Archived: Dr John Danson Also known as Danson Family Practice

Updated 30 October 2018

Dr John Danson is the registered provider and provides primary care services to its registered list of approximately 4560 patients. The practice delivers commissioned services under the General Medical Services (GMS) contract and is a member of Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

The GMS contract is the contract between general practices and NHS England for delivering primary care services to local communities. The practice offers direct enhanced services that include meningitis provision, the childhood vaccination and immunisation scheme, facilitating timely diagnosis and support for people with dementia, influenza and pneumococcal immunisations, learning disabilities, minor surgery and rotavirus and shingles immunisation.

Regulated activities (Family planning, Diagnostic and screening procedures, Treatment of disease, disorder or injury, Surgical procedures and Maternity and midwifery services) are delivered to the patient population from the following address:

Werneth Primary Care Centre

Featherstall Road SouthOldhamLancashireOL9 7AY

The practice has a website that contains comprehensive information about what they do to support their patient population and the in-house and online services offered: www.dansonfamilypractice.co.uk

At the time of our inspection there were two full time male GPs, two advanced nurse practitioners, a practice nurse and a health care assistant. Clinical staff are supported by a practice manager, and six other staff in the reception and administration team.

The age profile of the practice population is broadly in line with the CCG averages. The practice ethnicity profile showed 65% of patients were white and 31% were of Asian background. Information taken from Public Health England placed the area in which the practice is located is the second most deprived (from a possible range of between 1 and 10). In general, people living in more deprived areas tend to have greater need for health services.

Updated 30 October 2018

This practice is rated as Good overall

The key questions are rated as:

Are services safe? – Good

Are services effective? – Good

Are services caring? – Good

Are services responsive? – Good

Are services well-led? - Good

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Dr John Danson (AKA Danson Family Practice) on 19 September 2018 as part of our inspection programme.

At this inspection we found:

• The practice had clear systems to manage risk so that safety incidents were less likely to happen. When incidents did happen, the practice learned from them and improved their processes.
• The practice routinely reviewed the effectiveness and appropriateness of the care it provided. It ensured that care and treatment was delivered according to evidence- based guidelines.
• Staff involved and treated patients with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
• Patients found the appointment system easy to use and reported that they were able to access care when they needed it.
• There was a strong focus on continuous learning and improvement at all levels of the organisation.

We saw one area of outstanding practice:

The practice was proactive in enabling people in vulnerable circumstances to have access to holistic primary care. For example, they provided care to people recently released from prison. We were provided with numerous examples of where flexible access, person centred care and advocating on the patient’s behalf had a positive impact on the patient’s well-being.

The areas where the provider should make improvements are:

• The practice should develop a formal process to carry out an infection control audit
• The practice should review the formal documentation of significant events and minute clinical meetings to share learning.

Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGPChief Inspector of General Practice

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