Lepton & Kirkheaton Surgeries

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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 79 (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 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 focused on identifying risks to people’s health, including those with caring responsibilities. For example, in 2025 the service held a carers event to support individuals providing unpaid care to family members or loved ones. The event offered access to information, wellbeing support, and signposting to relevant services. It also provided an opportunity for carers to connect with others, helping to reduce isolation and increase awareness of available support. The service had also recently developed a carers’ pack, to ensure carers had access to relevant information, support and available services.

In 2025 the service began delivering a series of sessions for patients with, or at risk of, Type 2 diabetes. The sessions focused on supporting patients to better manage their condition through education, behaviour change, and peer support. The sessions included input from the practice nurses and a health and wellbeing coach. To assess the effectiveness of the sessions, patients completed a range of outcome measures at the start and end of the course, including setting goals, reflecting on wellbeing, and rating confidence in self-managing their condition. Feedback and outcome data showed improvements in patients' understanding of diabetes, confidence in self-management, and ability to make positive lifestyle changes. The service planned to continue delivering these sessions every 6 months.

The service had also run a series of patient and staff wellbeing and nutrition workshops. The sessions focused on topics such as portion control and lifestyle habits. Feedback was positive, with participants reporting increased confidence in managing their health and in making informed dietary choices.

The service offered a range of health checks, assessments, and reviews to help identify health needs. Staff signposted and referred people to external services as required. Information on different services was also available to patients at each site, and on the service website.

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.

Effective invitation and recall procedures were in place to support people to receive necessary vaccinations and screening. As of March 2025, the service had met the World Health Organisation target of 95% for 3 out of 5 routine childhood vaccination indicators; the remaining 2 indicators met minimum standards and were at 93% and 89%. More recent unverified data from the service showed overall routine childhood vaccination rates had improved since the last year.

The service performed in line with the England average in relation to cancer screening programmes, including screening for breast and bowel cancer. The service’s cervical screening uptake rates in June 2024 were 83% both for patients aged between 25 to 49 years, and for patients aged between 50 to 64 years, which were above the 80% national targets.

Performance as of March 2025 was slightly higher than average for the number of new cancer cases treated resulting from an urgent suspected cancer referral, with the service attaining a detection rate of 58% compared to an expected rate of 54%.

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.