Whitehall 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. At our last assessment, we rated this key question as good. At this assessment, the rating remains the same.

This service scored 71 (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 overall 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 overall met the national targets for the uptake of childhood immunisations.

The service was just under the England averages in relation to cancer screening programmes, including screening for breast, bowel and cervical cancer. For example, as of June 2024, the number of women aged 25 to 49 years old who had an adequate cervical screening test within the last 3.5 years was 68% against a target uptake of 80%. The number of women aged 50 to 64 years who had an adequate cervical screening test within the last 5.5 years was 76% against a target rate of 80%.

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.