The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found the quality of care provided by Broken Cross Surgery in Macclesfield, Cheshire to be Outstanding following an inspection carried out in December 2014.
Inspectors rated the practice as Outstanding for providing responsive and well led services, and Good for providing services that are safe, caring and effective. The practice has received an overall rating of Outstanding.
A full report of the inspection has been published today.
Under CQC’s new programme of inspections, all England’s GP practices are being given a rating according to whether they are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led.;
The report on Broken Cross Surgery highlights a number of areas of outstanding practice, including:
- The practice made exceptional arrangements to tailor care and support to the needs of vulnerable patients including those who were homeless, or facing challenges in relation to substance misuse or poor mental health.
- Patients experiencing poor mental health received intervention and high quality treatment from clinicians with particular expertise in this field.
- The practice had a clear vision underpinned by a strong leadership who were committed to the practice’s values of providing high quality care at all times.
- Comments from patients about the practice, its staff and the care and treatment which they received were extremely positive.
- Patient safety was a priority in all that the practice did. Staff understood and fulfilled their responsibilities to raise concerns, and information about safety was highly valued and used to promote learning and continual improvements.
- Feedback from trainee GPs and students, on placement at the practice was proactively sought and used to influence improvements.
Sue McMillan, Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice in the North said:
“It is clear that Broken Cross Surgery is providing a responsive and well led service which is a real asset to the people living in this part of the North West.
“Feedback from patients was very positive and the service showed constant development to help people receive high quality care regardless of their personal circumstances.
“We found that the practice had an excellent learning culture. Communication across the team was excellent with managers seeking the views of its entire staff in order to help drive improvement.
“All this hard work pays off in making a real difference for their patients – which is why we have found this practice to be Outstanding.”
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The practice had an excellent learning culture. Communication across the team was excellent with managers seeking the views of its entire staff in order to help drive improvement.
Sue McMillan, Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice in the North