Enter and view: Jubilee Health Centre (West)
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Healthwatch Sutton conducted an Enter and view visit on Jubillee Health Centre (West), which provides many healthcare services and clinics, as well as two GP practices.
Shortly after the Jubilee Health Centre was opened, Sutton Local Involvement Network (LINk) carried out a monitoring visit, in January 2013, to gauge people's first impressions of the Centre and the services provided and to obtain feedback on the patient experience of
using the Centre. A number of issues were identified by LINk and recommendations for change or improvement were made. Healthwatch Sutton (HWS) identified the need for a further follow-up visit to look at progress with regard to the LINk recommendations, and to re-evaluate the patient experience, once all the proposed services had been introduced or relocated to the Centre.
Key findings of the enter and view representatives included:
It remains something of a challenge to find out how to contact the Jubilee Health Centre (rather than the GP surgeries) and way finder signage remains inadequate for some services/facilities.
Overall patients spoken to find the JHC more convenient and appreciate being able to access services that are closer to home in an environment that is not a hospital.
The Centre has supported information stands, in the waiting area, from voluntary sector groups and worked with Sutton Citizens Advice Bureau (CABx) to install a telephone to give direct access to a debt advice line.
Whilst not recommendations exactly, the representatives stated the Jubilee Health Centre would benefit from;
1. Further improvements to signage/way finding.
2. Clear, consistent and readily available information for patients on the services available in the centre and how to contact the centre.
3. Developing further links with local voluntary and community groups who can provide specialist advice, information or support, for people with specific health conditions. (e.g. stroke, diabetes, sight impairment, Dementia) including literature and outreach stands.
4. Sutton Clinical Commissioning Group considering options to address the underutilisation of the Jubilee Health Centre space and resources.
5. GP practice Patient Participation Groups to monitor and address any issues relating to their respective patients experience.