Dr's H.C. Ash, K.A. Harris & J.E. Hirst Also known as Dearne Valley Health Centre

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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 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 practice supported people to manage their health and wellbeing to maximise their independence, choice and control. They 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 practice offered patients a range of health assessments which included NHS health checks, new patient health assessments, and learning disability health checks. Data provided by the practice showed they had offered and undertaken health checks for all patients on the learning disability register over the past year.

The practice routinely monitored people’s care and treatment to continuously improve it. Outcomes were positive, consistent and met the expectations of people themselves.

Effective invitation and recall procedures were in place, and staff worked to support patients to receive necessary immunisations, vaccinations and screening. The practice exceeded national targets for the uptake of childhood immunisations. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends a rate of 95% for all routine childhood vaccinations. The practice achieved between 95.5% and 97.9% across all vaccinations. They performed better than the England average in relation to several cancer screening programmes, including screening for breast, bowel and cervical cancer. For example, 83% of eligible women aged 25 to 49 years had a screening test, above the national target of 80%.

When we last inspected we identified that the practice should seek to improve performance in relation to cancer two-week wait performance. During this assessment, we found improvements had been made and that the number of new cancer cases treated resulting from an urgent suspected cancer referral was in line with national averages.

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.