help signpost patients to other services and discuss those patients who may require a mental health referral."
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"Staff interviews confirmed that the practice was proactive in providing training and support for relevant courses for example we saw that mental health training had been discussed and completed by the practice nurse."
Positive
"The practice held a mental health register and was able to demonstrate that patients on this register were receiving comprehensive annual physical health checks."
Positive
"Longer appointments were allocated to patients with poor mental health as it was recognised some patients needed more time to discuss their health needs."
Positive
"Longer appointments were available to patients where needed such as those with learning disabilities dementia or mental health issues."
Positive
"The practice undertook and completed audits in areas such as care plans for patients on the mental health register and checks of patients with diabetes."
Positive
"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia The practice is rated as good for the population group of people experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia."
Neutral
"This included patients with learning difficulties dementia and mental health issues."
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"• The practice had systems to inform eligible patients to have the meningitis vaccine for example before attending university for the first time."
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"Although the practice did not administer the yellow fever travel vaccine they held lists of places that did and could advise patients where to go."
Positive
"The practice had arranged that pregnant women could receive the flu vaccine on the same day they came to see the community midwife."
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"The practice had reviewed correspondence from NHS England alerting all practices about the death of a child with sickle cell disease who died from sepsis and identified learning points."
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"Examples from three clinical audits undertaken included reviews of diabetes checks and hypertension reviews."
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"Although there is currently no prescriptive list as to what emergency medicines a GP practice should hold we noticed that the practice did not routinely hold stocks for hypoglycaemia chest pain or suspected meningitis these are medicines commonly required in medical emergencies."