The Sides Medical 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 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.

Staff focussed on identifying risks to people’s health, including those in the last 12 months of their lives, those with complex medical needs, and those with caring responsibilities, and were proactive in seeking to mitigate those risks. Staff supported national priorities and initiatives to improve population health, including stopping smoking and tackling obesity. The practice demonstrated good awareness of patients with learning disabilities (LD), for example by going into the community to launch programmes to improve uptake of screening programmes for LD patients, engaging well with them and supporting them in better health outcomes.

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 met and exceeded national targets for the uptake of childhood immunisations. The service performed better than the England average in relation to several cancer screening programmes, including screening for breast and bowel cancer, and in line with the England average for cervical cancer. For example, 81.1% of eligible women aged 25 to 49 years had a screening test, above the national target of 80%. Effective invitation and recall procedures were in place, and staff worked to support patients to receive necessary immunisations and vaccinations. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends a rate of 95% for all routine childhood vaccinations. The practice achieved high vaccination rates, between 92% and 96.9%, and performed better than the England average for most childhood vaccines.

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.