Shaftesbury medical Centre and Church View Surgery
Annual Infection Prevention and Control Statement
13.08.2025
Purpose
This annual statement will be generated each year in August, in accordance with the
requirements of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 Code of Practice on the prevention and
control of infections and related guidance. The report will be published on our website and
will include the following summary:
- Any infection transmission incidents and any action taken (these will have been
reported in accordance with our significant event procedure) - Details of any infection control audits carried out and actions undertaken
- Details of any risk assessments undertaken for the prevention and control of infection
- Details of staff training
- Any review and update of policies, procedures and guidelines
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Lead
The Lead for infection prevention and control at Shaftesbury medical Centre and Church View Surgery is Aimee Simmonds. The IPC Lead is supported by Julie Sutcliffe
a. Infection transmission incidents (significant events)
Significant events involve examples of good practice as well as challenging events.
Positive events are discussed at meetings to allow all staff to be appraised in areas
of best practice.
Negative events are managed by the staff member who either identified or was
advised of any potential shortcoming. This person will complete a Significant Event
Analysis (SEA) form which commences an investigation process to establish what
can be learnt and to indicate changes that might lead to future improvements.
All significant events are reviewed and discussed at several meetings each month.
Any learning points are cascaded to all relevant staff where an action plan, including
audits or policy review, may follow.
In the past year, there have been 0 significant events raised which related to infection
control. There have also been 0 complaints made regarding cleanliness or infection
control.
b. Infection prevention audit and actions
A monthly “spot check” is carried out at both sites ensuring IPC and cleaning
standards are maintained.
An annual “Full” audit is carried out at both sites which is done in September of each
year inhouse by the IPC Lead and Practice Manager.
A “Full” monthly audit is undertaken at Shaftesbury Medical Centre by Mitie
A “Full” Quarterly audit is undertaken inhouse at Church View Surgery
Hand Hygiene and Aseptic
c. Risk assessments
Risk assessments are carried out so that any risk is minimised and made to be as low as is reasonably practicable. Additionally, a risk assessment that can identify best practice can be established and then followed.
In the last year, the following risk assessments were carried out/reviewed:
- Infection Control
- Monkey Pox
- Measles
- Staff vaccinations/new starters
- Home Visit
- Sharps
- Emergency Equipment
- In the next year, the following risk assessments will also be reviewed:
- Minor Ops
- Treatment Room
- Clinical Couches
- Clinical rooms – curtains
- Large vaccination clinics
d. Training
In addition to staff being involved in risk assessments and significant events, all staff
and contractors receive IPC training on commencing their post. Thereafter, all staff
receive refresher training annually.
e. Policies and procedures
The infection prevention and control-related policies and procedures that have been
written, updated or reviewed in the last year include, but are not limited to:
- General IPC Handbook
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Blood Borne Virus
- C-Difficile
- CJD
- Hand Hygiene
- INvasiva Devices
- MRGNB
- MRSA
- Notifiable Diseases
- Putbreaks of communicable disease
- Patient placement and assesment for infection risk
- PPE
- PVL-SA
- Respiratory and cough hygeine
- Respiratory illness
- Safe disposal od waste including shaprs
- Safe management of blood and body fluid spillages
- Safe management of care equipment
- Safe managenet of sharps and inoculation injuriesScabies
- SICPs and TBPs
- Shaftesbury medical Centre and Church View Surgery
- Annual Infection Prevention and Control Statement
- Specimen collection
- Venepuncture
- Viral gastroenteritis – Norovirus
Policies relating to infection prevention and control are available to all staff and are
reviewed and updated annually. Additionally, all policies are amended on an ongoing
basis as per current advice, guidance and legislation changes.
f. Responsibility
It is the responsibility of all staff members to be familiar with this statement and their
roles and responsibilities under it.
g. Review
The IPC Lead and Practice Manager are responsible for reviewing and producing the
annual statement.
This annual statement will be updated on or before 31.08.2026.
Signed by
Aimee Simmonds and Julie Sutcliffe
For and on behalf of Shaftesbury Medical Centre and Church View Surgery