Kirkham 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 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 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 undertook initiatives focussed on identifying and reducing health inequalities. They had completed some proactive work in fields such as respiratory health, using a risk stratification method to offer interventions to those people who may be at increased risk. They also invested in training and upskilling in women’s health initiatives such as hormone replacement therapy prescribing and broadening routine healthchecks to include questions around menopause. They had also focussed on weight reduction and nutritional education initiatives.

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 national targets for the uptake of childhood immunisations in all 4 areas.

The service fell below the target for cervical screening targets in both age groups achieving 72.1% for 25-49year olds and 73% for 50-64 year olds in the latest published data for quarter 1 of the period 2024-2025. However, that result demonstrated performance that is better than the England average of 66.5% in the younger age group and similar to the England average of 75% in older age group.

The practice performed better than England averages for breast and bowel cancer screening in the latest published data covering the time period 2024/2025, achieving 74.1% compared to 70.4% for breast screening and 78.7% compared to 71.8% nationally for bowel cancer screening.

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.