Bowland Medical Practice

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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. 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.

Clinicians routinely referred patients to a range of community-based social prescribing services to provide support beyond traditional medical interventions. This included signposting and referral to social prescribing link workers, local voluntary organisations, and community groups addressing issues such as social isolation, financial concerns, housing, and lifestyle wellbeing.

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 did not always meet national targets for the uptake of childhood immunisations; however, due to the small number of eligible patients within each cohort, a small number of non‑attenders had a disproportionate impact on overall percentage achievement. The practice did have systems in place to encourage people to come in for vaccinations and screening including a recall system and follow up calls for non-attenders.

The practice planned to implement a deprescribing support clinic for patients prescribed high‑dose opioids.
 

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.