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England - Local PCT News
Bassetlaw PCT - Specialist Support Night Nursing Team
This team has
been running for almost a year and has prevented many unnecessary admissions to
hospital for terminally ill patients. Nurses are now undertaking training for
extended roles following government legislation on out-of-hours services.
Camden and Islington and Central and North West London Mental
Health Trusts - Risk Sharing Service
An innovative pilot scheme has
been launched in the three London boroughs of Camden, Islington and Westminster
in a bid to improve the sharing of data between emergency services, mental
health services and other agencies.
Central and South Huddersfield
PCTs - Joint Management Team
A review of the joint management
arrangements between the two PCTs is now complete. Recommendations include one
Chief Executive and a joint management team, with each organisation retaining
its own identity, Board and PEC.
Central Suffolk PCT - Looked-After
Children
A new Health Service for Looked-After Children will be hosted
by Central Suffolk PCT and will comprise a team of paediatricians and nurse
specialists working across all Suffolk PCTs in partnership with social
services, education and voluntary groups.
East Surrey PCT -
Dermatology
East Surrey PCT and Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
have jointly developed a new Integrated Dermatology Service. Three GPswSI in
Dermatology are currently working within East Surrey and patients will usually
be offered an appointment within 4 weeks
Hounslow and Richmond and
Twickenham PCTs - Improved Patient Care
Delayed hospital discharges and
avoidable admissions should be reduced under a landmark joint initiative
launched, which will integrate all teams responsible for assessment, discharge
and rehabilitation.
Ipswich PCT - Weight Management
Programme
Ipswich PCT is hoping to lead a project tackling obesity
involving schools and social workers. Policies will be developed around local
needs and are more likely to aim at changing lifestyles and attitudes to food
in the family than US-style "Fat Camps".
North Devon PCT -
Pharmacist Partner
PCT Pharmaceutical Adviser, Karen Acott, has become
a partner at Wallingbrook Health Centre, a rural dispensing practice. She will
be in charge of the dispensary service and work closely with patients reviewing
use of long term medicines.
North East London MH Trust -
Award
A nurse-led community project aimed at dual-diagnosis patients
has received an Innovation and Creative Practice Award from the Queen's Nursing
Institute. The "Friday Group" is six weeks into a twelve-week pilot.
Norwich PCT - Hospital At Home Pilot
The new Harnser Outreach
Service began in February and means that some patients from Norwich Community
Hospital can be supported at home while they recover from surgery. The service
will be evaluated after six months.
Peterborough PCTs - Social
Services Integration
It has been agreed that all adult social services
staff from Peterborough City Council will be transferred to North Peterborough
PCT along with a budget of £25.1m, to become part of the Greater
Peterborough Primary Care Partnership (GPPCP).
Southern Derbyshire -
Speech and Language Therapy Services
Southern Derbyshire's Speech and
Language Therapy Service has launched a new website to provide information
about local services and also to make the general public more aware of the
needs of people with communication problems.
Woking Area PCT - Name
Change
Woking Area PCT has changed its name to "Surrey Heath and Woking
PCT". The change of name is intended to better represent the area covered by
the PCT.
Wales - Local Health Board News
Caerphilly
LHB - Enhanced GP Services
Ty Bryn surgery has developed a minor
surgery service as part of the new enhanced GP services. An extra £5.5m
has been announced for these services in Wales. [click here to read more]
Diabetes
Foundation Course for GPs in Wales
A new Diabetes Foundation Course for
GPs, which is unique to Wales, is designed to allow GPs to make the necessary
changes to implement the Diabetes NSF. It is expected that each LHB will
nominate two lead GPs in Diabetes for the first of these courses.
Swansea NHS Trust - Cardiac Unit Honoured with Top Award
The cardiac
unit at Swansea's Morriston Hospital has been given Practice Development Status
in recognition of its excellent service. There are more than 100 Practice
Development Units in England, Ireland and America but this is the first in
Wales.
Scotland - Local NHS News
Argyll and Bute
LHCC - Community Stroke Rehabilitation Teams
NHS Argyll and Clyde is
investing £100,000 to develop community stroke rehab teams for Cowal and
Bute. The new service is expected to help over 120 patients a year to go home
sooner and be rehabilitated in their own homes or a local community centre.
Carrick and Doon Valley / SW Ayrshire LHCCs - Amalgamation
Carrick and Doon Valley LHCC and South West Ayrshire LHCC have amalgamated and
are now known as South Ayrshire LHCC.
NHS Argyll and Clyde -
Cancer
NHS Argyll and Clyde and Argyll and Clyde Health Council have
been successful in their £206,950 bid to develop an electronic
information resource for cancer patients, their families, carers and
professionals in Argyll and Clyde.
NHS Lothian - Adolescent Mental
Health
A new service is to be set up in Edinburgh for young people who
self-harm. Currently, they would be treated at the Royal Infirmary and then
referred to their GP, but the new team will support patients at home to prevent
unnecessary hospital admission.
Northern Ireland - Local NHS
News
North and West Belfast HSS Trust - Award
A team
from Whiterock Health Centre has won an award for their "Young Men's Mental
Health Promotion" project. A video and workbook have been produced aimed at
reducing the high percentage of suicide among young people in North and West
Belfast.
Northern H and SSB - Wound Care Formulary
The H
and SSB has organised a Wound Care Symposium, providing an opportunity for
delegates to update their skills on current best practice and to learn about
the newly published Northern Board Wound Care Formulary and the proposed Wound
Management Manual.
Southern H and SSB - Teenage Health
Local GP practices in Crossmaglen have teamed up with Southern H and SSB to
focus on adolescent health. The main health promotion messages for the
information evening were sexual health, self-esteem and the effective use of
the emergency services.
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