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Scottish Primary Care Collaborative
The Collaborative
will comprise 4 waves of 100 practices, each running for a period of 12 months.
Aims include 90% of patients accessing their primary health care professional
within 1 working day, and improvements in the management and care of
Diabetes.
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The Future of PMS in Scotland
PMS will continue and
will become a mainstream, locally negotiated and voluntary contractual option
offering the same benefits as the new GMS contract.
[click here to read more] |
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The Future of PMS in England
From 1st April 2004, and
subject to legislative change, PMS schemes will no longer technically be pilots
and will be put on a 'mainstream' statutory basis.
[click here to read more] |
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| England - Local PCT
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Amber Valley PCT - Physiotherapy Pilot
The PCT is
proposing a trial of Physio Direct in Amber Valley, offering direct
access to physiotherapy via telephone triage. This pilot will be based on the
scheme at Huntingdonshire PCT and will be piloted in two GP
practices. |
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Amber Valley PCT - Prescribing Incentive Scheme
The
PCT has agreed that instead of a Prescribing Incentive Scheme, it will in
future provide prescribing support to each practice to improve prescribing and
monitor the use of drugs. Many GPs found the previous Prescribing Incentive
Scheme time-consuming. |
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Ashfield PCT / Mansfield District PCT - Integrated
Management Arrangements
The boards of both PCTs have agreed to move
towards integrating their management arrangements under one CE (Mrs Eleri de
Gilbert) from April 2004. However, two separate boards and PECs will be
maintained to ensure local sensitivity and responsiveness.
[click here to read more] |
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Bedfordshire Heartlands PCT -
Commissioning
Bedfordshire Heartlands PCT is looking for other PCTs with
a similar geographical complexity to join a Facilitated Action Learning Set.
They hope to find solutions to the challenges that come with a large number of
commissioning relationships.
[click here to read more] |
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Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale PCT - Service Improvement for
Older People
The Speakeasy project offers interview training to
older people, who then speak to other older people about their experience of
the health service. Feedback from the interviews is used to find out what works
well, and where improvements are needed.
[click here to read more] |
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County Durham PCTs - Emergency Care Pilot
Darlington,
Durham and Chester-le-Street, Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield PCTs have
joined forces to develop an Emergency Care Model which is the first of its kind
in the country. The pilot scheme will begin in April 2004.
[click here to read more] |
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East Lincolnshire PCT - Senior Citizen Podiatry
Scheme
East Lincolnshire PCT is now providing basic, home-delivered foot
care for anyone over 65 who has problems cutting their toenails but do not need
treatment by a podiatrist. Patients buy their own £12 clippers, and the
cost from the PCT is minimal or none. |
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Eden Valley PCT - Mental Health and Learning Disabilities
Consultation Exercise
As Lead for Mental Health and Learning Disability
Services in N Cumbria, the PCT has been conducting a 4-month public
consultation on these services.The final plan will be considered by Eden
Valley, Carlisle and District, and W Cumbria PCTs in Nov 2003. |
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Gedling PCT - Musculoskeletal Referral Centre
Gedling
PCT runs a Musculoskeletal Referral Centre, which monitors the demand for
Orthopaedics in Gedling, and triages Orthopaedic referrals into a community
based Soft Tissue Clinic. The PCT has also implemented a new Hip and Knee Pain
Pathway.
[click here to read more] |
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Greater Derby PCT / Central Derby PCT - Merger
Plans
The Chief Executive of the merged Greater and Central Derby PCTs
will be Mr Prem Singh, who is currently Chief Executive of Chesterfield PCT.
The PCTs are expected to merge later this year. |
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Lincolnshire PCTs - Phoenix Smoking Cessation
Service
National statistics have been released which show Phoenix
Smoking Cessation Service in Lincolnshire at the top of the table for helping
smokers to quit. Smoking is estimated to kill 1,200 people each year in
Lincolnshire.
[click here to read more] |
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Mid Devon PCT - Award
Jackie Jones, Specialist
Diabetes Nurse, has been awarded the Medical Futures Innovations Award for
Health Education. She set up a special diabetes clinic in a rural town hall
which included a computer link to the the local GP surgery.
[click here to read more] |
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North and East Cornwall PCT - Liskeard Community
Hospital
Liskeard Community Hospital is due to open in Jan 2004, and
will replace the Passmore Edwards and Lamellion hospitals. The new hospital
will combine community hospital and elderly care facilities, with 19 GP medical
beds and 33 care-of-the-elderly beds. |
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Nottingham City PCT - IT Skills for Expert Patient
Programme
Nottingham City PCT has recently piloted a project offering IT
training to its expert patient volunteers. This has enabled them to access
resources on the internet which might help them manage their conditions, and
then share this knowledge with others.
[click here to read more] |
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Portsmouth City PCT - Mental Health Conferences
A
series of 3 conferences for people who use Hampshire's Mental Health services
has been organised by the PCT, in partnership with Social Services, West
Hampshire NHS Trust, the National Institute for Mental Health in England and
voluntary organisations.
[click here to read more] |
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Somerset Coast PCT - Speech and Language Therapy Fact
File
The new Fact File has been made available to 150 schools in the PCT
area this month. It is an innovative information guide, designed to help
Somerset's teachers understand and support children with speech, language and
communication difficulties. |
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Somerset Coast PCT/Taunton Deane PCT/Somerset Partnership
NHS and Social Care Trust - Mental Health
Both PCTs and Somerset
Partnership NHS and Social Care Trust have announced a formal public
consultation, ending in Jan 2004, on proposals to modernise services for the
elderly with mental health problems in the W Somerset, Minehead and Taunton
Deane area. |
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South West Oxfordshire PCT - Sexual Health Clinic for the
under 20s
A new sexual health clinic especially for the under 20s has
opened at Didcot Community Hospital. Didcot North (with Drayton) has been
identified in the Oxfordshire Teenage Pregnancy Strategy as an area with a high
rate of teenage pregnancy.
[click here to read more] |
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Sussex Downs and Weald PCT - Local Public Health
Network
Sussex Downs and Weald PCT, with Lewes District Council and
Wealden District Council, have launched their new Public Health Network, the
first of its kind in Sussex. The network will promote joint training and
working, and research into public health.
[click here to read more] |
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West Lincolnshire PCT - Conference on Falls
Prevention
The conference has been oversubscribed, with 170 applications
for 100 delegate places. Organisations in Lincolnshire already recognise the
benefits of working in partnership to tackle falls, and delegates will hear
about many local initiatives.
[click here to read more] |
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| Wales - Local Health Board
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Blenau Gwent LHB - CHD Risk Assessment Clinics
Two
more practices have established CHD clinics - Six Bells Medical Centre
(Abertillery) and The Health Centre (Tredegar). Currently, 75% of local
practices offer a range of CHD services, including nurse-led cardiobetic,
cardiotensive and CHD clinics. |
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Blenau Gwent LHB - Diabetic Retinopathy Screening
The
All Wales Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Service will be available in Blaenau
Gwent from November 2003. It is being rolled out across Wales as part of the
‘Sight Preservation Scheme’ for patients with Diabetes, and plans to
cover all of Wales by 2006. |
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Blenau Gwent LHB - Rapid Access Chest Pain
Service
Twelve more practices have been electronically linked to the
Rapid Access Chest Pain Service - 60% of LHB practices are now linked, with 95%
planned by the end of the year. The link has cut the referral to appointment
time to 1 week, (previously 1 year). |
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Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust/Swansea Social Services - Demo Site
for new Electronic Care System
The PARIS system is an innovative
electronic care system being launched jointly by Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust and
Swansea Social Services, which aims to improve planning and provision for
adults with learning disabilities.
[click here to read more] |
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| Scotland - Local NHS
News |
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Argyll and Clyde - CHD and Stroke
The Scottish
Executive recently announced 2nd tranche funding of £668,000 for Argyll
and Clyde. This will be used to support the development of a disease register,
and to recruit more specialist nurses to focus on the move from hospital
treatment to home.
[click here to read more] |
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NHS Glasgow - New Urban Pilot for Family Health Nurse
Project
Scotland has been participating in a World Health Organisation
(WHO) Europe pilot project looking at the role of the Family Health Nurse.The
project has been running for 2 years. A Family Health Nurse is a skilled
generalist, in the same way that a GP is.
[click here to read more] |
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NHS Grampian - Community Pharmacies to offer Flu
Vaccination
Six community pharmacies are to offer free flu vaccinations
for those aged 16-65 in the official at risk groups. Pharmacies in Fraserburgh,
Aberdeen, Keith and Turriff are offering the service for those who are unable
to attend their local GP surgery. |
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NHS Highland - Stroke Care and CHD
Recently announced
funding of £212,000 will help develop a Stroke Unit in Raigmore Hospital.
Highland is currently one of only 2 Scottish Health Boards without specialist
facilities for acute stroke care. A Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic is also
planned.
[click here to read more] |
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Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) - Change to
Remit
A strengthened role for the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)
will ensure that unique drugs will be made available across the whole of
Scotland. The new arrangements will mean these drugs can quickly pass into
mainstream use once approved by the SMC.
[click here to read more] |
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| Northern Ireland - Local NHS
News |
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Green Park HSS Trust - Pharmacy Support for Red-Amber
Specialist Medicines List
Green Park is the only Trust to have an
on-site pharmacy technician to support the co-ordination and maintenance of the
red-amber list. The list supports the prescription of specialist drugs, such as
the arthritis drugs used at Musgrave Park Hospital.
[click here to read more] |
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Mater Infirmorum Hospital HSS Trust - COPD Video
The
Mater Hospital, Belfast, has released a video about COPD in order to raise
awareness. Over 800 COPD patients are treated in the Mater each year, but it is
still among the most under-diagnosed and under-treated of the 5 most serious
medical conditions. |
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North and West Belfast HSS Trust - Launch of Community
Stroke Team
The aim of the new stroke team is to help patients recover
from stroke by providing all the necessary services in their own home. The team
comprises social work professionals, physiotherapists, occupational therapists
and speech and language therapists. |
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The Review of Mental Health and Learning Disabilities -
Report on Children's Mental Health
A study has been presented to The
Review of Mental Health and Learning Disability (NI) suggesting that
children’s mental health problems are being ignored in Northern Ireland.
[click here to read more] |
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