This practice is rated as Good overall. (Previous rating November 2014 – 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 Hampton Surgery on 18 October 2018 as part of our inspection programme.
At this inspection we found:
- The practice had clear 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.
- There was clearly defined and embedded systems, processes and practices in place to keep people safe and safeguarded from abuse and for identifying and mitigating risks of health and safety.
- The practice reviewed the effectiveness and appropriateness of the care it provided. It ensured that care and treatment was delivered according to evidence based guidelines and best practice.
- The practice worked proactively with other organisations to ensure patients had access to a range of services to support their health and wellbeing.
- The practice continued to support the local traveller community to maintain trust and relationships to encourage them to access health care.
- The practice had Armed Forces Veteran friendly accreditation.
- The practice had close links with the local lunch club organised by the local Fentham trust. The practice staff attended the group to check on elderly patients and to offer the seasonal flu vaccination.
- There was a well organised and loyal practice team.
- The practice achieved consistently higher than average scores in the national GP patient survey.
- Patients told us that staff treated them with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect and involved them in decisions about their care and treatment.
- Patient feedback on the level of care and treatment delivered by all staff was very positive.
- Patients found the appointment system easy to use and reported that they were able to access care when they needed it.
- There were clear responsibilities, roles and systems of accountability to support effective governance.
- Continuous learning and improvement was actively encouraged at all levels of the organisation.
We saw one area of outstanding practice:
The practice nurse was instrumental in creating a hub based service for treating leg ulcers across Solihull. This had produced marked improvements in both patient outcomes and compliance to treatment pathways which achieved healing rates close to those patients treated in hospital. The practice had supported the nurse in order to achieve this with the initial research and ongoing provision of the service.
Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGPChief Inspector of General Practice
Please refer to the detailed report and the evidence tables for further information.