- GP practice
Ritchie Street Group Practice
Report from 1 March 2024 assessment
Contents
Ratings
Our view of the service
We carried out an announced assessment of one quality statement, equity of access, under the key question Responsive at Ritchie Street Group Practice on 26 January 2024. We carried out the assessment as part of our work to understand how practices are working to try to meet peoples demands for access and to better understand the experiences of people who use services and providers. The responsive key question remains rated as good. The service remains rated as good overall. We recognise the work that GP practices have been engaged in to continue to provide safe, quality care to the people they serve. We know staff are carrying this out whilst the demand for general practice remains exceptionally high, with more appointments being provided than ever. However, this challenging context, access to general practice remains a concern for people. Our strategy makes a commitment to deliver regulation driven by people’s needs and experiences of care. The assessment of the quality statement equity of access includes looking at what practices are doing innovatively to improve patient access to primary care and sharing this information to drive improvement. The leaders understood the challenges to patient access and responded to patient needs, the patient feedback from the GP survey was below or in line with or the national averages for 2022 and 2023. Physical premises and equipment are accessible. People were given support to overcome barriers to ensure equal access.
People's experience of this service
The GP patient survey data for 2022 and 2023 regarding access were below or in line with or the England average for the questions relating to access. We recognise the pressure that practices are currently working under, and the efforts staff are making to maintain levels of access for their patients. At the same time, our strategy makes a commitment to deliver regulation driven by people’s needs and experiences of care. The practice had reviewed and responded to the GP patient survey data and had taken action to improve, this was work in progress, and was not yet reflected in the GP patient survey data or other sources of patient feedback.