Cherry 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 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 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.

The practice actively supported patients to live healthier lives through a wide range of proactive and targeted initiatives, including high screening uptake, social prescribing, food bank referrals, and locally driven interventions addressing deprivation and inequalities. Staff focussed on identifying risks to people’s health, including those in the last 12 months of their lives and those with caring responsibilities. Staff supported national priorities and initiatives to improve population health, including stopping smoking and tackling obesity. Access to additional in-house services and clinical expertise reduced reliance on secondary care and improved patient experience and outcomes.

The service routinely monitored people’s care and treatment to continuously improve it. They ensured outcomes were positive, consistent and met the expectations of people themselves.

were positive, consistent or that they met the expectations of people themselves.

The service supports population health using a social prescribing service, particularly in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, and met national targets for the uptake of childhood immunisations, with 95.9% of children aged one and two receiving vaccines. However, uptake for children aged five was below the World Health Organization recommended rate of 95%, with 87% receiving the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. To improve uptake, the practice sought to engage parents through discussions about benefits, followed up with calls to understand reasons for non-participation, explored barriers to vaccination, and offered opportunistic sessions. The service performed higher than the England average in relation to screening cervical cancer, and lower than the England average for breast, bowel cancer. There were effective systems to monitor and improve outcomes, including use of audits, clinical system searches, and structured follow-up processes such as cancer referral safety netting. Strong performance was demonstrated through achievement of Salford Standards and recognition for CVD prevention work; however, more formalised governance systems for tracking audits and risk assessments were needed to strengthen oversight.

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.