East Finchley Medical 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

Staff supported people to live healthier lives, monitoring their care and treatment to ensure they received positive and consistent outcomes.

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. 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. The service supported people to manage their health and wellbeing to maximise their independence, choice and control. Staff supported national priorities and initiatives to improve population health, including tackling obesity and stopping smoking where staff could refer patients to external services for smoking cessation. Staff described how patients could be referred to social prescribers for wider support. The practice actively participated in social prescribing community events within the local Primary Care Network (PCN) including events for diabetes awareness and menopause. The practice participated in initiatives aimed at improving uptake of cervical screening, which included Human Papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling for patients who had not attended routine screening appointments.

The practice 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 practice had met national targets of 90% for the uptake of childhood immunisations between 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025. To encourage uptake, the practice offered appointments through PCN extended access hubs, introduced self-booking options and used text message reminders and telephone contact for non-attenders. The practice was below the national target of 80% for cervical screening uptake as of 30 June 2024, with 67.4% of eligible patients aged 25 to 49 screened within the previous 3.5 years and 77.6% of eligible patients aged 50 to 64 screened within the previous 5.5 years. The practice implemented actions to improve uptake, including promoting evening and weekend appointments through PCN extended access services and introducing self-booking links for patients. Staff we spoke with demonstrated awareness of improving uptake and actions to take.

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.