Primary & Community
Care First
HEWM Primary & Community Care Newsletter
Issue 8 November 2015
A BIG HELLO from the Primary & Community
Care Team at Health Education West
Midlands! Welcome to our eighth issue of
‘Primary & Community Care First’
newsletter. We are very pleased to be
launching this issue and hope to keep you
engaged on a monthly basis. Health
Education West Midlands is responsible for
the education and training of health and
public health workers at a regional level.
‘Primary & Community Care First’ provides
a new resource to highlight the main primary
care headlines of the month. We hope to
promote working together with you, our
partners and providers across the region, as
well as connecting with you to identify more
opportunities for engagement.
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November Headlines!
Be a flu fighter! The Primary and Community Team are!
The evenings are drawing in and central heating is being turned on
again so it must be time for your 'flu' vaccination. The Primary and
Community Care team had there’s done on the 26th October 2015.
This is free and protects you, your family, your colleagues and
patients. We all work for the NHS supporting and encouraging best
practice so we must lead by example. Please make sure you book
yours!
Improving Patient Care: Enhancing Quality and Experience
17th November 2015, The Place ApartHotel, Manchester
Are you involved with patient care?
Does a patient’s experience of care effect your role?
Would you like to earn 8 CPD credits?
With less than two weeks to go and only sixteen places remaining for the Improving Patient Care conference
to not miss out please register today. NHS leaders are constantly having to make difficult decision and choices
as to where their priorities lie. However, one area that cannot be compromised is that of the quality of care
patients receive. Better quality of care means better outcomes, which in turn results in lower costs. The
programme will focus on the positive steps being made to ensure the safety and care needs of patients are
being met to the highest possible standards. The conference features a highly informative agenda featuring
examples of best practice and showcase innovative ways of working which delegates may feel appropriate to
implement into their own organisations.
Delegates will hear from:
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Pip Hardy, Co-founder, Patient Voices Programme
Anne Cooper, Lead Nurse for Informatics, NHS England
Jane Macdonald, Associate Director of Nursing and Improvement, Greater Manchester Academic
Health Science Network Ltd
Shirley Cramer CBE, Chief Executive of the Royal Society for Public Health and Institute of Healthcare
Management
Elaine Whitby, Clinical Accreditation Lead/Facilitator of Professional Learning & Development, Royal
College of Nursing
Head of Mental Health Policy, Care Quality Commission
Dr Patricia Wilkie, Chair, National Association of Patient Participation Groups
Julia Clarke, Lead Director for Sustainability and Hannah Roy, Governance and Membership Manager,
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
View the fully confirmed programme here
Some of the topics covered include:
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Caring for Patients
Improving Patient Experience through Personalisation and Co-Design
The Role of Technology as a Reliable Member of the Care Team
Continually Improving Patient Safety
Staffing levels and Care
The Hope and Horizon Units
Supporting Staff, Helping Patients
For further details please email on [email protected]
November Highlights
Revalidation information from the NMC
Watch out for your ‘Are you revalidation ready?’
postcard, which lists the top three things to do before
the process comes into effect. The postcard will be
emailed to those who already have an NMC Online
account, and posted to those who haven’t yet signed
up. For more revalidation information, tools and
resources, you can visit the NMC’s website
www.nmc.org.uk/revalidation.
Please see below link to new NMC guide
http://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/revali
dation/how-to-revalidate-booklet.pdf
Qualitative research with GPs to explore their views
of joining and leaving the profession
As part of the GP workforce 10 point plan, a
partnership between NHS England, Health Education
England, the BMA GP Committee (GPC) and the Royal
College of GPs to increase workforce numbers and
reduce GP workload burden, Ipsos MORI is conducting
some independent qualitative research with GPs to
explore their views of joining and leaving the
profession. They are especially interested to hear from
GPs who identify with the following characteristics:
· with a health condition which, at times, makes them
question how easy it is for them to continue working
as a GP;
· currently care for another adult or think they might
need to care for another adult in the future, which
may challenge their ability to stay in the profession;
· returned to practice in England following a period of
not working as a GP or as a GP in England; or
· that trained in England but are now working as a GP
outside the UK.
If you would like to know more about taking part in
the research, and to find out if you are eligible, please
contact Ipsos MORI via [email protected]
There’s nothing general about general practice
Thursday 24 September marked
the start of our GP recruitment
campaign - 'There’s nothing
general about general practice'
which aims to increase the
number of doctors choosing to
pursue a career as a GP. The
campaign is led by HEE in
partnership with the Royal College of General
Practitioners, the British Medical Association and NHS
England and is part of a wider package of measures
outlined in the 10 point action plan ‘Building the
Workforce – the New Deal for General Practice’,
published in January 2015. The campaign includes
online videos, posters and other marketing materials
which are being used at recruitment events around the
country. A team of qualified GPs has been recruited as
ambassadors to spread the word about general
practice, talk about their experiences and provide firsthand advice and experience to those applying this
year. We will be using the #nothinggeneral if you’re on
social media, please help us by spreading the word
about the campaign and follow us on:
Twitter: @NHS_HealthEdEng
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nothinggeneral
Instagram: NHSHealthEducationEngland
There’s more information on our website
https://gprecruitment.hee.nhs.uk/ or contact Helen
Barrett, Senior Communications Manager if you would
like to be involved or have any questions.
HEWM driving forward the GP Recruitment campaign
A new e-learning module for GPs returning to General
Practice from abroad or after a career break has been
written by the Health Education West Midlands team,
in conjunction with Keele University to form part of the
national GP Induction and Refresher scheme. It is now
live on e-LfH. HEWM is working closely with Keele
University for GPs returning to practice and the
university provides a 6 month return to practice course
for those on the scheme. Meanwhile the next film as
part of the GP recruitment campaign will be launched
today, concentrating on the theme of mental health.
www.nhsalliance.org/wpcontent/uploads/2015/10/Making-Time-in-GeneralPractice-FULL-REPORT-01-10-15.pdf
November Highlights
The Shape of Caring Review update
The latest phase of engagement around the
recommendations of the Shape of Caring review has
come to a close. Nearly 1,000 people took part in the
conversations with almost 5,000 tweets generated
under the hashtag #shapeofcaring, meaning we
‘reached’ just over a million people. Thank you to
everyone who participated – Director of Nursing, Lisa
Bayliss Pratt’s team have been listening, collating,
analysing and learning from the feedback received and
the next step is for HEE to pull together a formal
response – turning the vision into reality. Watch out
for a highlights video coming soon which will explore
some of the key themes coming out of the
engagement phase.
Have your say on the future of nurse caring
A new nursing education and career framework has
been launched which for the first time sets out for the
profession, commissioners and education providers
and the specialist knowledge and skills needed to
deliver and advance careers in district nursing and
general practice nursing. It sets out the expectations
for each level in both skills and educational
requirements which will assist with workforce
planning and educational commissioning. It will enable
practitioners to plan and develop careers and will
assist employers, nurses and other organisations in
identifying the skills and education required to provide
high-quality care. Look at the framework for yourself
on: http://www.england.nhs.uk/resources/resourcesfor-ccgs/#comnurse
https://hee.nhs.uk/work-programmes/transformingnursing-for-community-and-primary-care/
Nominations Request - Clinically Enhanced Pharmacist
Independent Prescriber Programme
Nominations are being sought for Pharmacists from
HEEWM to join the January 2016 cohort of the
Clinically Enhanced Pharmacist Independent Prescriber
programme. For more details, please see the attached
document (CEPIP Pharmacy employers letter), and
respond with your nominations no later than 12pm on
Thursday 12th November. For more information,
please email [email protected].
Integrated Support - The Care Certificate
The Care Certificate gives
everyone the confidence that
workers
have
the
same
introductory skills, knowledge
and behaviours to provide
compassionate, safe and high
quality care and support.
The introduction of our online Care Certificate system,
QWALA, provides a portable, transferable and
accessible record of completion Learn more about
QWALA
Offer of funded places on MSc Advanced Clinical
Practice to start January 2016
HEWM has already agreed to fund 152 staff employed
by Trusts, Hospices and across Primary and Community
Care in Sep 2015. We would like to now offer to fund
additional places on the MSc for eligible staff
interested in starting the 3 year programme in January
2016 or undertaking top-up modules in order to
complete the MSc. Employers in the West Midlands
may nominate staff by submitting the Employer
Support Form no later than Friday 27 November 2015
to Programme Manager [email protected]
Inspiring the Future
Part of HEE's national Talent for Care and Widening
Participation programmes, Inspiring the Future charity
has been commissioned, to increase the number of
healthcare workers acting as Health Ambassadors –
volunteering a minimum of one hour a year of their
time to go into a local school or college and talk with
young people about their career journey and education
route.
22-23
November
2016
Find out
more
Royal College of Nursing International
Centenary Conference 2016
This conference will focus on the progress of
nursing and how it has improved health
outcomes for patients and families, where
nursing is now and its future direction, whilst
celebrating the Royal College of Nursing’s
centenary.
Over two days
Key themes
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society,
communities,
relationships
technology and
innovation
knowledge for
change and
improvement
populations,
health and
economic
growth
conflicts,
disaster and
recovery.
QEII Conference Centre,
London SW1P 3EE
Types of abstracts
Key dates
Fitting into a key
theme.
Concurrent session –
20 minute
presentation plus 5-10
minutes of discussion.
Note these key dates
for your diary.
Posters – A0 sized
designs which convey
clear aims and
outcomes.
Symposia – 60-90
minute presentation
of 3-5 papers with a
shared focus.
Online abstract
submission closes – 30
November 2015.
Online abstract
submission - now
open.
Outcome of abstract
communicated – 4
January 2016.
Ready to submit?
This is your opportunity to share your views, on an international platform, in regards
to the contribution of nursing to delivering improved health to individuals,
communities and populations. We are calling for abstracts from current and
emerging nursing leaders, influencers and practitioners across the profession and we
welcome the voices of all nurses, from practice, education and research to policy
makers, nursing strategists and system leaders.
All that is required at the moment is your personal information plus a 300 word
proposal and some supporting detail. Closing date for submission is 30 November
2015.
Five Year Forward View - One year on
The NHS’s radical strategy aimed at delivering sustainable and high quality services to patients,
the Five Year Forward View, is one year old. As an active partner in delivering the goals of the
Forward View, we were keen to demonstrate the role that we play in delivering change.
An update was posted to the HEE website, spotlighting our work in providing education and
skills services to the many Vanguards, set up to deliver new care models across England. In
addition, we highlighted national programmes that underpin the strategic aims of the plan such
as GP and nurse recruitment, Shape of Caring and transforming services for people with
Learning Disabilities.
All partners were active across digital channels and we joined the communications drive with
regular social media posts visible to our stakeholders across the week. To join the conversation
on Twitter, search for and use #FutureNHS.
West Midlands Community Education Provider
Networks
We are pleased to announce we have awarded our
first eight Community Education Provider Networks
(CEPNs) or “training hubs” in the West Midlands
with a further three to be confirmed. These new
organisations will provide support for workforce
planning and development to respond to local
needs and enable the redesign of services within
primary care and the community to better support
general practice; Improve education capability and
capacity in primary and community settings
through the development of multi-professional
educators and the creation of additional learner
placements; and Improve education quality and
governance and act as a local coordinator of
education and training for primary and community
care to support general practice
The first eight CEPN successful hosts and locations
are as follows:
 Herefordshire: Taurus Health Care
 Shropshire: Shropshire Doctors Cooperative
Ltd
 Staffordshire: GP First Ltd
 South Warwickshire: South Warwickshire
GP Ltd.
 Coventry & Rugby: Coventry and Rugby
CCG.
 Dudley: Future Proof Health Ltd
 Walsall: Walsall Alliance
 Worcester: Wyre Forest Primary Care Ltd
Triumvirate Leadership
Peer networking event – Thursday 5th November
Triumvirate leadership is a collaborative leadership programme uniting a Practice
Manager, Practice Nurse and GP within 24 practices across the region to develop and
begin to implement a systems wide improvement project. The sessions are developed
and delivered by Ararna Limited and commissioned by Health Education West Midlands.
A Triumvirate structure provides a variety of viewpoints, differing perspectives and
combined expertise which can help to reassure patients and staff that there is a senior
member of the practice that is understanding, supportive and shares their concerns. A
peer networking event is taking place on Thursday 5th November 2015, 10.00-15.00 at
the Edgbaston Stadium and will provide a great opportunity to witness how Triumvirate
leadership has made a real difference to the participants and resulted in tangible change
within their practices. The event will allow attendees to network with others within the
healthcare environment and discuss this innovative solution to leadership within primary
care. Tickets available from EventBrite - Password: tri0511. If you require further
information, please contact Ruark Jon-Stevens (Ararna) at [email protected].
Watch out for:
Graduation Ceremony for Triumvirate Leaders in General
Practice
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3 December 2015
Edgbaston Stadium, The County Ground, Edgbaston,
Birmingham B5 7QU
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Follow Ararna Limited on twitter at @ArarnaLimited and follow the triumvirate programme yourself using the
hashtag #tri_leadership
Primary Care Meetings
Primary and Community Care
Transformational Theme (PCCTT)
Steering Group
(Formerly known as Regional
Primary Care Work Force Development
Group)
19 November 2015
21 January 2016
24 March 2016
GPN Leads Network Group
23 November 2015
20 January 2016
09 March 2016
[email protected]
@HealthEd_WMids
Wm.hee.nhs.uk
Advanced Training Practice
21 December 2015
21 March 2016
#PrimaryCareFristIssue8
http://wm.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/primary-care
If you would like to share any upcoming events or information, or for any further
information please contact:
Fozia Ikram-Bashir
[email protected]
Martin Wilkinson
[email protected]
Storey Karen
[email protected]