What is the Quality of Facilities at Wingate Medical Practice

Neutral

"The practice also encouraged its patients to attend national screening programmes for bowel and breast cancer screening however bowel cancer screening uptake was lower than local and national averages."

Positive

"There is one male GP; however the practice is also supported by a female advanced nurse practitioner a nurse and healthcare assistant."

Positive

"The nurse practitioner was the infection control clinical lead who liaised with the local infection prevention teams to keep up to date with best practice."

Positive

"• Where a patient’s mental capacity to consent to care or treatment was unclear the GP or practice nurse assessed the patient’s capacity and recorded the outcome of the assessment."

Positive

"The practice team was forward thinking to improve outcomes for patients in the area and giving consideration to further involvement from advanced nurse practitioners."

Positive

"Management monitoring and improving outcomes for people The practice used the information collected for the Quality and Outcomes Framework QOF and performance against national screening programmes to monitor outcomes for patients."

Positive

"• There were procedures in place for monitoring and managing risks to patient and staff safety."

Positive

"For example the practice reviewed blood pressure BP monitoring of those patients prescribed venlafaxine."

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."

Neutral

"• Arrangements were in place for planning and monitoring the number of staff and mix of staff needed to meet patients’ needs."

Neutral

"The audit included checking if a BP reading had been taken at initiation after any dose increases and also during the last few years of BP monitoring to ascertain whether patients were having it monitored at least every six months."

Neutral

"As a result of this a reminder regarding regular BP monitoring had been added to the records of all venlafaxine patients."

Positive

"For example disabled parking bays in the car park and the introduction of letters to patients who failed to attend for appointments."

Neutral

"For example: • Patients receiving end of life care carers those at risk of developing a longterm condition and those requiring advice on their diet smoking and alcohol cessation."

Positive

"There was a health and safety policy available with a poster in the reception office which identified local health and safety representatives."

Neutral

"This covered topics such as safeguarding infection prevention and control fire safety health and safety and confidentiality."

Neutral

"This covered topics such as safeguarding infection prevention and control fire safety health and safety and confidentiality."