Hoylake and Meols Medical Centre

Updated 20 November 2018

Hoylake and Meols Medical Centre - A Muir is registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide primary medical services.

Hoylake and Meols Medical Centre - A Muir holds a General Medical Services (GMS) contract with NHS England.

The practice team consists of five GPs, two advanced nurse practitioners, two practice nurses, one healthcare assistant, a management team, reception and administration staff.

The total practice list size is 5,500. The practice is part of Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The practice has a less deprived patient population when compared to other practices nationally.

It is registered to provide the following regulated activities:

Diagnostic and screening procedures

Family Planning

Maternity and midwifery services

Treatment of disease, disorder or injury

Extended hours services are available.

Out of hours primary medical services are accessed by calling NHS 111

Updated 20 November 2018

This practice is rated as Good overall. (Previous rating January 2015 – Good)

The key questions at this inspection are rated as:

Are services safe? – Good

Are services effective? – Good

Are services caring? – Good

Are services responsive? – Good

Are services well-led? - Good

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Hoylake and Meols Medical Centre - A Muir on 23 October 2018 as part of our inspection programme.

At this inspection we found:

• The practice had systems to manage risk so that safety incidents were less likely to happen. When incidents did happen, the practice learned from them and improved their processes.
• The practice routinely reviewed the effectiveness and appropriateness of the care it provided. Care and treatment was delivered according to evidence based guidelines.
• Staff involved and treated patients with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
• Patient feedback identified that sometimes it was difficult to get through by telephone and to make appointments that were convenient. The practice was monitoring this and acting to improve access and had made more appointments available with a variety of clinicians.
• There were systems in place to mitigate safety risks including health and safety, infection control and dealing with safeguarding.
• The practice had good facilities and was well equipped to treat patients and meet their needs.
• There was a clear leadership structure and staff felt supported by management.
• The practice reviewed and considered patient views through surveys and a patient participation group (PPG).
• Staff worked well together as a team and all felt supported to carry out their roles.
• There was a focus on learning and improvement at all levels of the organisation.
• The provider was aware of the requirements of the duty of candour.

We saw an area of outstanding practice:

The practice had introduced innovative IT systems, including artificial intelligence systems for communication, task management, monitoring of care and treatment processes and monitoring effectiveness of care delivery through reports and audits. This led to improvements such as better communication, team problem solving, effective management of alerts and guidance/legislative changes and changes to practice.

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