Normanby Medical Centre

Updated 8 June 2016

Normanby Medical Centre is situated in Low Grange Health Village, Normanby in Middlesbrough and provides services under a Personal Medical Services (PMS) contract with NHS England, Durham, Darlington and Tees Area Team to the practice population of 13,267 covering patients of all ages.

The practice has four GP partners and a further four salaried GPs, a mix of male and female. The practice also has four nurse practitioners, seven practice nurses, and three health care assistants. There is also a practice manager and a team of secretarial, administration and reception staff.

The practice is open between 8.00am and 8.00pm Monday and Tuesday. 8.00am to 6.00pm Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and from 8.00am to 10.30am on Saturday. Appointments are from 8.30am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm until 5.30pm Monday to Friday. Extended surgery hours are offered on Monday and Tuesday evenings between 6.30pm and 8.00pm and Saturday mornings from 8.00am until 10.30am.

The practice has opted out of providing out of hours services (OOHs) for their patients. When the practice is closed patients use the 111 service to contact the OOHs provider. The Out of Hours service is provided by Northern Doctors Urgent Care. Information for patients requiring urgent medical attention out of hours is available in the waiting area, in the practice information leaflet and on the practice website.

Updated 8 June 2016

Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice

GOOD

We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Normanby Medical Centre on 5 January 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 the skills, knowledge and experience to deliver effective care and treatment.
• Patients said they were treated with compassion, dignity and respect and they were involved in their care and decisions about their treatment.
• Information about services and how to complain was available and easy to understand.
• Patients said they found it easy to make an appointment with a named GP and that there was continuity of care, with urgent appointments available the same day.
• 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 proactively sought feedback from staff and patients, which it acted on.
• The provider was aware of and complied with the requirements of the Duty of Candour. (This means providers must be open and transparent with service users about their care and treatment, including when it goes wrong).

We saw area of outstanding practice:

The practice manager had devised an analysis protocol for staffing levels and competence which ensured the appropriate staffing balance for the practice.

Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP) 

Chief Inspector of General Practice

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GOOD

The practice is rated as good for the care of people with long-term conditions.

• Nursing staff had lead roles in chronic disease management and patients at risk of hospital admission were identified as a priority.

• The percentage of patients with diabetes, on the register, in whom the last IFCCHbA1c is 64 mmol/mol or less in the preceding 12 months (01/04/2016) was 74%, comparable with the national percentage of 77%

• Longer appointments and home visits were available when needed.

• All these patients had a named GP and a structured annual review to check their health and medicines needs were being met. For those patients with the most complex needs, the named GP worked with relevant health and care professionals to deliver a multidisciplinary package of care.

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GOOD

The practice is rated as good for the care of families, children and young people.

• There were systems in place to identify and follow up children living in disadvantaged circumstances and who were at risk, for example, children and young people who had a high number of A&E attendances. Immunisation rates were relatively high for all standard childhood immunisations.
• Nationally reported data for 2014/2015 showed that outcomes for patients with long term conditions such as asthma were good. For example, performance for asthma related indicators was 70% which was 4% above the local CCG and 0.2% above the national average.
• Patients told us that children and young people were treated in an age-appropriate way and were recognised as individuals, and we saw evidence to confirm this.
• Nationally reported data from 2014/2015 showed the practice’s uptake for the cervical screening programme was 75%, which was 0.9% below the local CCG and 0.3% below the national average.
• Appointments were available outside of school hours and the premises were suitable for children and babies.
• We saw positive examples of joint working with midwives, health visitors and school nurses.

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GOOD

The practice is rated as good for the care of older people.

• The practice offered proactive, personalised care to meet the needs of the older people in its population.

• The practice was responsive to the needs of older people, and offered home visits and urgent appointments for those with enhanced needs.

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GOOD

The practice is rated as good for the care of working-age people (including those recently retired and students).

• The needs of the working age population, those recently retired and students had been identified and the practice had adjusted the services it offered to ensure these were accessible, flexible and offered continuity of care.

• The practice was proactive in offering online services as well as a full range of health promotion and screening that reflects the needs for this age group.

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GOOD

The practice is rated as good for the care of people experiencing poor mental health (including people with dementia).

• 82% of patients diagnosed with dementia who had had their care reviewed in a face to face meeting in the last 12 months, which is 6% above the CCG average and 5% above the national average.

• The practice regularly worked with multi-disciplinary teams in the case management of people experiencing poor mental health, including those with dementia.

• The practice carried out advance care planning for patients with dementia.

• The practice had told patients experiencing poor mental health about how to access various support groups and voluntary organisations.

• The practice had a system in place to follow up patients who had attended accident and emergency where they may have been experiencing poor mental health.

• Staff had a good understanding of how to support patients with mental health needs and dementia.

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GOOD

The practice is rated as good for the care of people whose circumstances may make them vulnerable.

• The practice held a register of patients living in vulnerable circumstances including homeless people, travellers and those with a learning disability.

• The practice offered longer appointments for patients with a learning disability.

• The practice regularly worked with multi-disciplinary teams in the case management of vulnerable people.

• The practice informed vulnerable patients about how to access various support groups and voluntary organisations.

• Staff knew how to recognise signs of abuse in vulnerable adults and children. Staff were aware of their responsibilities regarding information sharing, documentation of safeguarding concerns and how to contact relevant agencies in normal working hours and out of hours.