Join the Primary Care Networks collaborative platform – join this workspace to find out how we are supporting the development of PCNs as well as starting and joining discussions with other members. Email P_C_N-manager@future.nhs.uk to join. Join the Primary Care Workforce collaborative platform – join this workspace to find out about all schemes and initiatives […]
Primary care network development priorities, support and funding Background and context To help all primary care networks (PCNs) mature and thrive, sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) and integrated care systems (ICSs) are responsible for putting in place high quality support for PCN development. In practice, responsibility for ensuring effective PCN development support falls to primary […]
Case study: Vicky Parker, Clinical Education Facilitator, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. Case study summary Key learnings from University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW): Continuity of staff: a proportion of substantive staff alongside temporary staff A robust and thorough competency assessment and training process Separate the competency into ‘skills’ and only […]
Case study: Kristy Barnfield, Lead Continence Nurse, Community Continence team, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. Case study summary Key learning on the nurse-led roll-out of safe and efficient electronic prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic: work in partnership with NHS Digital and local IT system suppliers equip staff with the right technology swift user testing of electronic […]
Case study: Amanda Callow, Deputy Director of Nursing and Workforce, Midlands Region, NHS England and NHS Improvement Case study summary The Cleaning for Confidence campaign, led by the Midlands’ Nursing and Workforce team, helps to stop the spread of COVID-19 by: encouraging NHS staff to become cleaning champions with a 20-minute e-learning programme, furthering staff […]
Case study: Catherine Randall, Deputy Head of Safeguarding (NHS England and NHS Improvement), on behalf of East Lancashire Hospital NHS Trust. Case study summary Listening lounges have highlighted the importance of understanding potential safeguarding risks among staff, particularly during the pandemic at East Lancashire Hospital Trust (ELHT), listening lounges have: enabled open, relaxed and honest […]
Learning disability and autism safe and wellbeing reviews As part of the NHS response to the safeguarding adults review (SAR) concerning the deaths of Joanna, Jon and Ben at Cawston Park, a national review, confirmed by Claire Murdoch, National Director for Mental Health has been undertaken to check the safety and wellbeing of all people with a […]
Since April 2017, NHS England and NHS Improvement has made £105 million of diabetes transformation funding available to improve treatment and care for the 2.8 million adults and children diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes across England. For Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and King’s Health Partners, this funding facilitated […]
Early Feedback Review Service The early feedback service provides those with a potential research opportunity, academic or commercial (contract or collaborative), with access to NHS GMS expertise to help determine whether the research could be delivered. It will not be necessary to have a fully worked up or costed research protocol to seek early feedback. […]
The NHS Genomic Medicine Service (GMS) Research Collaborative has been brought together as part of the NHS Long Term Plan aim to support research and development by facilitating genomic research on a national scale. The NHS GMS Research Collaborative will ensure alignment with national research aims to deliver better outcomes for patients both now and […]