What is the Quality of Care at Modality Darlaston Practice

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"• Patients at risk of dementia were identified and offered an assessment to detect possible signs of dementia."

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"When dementia was suspected there was an appropriate referral for diagnosis."

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"• Patients at risk of dementia were identified and offered an assessment."

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"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia: • The practice assessed and monitored the physical health of people with mental illness severe mental illness and personality disorder by providing access to health checks interventions for physical activity obesity diabetes heart disease cancer and access to ‘stop smoking’ services."

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"• The practice took account of the needs and preferences of patients with lifelimiting conditions including patients with a condition other than cancer and patients living with dementia."

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"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia: • The practice assessed and monitored the physical health of people with mental illness severe mental illness and personality disorder by providing access to health checks interventions for physical activity obesity diabetes heart disease cancer and access to ‘stop smoking’ services."

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"• The practice supported patients with substance misuse through a shared care agreement and joint clinics with the community mental health nurse were held weekly."

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"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."

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"The population groups are: • older people • people with longterm conditions • families children and young people • working age people including those recently retired and students • people whose circumstances may make them vulnerable • people experiencing poor mental health including people living with dementia."

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"• Patients requiring support with mental health needs were referred to the community mental health nurse who held a clinic at the practice once a week."

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"• The practice regularly worked with multidisciplinary teams in the case management of patients experiencing poor mental health including those living with dementia."

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"• Patients requiring support with mental health needs were referred to the community mental health nurse who ran a clinic once a week at the practice."

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"Members of the management team provided evidence of a range of multidisciplinary meetings with district nurses community mental health nurse to monitor vulnerable patients."

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"• The practice had a system for monitoring repeat prescribing for patients receiving medicines for mental health needs."

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"• The practice had information available for patients experiencing poor mental health about how they could access various support groups and voluntary organisations and for patients."

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"• Spoke with the community mental health nurse."

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"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia: • The practice assessed and monitored the physical health of people with mental illness severe mental illness and personality disorder by providing access to health checks interventions for physical activity obesity diabetes heart disease cancer and access to ‘stop smoking’ services."

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"• The practice was able to demonstrate how it identified patients with commonly undiagnosed conditions for example diabetes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD an umbrella term used to describe progressive lung diseases atrial fibrillation and hypertension through new patient checks and NHS health checks."

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"• The practice supported regular community diabetes sessions in the practice with a specialist diabetic nurse every month to review patients with complex diabetes needs."

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"People with suspected hypertension high blood pressure were offered ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and patients with atrial fibrillation a common abnormal heart rhythm were assessed for stroke risk and treated as appropriate."

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"• The practice was able to demonstrate how it identified patients with commonly undiagnosed conditions for example diabetes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD an umbrella term used to describe progressive lung diseases atrial fibrillation and hypertension through new patient checks and NHS health checks."

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"People with suspected hypertension high blood pressure were offered ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and patients with atrial fibrillation a common abnormal heart rhythm were assessed for stroke risk and treated as appropriate."

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

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"People with suspected hypertension high blood pressure were offered ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and patients with atrial fibrillation a common abnormal heart rhythm were assessed for stroke risk and treated as appropriate."

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"Families children and young people: • Childhood immunisation were carried out in line with the national childhood vaccine programme."

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"• The practice held a register of patients living with a learning disability and regularly worked with other health care professionals in the case management of vulnerable patients."

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"• The practice held a register of patients living with a learning disability and regularly worked with other health care professionals in the case management of vulnerable patients."

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"• Older patients were offered vaccinations for flu pneumonia and shingles."