The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Redburn Park Medical Centre in North Shields, Tyne and Wear to be Outstanding following an inspection in March 2015.
Under CQC’s programme of inspections, all of England’s GP practices are being given a rating according to whether they are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led.
The inspection team, which included a GP and a practice manager as specialist advisors, rated the services provided by the Redburn Park Medical Centre as Outstanding for older patients, people with long term conditions, families, children and young people, people of working age, people whose circumstances may make them vulnerable and patients experiencing poor mental health.
A full report of the inspection has been published today.
The surgery on Station Road in Percy Main provides services to approximately 5,000 patients.
The report highlights a number of areas of outstanding practice, including:
- To help address concerns about high rates of pregnancy in young people locally, the practice provided specific training for staff and ensured they had accessible services available for this group of patients, including access to a dedicated midwife, who could offer support.
- The practice was committed to the care of patients experiencing dementia. They had identified 100% of patients with dementia on their patient list against a CCG target of 66.7%. The practice used their computer systems to identify any patients who may be missing from the register and who might need support, for example, patients with memory loss, in order to help improve care and support to this group of people
- The practice provided a practical approach to understanding the needs of those experiencing poor mental health. They had the highest prevalence of those experiencing severe mental health problems in the CCG area; but had been able to perform reviews for 98.1% of those patients against a national and CCG average of 75%.
- The practice provided close monitoring for patients with mental health difficulties who had failed to attend secondary care appointments following discharge. Working in conjunction with the community matron this helped to ensure appropriate support was provided to patients once out of hospital.
Sue McMillan, Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice in the North, said:
“It is clear Redburn Park Medical Centre is providing an effective, responsive and well led service which is a real asset to the people living in this part of the North East.
“Feedback from patients was excellent and staff made every effort to fully involve in their care and decisions about their treatment.
“We found that the practice displayed an excellent understanding of the differing needs of their patients and staff demonstrated a commitment to help and support them.
“The practice had a clear vision which put quality and safety as its top priority and high standards were promoted and owned by all practice staff.
“All of this hard work pays off in making a real difference to patients – which is why we have found this practice to be Outstanding.”
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The practice had a clear vision which put quality and safety as its top priority and high standards were promoted and owned by all practice staff.
Sue McMillan, Deputy Chief Inspector of General Practice in the North