National News
Below is a progress report on
a number of important country level initiatives:
nGMS and PMS
update and support website
You may not have come across this
useful website yet, which serves to help Primary Care teams to implement the
new General Medical Services contract, as well as supporting PMS. There are
useful links to other sites related to both of these topics. The headlines of
the latest update (No. 5) focus on training activities for various groups
within Primary Care in order to equip them fully for the required changes.
There is also the facility to download the latest draft of the nGMS contract in
Word format.
To access the site use the following link:
www.doh.gov.uk/gmscontract/
Scotland
At the end of March 2004 all trusts within Scotland are to be dissolved,
thus creating single health care organisations for all 15 NHS Boards. These
organisations will comprise of a board and operating divisions, which will be
known as either Acute Operating Division and Primary Care Operating Division or
General Hospitals Division and Community Health Division. Local Health Care
Co-operatives (LHCCs) are to develop into Community Health Partnerships (CHPs)
by April 2005.
Wales
Information Communication
Technology (ICT) Foundation Projects in Wales
In order to maximise the
use of the ICT infrastructure a comprehensive Benefits Realisation project has
to be undertaken. A key element if this is the quality of the clinical data and
its use to support delivery of patient care. There is therefore a drive to
improve data quality within all practices. This is the remit of the Data
Quality Initiative (DQI) of the ICT Foundation Programme. The funding available
during the lifetime of the ICT Foundation Programme is targeted to support the
delivery of high quality, valid and accurate registers to support CHD and
diabetes. The aim is to develop good practice with regard to data entry within
GMP's and provide a more complete electronic patient record. |
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| England - Local PCT
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Barnet PCT / Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust -
Chief Executive
Averil Dongworth, Chief Executive of Barnet PCT, will
become Interim Chief Executive at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust
from 1 February. Charles Hollwey, Director of Performance at North Central
London SHA will step in as Interim CE at the PCT. |
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Bassetlaw PCT - Teenage Health/Sexual Health
Clinics
A Nurse Practitioner and a Health Visitor, both Extended Nurse
Prescribers, have developed a successful teenage health clinic service at Tall
Trees General Practice, Retford. The Teen Clinic is run on Friday afternoon
during all school holidays. [click here to read more] |
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Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Trust - CHI Notable
Practice
January's CHI report notes both enthusiasm of staff at the
Wilkes Day Hospital and the caring approach of staff at the John Hampden Unit.
The trust's work with carers is well developed, and the Kimble ICU provides an
exemplary therapeutic environment. |
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County Durham PCTs - GP Choices Support Team
GP Choices, a PCT
service offering confidential advice and support to medical and dental
practitioners, has now been extended to cover all PCT staff. The GP Choices
team has 14 specially trained members of staff. |
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Darlington PCT - New Dermatology Service
Darlington
PCT's new primary care led dermatology service will be launched next month. The
Minor Surgery and Dermatology Unit is among the first of its kind in the
country and two of the PCT's GPs have resigned in order to run the service full
time. [click here to read more] |
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Greenwich PCT - CHI Notable Practice
January's CHI
report has commended the PCT's development of joint posts and initiatives with
local Social Services, and mentioned the health development unit which works in
deprived areas of the borough improving awareness of health issues such as
diet. |
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Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust - CHI Notable
Practice
January's CHI report has noted the innovative approach that the
Trust has taken in the area of recruitment, such as an induction, training and
development portfolio, and a number of staff being identified to lead in key
areas of clinical governance. |
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Morecambe Bay PCT - CHI Notable Practice
January's
CHI report has noted the PCT's root cause analysis training for serious
untoward incidents, from which action plans are developed, and the PCT's
creation of a lone worker system that is in operation in the crisis service in
Lancaster. |
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North East Lincolnshire PCT -
Woodford Medical Centre
in Grimsby is piloting a new system which allows patients to order repeat
prescriptions online 24 hours a day. The pilot began in Nov 2003, and will be
implemented across the whole of north Lincolnshire if successful. |
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North Lincolnshire PCT - Family Planning Services
The
PCT has launched a consultation document on changes to the family planning
service. One of the options is to place more emphasis on young people by
encouraging them to use community clinics, with GP family planning services
being restricted to adults .[click here to read more] |
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Nottingham City PCT - Minor Ailments Scheme
The PCT
has the backing of three-quarters of Nottingham pharmacies (42 out of 56) for
their Minor Ailments Scheme. The scheme enables people who are eligible for
free prescriptions to pick up one of six approved medicines over the counter at
the pharmacy. |
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Shropshire County PCT - New Leg Ulcer Clinic
A leg
ulcer clinic has been opened at Victoria Road Health Centre in Oswestry. The
clinic was set up by district nurses after publication of the Oswestry Health
Needs Assessment and means that patients no longer have to travel to Shrewsbury
for treatment. |
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South Huddersfield PCT - Holme Valley Memorial
Hospital
Holme Valley Memorial Hospital will be transferred from
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust to the PCT in April 2004. The PCT has
also confirmed that a possible merger between South and Central Huddersfield
PCTs is now unlikely. |
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Southwark PCT - RCGP Quality Practice
Award
Bermondsey and Lansdowne Medical Mission has been awarded the
Royal College of General Practitioners Quality Practice Award. The practice
team includes an Elderly Needs Co-ordinator and two GP trainers. |
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| Wales - Local Health Board
News |
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Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust / Neath Port Talbot LHB - Vocational
Pain Management
The Llandarcy Vocational Pain Management Service is the
first to combine clinical and vocational solutions for chronic pain sufferers.
The team of specialists include a physiotherapist, a clinical pain nurse
specialist, a consultant neuropsychologist. [click here to read more] |
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Carmarthenshire LHB - Obesity
A recent Public Health
Report shows that 58.1% of people in Carmarthenshire are overweight or obese -
the Welsh average is 55.2%. The LHB is now undertaking community-wide campaigns
and behaviour-change programmes in a wide range of settings. |
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Carmarthenshire NHS Trust - New Diabetes Website
A
new diabetes website has been launched by Carmarthenshire NHS Trust which will
provide diabetes sufferers with information, advice and contact information.www.diabetes-carmarthenshire.com |
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Swansea LHB / Neath Port Talbot LHB - Cancer
The
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot LHBs have been told that a shortage of cancer
specialists in Swansea might prevent cancer targets being achieved. Swansea NHS
Trust believes it needs at least another three or four oncologists for
Singleton Hospital. [click here to read more] |
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Wales - Mental Health
The Assembly Government
recently organised a workshop for all LHB Mental Health Leads which focused on
mental health commissioning arrangements and assessing LHB development needs. A
one day follow-up conference will be held in the Spring. |
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| Scotland - Local NHS
News |
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Angus LHCC - New Out of Hours Service
Angus County
Emergency Services (ACES) operates from Arbroath Infirmary and involves GPs,
district nurses, community psychiatric nurses and the ambulance service. The
LHCC wanted to pilot an out-of-hours system ahead of the new GP contract in
July. |
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Dundee LHCC - Community Anti-Coagulation Service
A
new nurse-led Community Anti-Coagulant service is being offered at Fintry Mill
Medical Centre and Hillbank Health Centre, with plans to extend the service
throughout Dundee. The clinics will offer blood testing and drug monitoring in
a single visit. [click here to read more] |
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Grampian PCT - Eating Disorder Service
Dr Harry
Millar, a Consultant Psychiatrist at Royal Cornhill Hospital specialising in
eating disorders, has expressed concern about Scotland's lack of specialist
wards for adult patients suffering anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. [click here to read more] |
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Greater Glasgow Primary Care NHS Trust - Heart Failure
Project
A pharmacist-led Heart Failure project in the Greater Glasgow
area is due to begin early in 2004. As part of the project, Glasgow's heart
failure patients will be offered a medication review by a primary care
pharmacist. [click here to read more] |
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NHS Argyll and Clyde - Dermatology
Lorn and Islands
Hospital has appointed a new Consultant Dermatologist, who will be working
alongside GP specialist Dr John Lyon to develop a locally-based specialist
dermatology service. They are expected to see 90 patients a month, an increase
of 150%. |
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NHS Lothian - Osteoporosis Scanning
There is only one
NHS bone density scanner in the Lothian area. Osteoporosis specialists are
asking for funding to establish a Direct Access Densitometry Service for
Lothian GPs. Currently, GPs refer their most critical cases to a hospital
specialist. [click here to read more] |
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NHS Tayside - Nurse-led Clinic for the Homeless
The
Central Healthcare Pilot Scheme in Perth is Scotland's first nurse-led personal
medical service for the homeless. It is staffed by a specialist nursing team,
social workers, a dentist, pharmacist, podiatrist and dietician, and is
supported by a GP. |
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The Three Towns Healthcare Alliance LHCC - Smoking
Cessation
Nine community pharmacies are involved with this 3-month
smoking cessation project. The three towns area has a high rate of mouth
cancer. Pharmacists can provide support and NRT to those who want to stop
smoking and who are eligible for free prescriptions. |
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| Northern Ireland - Local NHS
News |
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Northern Group LHSCG - Prescription Drug
Dependency
Figures show that more tranquilisers are prescribed in
Londonderry than in any other part of the Western Board area, and the Northern
LHSCG has announced a new initiative to counter dependency on prescription
drugs - A Pill for Every Ill |
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Northern Group LHSCG - RCGP Quality Practice
Award
Clarendon Medical Practice has been awarded the Royal College of
General Practitioners Quality Practice Award. The practice treats a mainly
urban population. |
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Western HSSB - Sexual Health Strategy
The new Sexual
Health Strategy outlines some worrying trends. It shows a trebling of HIV cases
since 1985, a doubling of clients attending Altnagelvin's GUM Clinic in 6
years, and that Derry has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in N
Ireland. |
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