The Practice is registered with CQC. The aim of CQC is to ensure that patients can expect all health and adult social care services to meet essential standards of quality. As part of this the CQC will occasionally undertake inspections at the Practice. As part of inspection, the CQC Representative will talk to patients as well as the Practice Team to gather information. To support this they may also access documents and records, including patient information.

The Partnership Agreement aims to foster a culture in which there is support, challenge, engagement, openness and co-ordination at all levels.

The agreement formalises existing close working between the CQC and NHS England, embedding a shared commitment to work together to achieve three priorities that will facilitate improved outcomes for patients.

 NHS England and CQC will:

• Agree an information exchange protocol to share information and intelligence about the quality of care to spot potential problems early and manage risk
• Implement the mechanisms proposed by the National Quality Board (NQB) in their document ‘Quality in the new Health System: Maintaining and Improving Quality from April 2013 (January 2013)’, on how the healthcare system should prevent, identify and respond to serious failures in quality.
• Set the tone for ways of working nationally, locally and in the wider landscape of our organisations and strategic partners in healthcare.
• The agreement between NHS England and CQC cements joint working at national level and sets out the values and behaviours we want to demonstrate through effective joint working.

Follow this link for information on the CQC website on the Partnership Working Agreement>>

Clinical governance is the system through which NHS organisations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care, by creating an environment in which clinical excellence will flourish.

Clinical governance encompasses quality assurance, quality improvement and risk & incident management.

The Barcellos Family Practice is a member of the Crane Valley Primary Care Network (PCN), which is part of NHS Dorset.

Crane Valley PCN represents four practices in East Dorset:

• Barcellos Family Practice
• Cranborne Practice
• Verwood Surgery
• West Moors Village Surgery

Our practices are working together and with other community organisations to provide additional care and services to local patients.

For more information about the Crane Valley PCN and the services offered across the locality, visit www.cranevalleypcn.org.

All GP Practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each Practice.

The average pay for GPs working in The Barcellos Family Practice in the last financial year was £51,190 before tax and National Insurance. This is for 1 full-time GPs, 3 part-time GPs and 1 part time salaried GP who worked in the practice for more than six months.

Disclaimer
NHS England require that the net earnings of Doctors engaged in the Practice is publicised, and the required disclosure is shown above. However it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time Doctors spend working in the Practice, and should not be used to form any judgement about GP earnings, nor to make any comparison with any other Practice.

The NHS Constitution brings together in one place, what staff, patients and the public can expect from the NHS. It sets out the principles and values of the NHS and explains a number of rights, pledges and responsibilities for staff and patients alike. Follow this link to the GOV.UK website for guidance on the NHS Constitution of England:>>  The document sets out the principles and values of the NHS in England, and information on how to make a complaint about NHS services.