The Weaver Vale Surgery

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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 always supported people to manage their health and wellbeing to fully 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. For example, the service had implemented a robust social prescribing system, through which 661 patients had been signposted to appropriate support services over a 12-month period.

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 actively supported national priorities and initiatives to improve population health, including stopping smoking and tackling obesity. For example, they operated patient education evenings covering multiple topics, facilitated early intervention therapy services via Youth Mind Matters and arranged support for patients in applying for some benefits.

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 provider had recently undertaken a targeted review of patient records to identify emerging clinical trends and used this information to prioritise needs, identify required resources, and develop appropriate response mechanisms. As a result, a new appointment and triage system was implemented, and an additional GP was recruited to improve capacity and better meet patient demand.

The service met national targets for the uptake of childhood immunisations. The service performed better than the England average in relation to several cancer screening programmes.

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.