Wembury 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 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 offered newly registered people a comprehensive health review, including checks of their blood pressure, cholesterol, and weight as well as a discussion about their current medicines.

Staff focussed on identifying risks to people’s health, including those in the last 12 months of their lives and those with caring responsibilities. The service carried out regular palliative care and frailty visits and held weekly multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss peoples changing needs, review identified risks and co-ordinate care. This supported early intervention, timely decision making and a co-ordinated approach to ensure people received appropriate care and support.

Staff supported national priorities and initiatives to improve population health, including stopping smoking and tackling obesity. For example, the social prescriber (a healthcare team member who connects people with non-clinical, community based services to improve their health and wellbeing) signposted people to various organisations such as local social groups, weight-management classes, exercise groups as well as offering information on financial and housing assistance.

The reception area displayed posters and leaflets with information designed to support people make healthier choices.

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. People with long-term conditions were offered an annual review to check their health and medicines needs were being met.

The service scored 100 % for the uptake of all 5 childhood immunisations which exceeded the national target of 95%.

The service performed better than the national average in relation to several cancer screening programmes, including screening for breast, and bowel cancer. For example, data from 2024-2025 showed the service scored 86%, against the national target of 72% for bowel cancer screening in people aged 60-74.

The service had achieved 79% uptake for cervical screening in women aged 25-49 and 86% for women aged 50-64. The national target for cervical screening is 80%. However, data from the service which had not been independently verified, indicated the uptake for women aged 25-49 was 84%.

The prescribing of broad-spectrum antibiotics, which are used to treat primarily bacterial infections, was below the local expected target during 2025-2026 at 5% against a target of 8%. This demonstrated a positive approach to antimicrobial stewardship and supported efforts to minimise the risk of antimicrobial resistance.

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.