We aim to keep our surgery clean and tidy and offer a safe environment to our patients and staff. If you have any concerns about cleanliness or infection control, please report these to our reception staff.
Our GPs and nursing staff follow our infection control policy to ensure the care we deliver and the equipment we use is safe.
Our Commitments
We take additional measures to ensure we maintain the highest standards:
- Encourage staff and patients to raise any issues or report any incidents relating to cleanliness and infection control. We can discuss these and identify improvements we can make to avoid any future problems.
- Carry out an annual infection control audit to make sure our infection control procedures are working.
- Provide annual staff updates and training on cleanliness and infection control.
- Review our policies and procedures to make sure they are adequate and meet national guidance.
- Maintain the premises and equipment to a high standard within the available financial resources and ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to reduce or remove all infection risk.
- Use washable or disposable materials for items such as couch rolls, modesty curtains, floor coverings, towels etc., and ensure that these are laundered, cleaned or changed frequently to minimise risk of infection.
- Make alcohol hand rub gel available throughout the building.
We Ask Patients, Visitors and the Public To:
To help us maintain the highest standards of hygiene and infection control, we kindly ask that you:
- Follow good hygiene practices which are displayed in and around the Practice.
- Tell us if you require any further information about cleanliness or prevention of infection.
- Work with us to monitor and improve standards of cleanliness and prevention of infection.
- Do not smoke or drop debris around the entrance doors to reduce likelihood of soil entering the building.
- Inform us if you or a member of your family spill drinks or where vomiting occurs to enable us to contain the spill and rectify the situation as promptly as possible for the comfort of the patient, visitors and staff.
- Inform us if you see any breaches in the standards of hygiene.
Thank you for helping us maintain a safe and clean environment for everyone.