Abbey Field Medical Centre

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• Overview
• Shared direction and culture
• Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders
• Freedom to speak up
• Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion
• Governance, management and sustainability
• Partnerships and communities
• Learning, improvement and innovation

We assessed 1 quality statement, governance, management and sustainability to see if improvements had been made to medicines management governance arrangements. We have combined the scores for this area with scores based on the rating from the last assessment, which was good. Our rating for this key question remains good.

We found the service had improved governance arrangements to make sure medicines were managed safely.

This service scored 75 (out of 100) for this area. Find out what we look at when we assess this area and How we calculate these scores.

We did not look at Shared direction and culture during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Well-led.

We did not look at Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Well-led.

We did not look at Freedom to speak up during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Well-led.

We did not look at Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Well-led.

Leaders had reviewed and improved their medicines governance systems and from April 2025, they had started to use a ‘medicine monitoring alert tool’ in their clinical system. They were working with the developers of the tool to review this throughout June and July 2025. We acknowledged their systems continued to be reviewed and improved, and work continued to embed these processes.

Policies had been updated, and regular audits were now in place to monitor the safety of people’s medicines. Leaders made sure staff followed these arrangements and regular meetings were held with staff to monitor and review progress. Staff were knowledgeable about medicines governance processes, which included escalation processes for clinical and managerial advice and support.

We did not look at Partnerships and communities during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Well-led.

We did not look at Learning, improvement and innovation during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Well-led.