We carried out a review of the data available to us about Longton Health Centre on 6 July 2023. We have not found evidence that we need to carry out an inspection or reassess our rating at this stage.
This could change at any time if we receive new information. We will continue to monitor data about this service.
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We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Longton Health Centre on 6th September 2016. Overall the practice is rated as good.
Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows
There was an open and transparent approach to safety and an effective system in place for reporting and recording significant events.
Risks to patients were assessed and well managed.
Staff assessed patients’ needs and delivered care in line with current evidence based guidance. Staff had been trained to provide them with the skills, knowledge and experience to deliver effective care and treatment.
We identified three areas of outstanding practice:
The practice provided highly responsive support to patients with dementia and their families including seeking early identification, referral to the memory clinic for diagnosis, ensuring consent to share information, running events to help them understand the disease and undertaking advanced care plans to meet their wishes at the end of their life.Practice data indicated that referrals had doubled from 2014/15 to 2015/16 and diagnosis rates had done likewise.
The Patient Participation Group (PPG) had supported a survey of young people and families and in response to the findings the practice had sought staff and PPG training from a local school about solvent misuse.
An initiative had been put in place by the practice PPG to set up a car sharing scheme for patients who had mobility problems and had difficulty coming to the practice.
The areas where the provider should make improvements :
Chief Inspector of General Practice