Dr Thusitha Gooneratne

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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 staff involved people in decisions about their care and treatment and provided them with advice and support. Staff regularly reviewed people’s care and worked with other services to achieve this. 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.
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.
 

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.
The most recent national validated data for childhood immunisations was from 01/04/2024 – 31/03/2025. This showed the service met or was close to the national targets. During the assessment the service showed us evidence that since 31/03/2025 it had improved take-up to meet all of the national targets and evidence of high performance compared to other practices in the area. This evidence cannot be compared directly with the nationally validated data. We looked at the service’s processes and noted that the percentages were calculated on relatively small numbers of eligible children. For example, the data for children aged 2 who received their booster immunisation for Pneumococcal infection in 2024 – 2025 was based on 18 eligible children, 17 of whom received the immunisation (a percentage of 94%).
The service performed better than the England average in relation to several cancer screening programmes, including screening for breast, bowel and cervical cancer.
 

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.