Padiham Group 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.

Staff focused 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 referred some patients to social prescribers to help with social aspects of their health. We saw case studies of positive outcomes for patients.

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 service was slightly below the 90% minimum target for some childhood immunisations. The service explained they now telephoned the parents of all children who had not attended for vaccinations to explain the benefits and discuss future appointments. The latest published data showed that 70% of 25 to 49 year olds and 71.6% of 50 to 64 year olds had been adequately screened for cervical cancer, against a target of 80%. As well as contacting patients to encourage uptake the service promoted local initiatives to try to improve the uptake. These included an enhanced access service where patients could attend at a time convenient for them, and a drop-in mobile service in the area. The service performed better than the England average in relation to several cancer screening programmes, including screening for breast, bowel and cervical cancer.

The service had a programme for the carrying out of clinical audits, and these were repeated regularly.

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.