Hill Barton 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 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 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 service had access via the primary care network (a group of GP services that work together with other local health and social care organisations to provide integrated services for their communities) to health and wellbeing groups they could refer people to. For example, ‘Allotment Project’, for adults to improve well-being and physical fitness, a weight management course, for adults with a body mass index over 30, and a falls prevention group.

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 exceeded national targets for the uptake of childhood immunisations. For example, achieving between 97-100% compared to the national targets of 90-95%.

The service performed better than the England average in relation several cancer screening programmes, including screening for breast and bowel cancer.

Data from June 2024 showed 84% of eligible people aged between 50 to 64 years of age had been screened. However, only 74% of eligible people aged between 25 to 49 years of age had been screened against the expected target of 80%. The service was aware of this and had undertaken a project to promote cervical screening. For example, providing screening appointments at a time appropriate for working-aged people, actively promoting cervical screening campaigns and appointments with the nurse to discuss the screening process to help inform people’s decision making.

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.