Alderwood Medical Practice

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• Overview
• Assessing needs
• Delivering evidence-based care and treatment
• How staff, teams and services work together
• Supporting people to live healthier lives
• Monitoring and improving outcomes
• Consent to care and treatment

We looked for evidence that staff monitored people’s care and treatment and supported them to live healthier lives. At our last assessment, we rated this key question as good. At this assessment, the rating remains the same.

This service scored 71 (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 Assessing needs during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

We did not look at Delivering evidence-based care and treatment during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

We did not look at How staff, teams and services work together during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

The service supported people to manage their health and wellbeing to maximise their independence, choice and control. The service supported people to live healthier lives and where possible, reduce their future needs for care and support.

Staff focused on identifying risks to people’s health, including those in the last 12 months of their lives and those with caring responsibilities. Systems were in place to signpost carers to additional support such as support groups, the care co-ordinator and social prescriber. Staff supported national priorities and initiatives to improve population health, including stopping smoking and tackling obesity. Systems were in place to review the care of people with long-term conditions. People with long-term conditions were provided with additional support. For example, the referral of people with diabetes to DESMOND, a diabetic education programme for people with diabetes, or those who at risk of developing diabetes.
 

The service mostly monitored people’s care and treatment to continuously improve it. They ensured outcomes were positive, consistent and met the expectations of people themselves.
The service met the national target of 90% for the uptake of childhood immunisations achieving the 95% World Health Organisation (WHO) target for 2 of the indicators. The uptake rate for bowel and breast cancer screening was comparable with the England average.

However, national data showed that the uptake of cervical cancer screening for women aged 25 to 49 years was 74% and, 75% for women aged 50 to 64 years of age. Both were slightly below the England target of 80%. The provider shared unverified data from April 2026 with us which showed a downward trend for the lower age group, 69%. However, the uptake had increased to 77% for the upper age group. The provider told us they sent text messages to remind people of their screening appointment and the practice nurse spent time with women explaining the screening process if they were anxious.
 

We did not look at Consent to care and treatment during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.