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Key News
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Conference – 14th June
In General Practice, we recognise the importance of creating a culture that is equal, diverse and inclusive and that reflects the rich diversity of our patients and workforce. With a wonderfully diverse team to support, we are committed to making this a priority.
This conference will focus on why equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) matters in General Practice, what the data shows us and what C&W Training Hub are doing to support EDI in General Practice.
It will be a platform to share new ideas that will stimulate our thinking about EDI and an opportunity to draw on a wide range of best practice and learnings from across the country.
To register for the EDI conference, please click on the button below.
New Cervical Sample Taker Training Programme achieves RCN Accreditation
The Coventry and Warwickshire Training Hub is delighted to announce that our ‘New Cervical Sample Taker Training’ programme has achieved accreditation from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
For more information, please read the article by clicking the button below.
NHS Digital Academy – Digital Health Leadership Programme
Applications for Cohort 6 of the NHS Digital Academy/Imperial College London Digital Health Leadership Programme are open until the 14th of May 2023. Applications are encouraged from those working within primary care.
Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing guide
The Looking after your team’s health and wellbeing gude has been developed to support teams to improve their health and wellbeing. Click below for more information.
Active Bystander Programme
Do you want to be part of a movement for change where we all support a compassionate, civil and respectful working culture? Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland are opening up their Active Bystander Programme to the Midlands. For more information, please click below.
NHS Pensions Employer Update – April 2023
The NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) have a monthly newsletter to discuss all things relating to NHS pensions. Click the link below to view a presentation on NHS Pension Schemes by NHS BSA
Optimising diabetes care in the current NHS climate
The region’s leading event for diabetes professionals is scheduled to be hel3d on Tuesday 20th June 2023 at 1:30pm via Microsoft Teams. In collaboration with HEE the training hub will be offering an education package for the PA’s education sessions
For more information, please click the button below.
Long COVID – An update for primary care
This article updates and extends a previous BMJ Practice Pointer published in August 2020 when almost no peer reviewed research or evidence based guidance on the condition was available. In this update we outline how clinicians might respond to the questions that patients ask.
New Starters
We would like to warmly welcome Pinky Sidhu as Learning & Assurance Placement Officer (LAPO) for Leamington North and South PCNs.
Welcome to the Training Hub team!
PLT Dates – Summer Term 2023
Our Primary Care Education team have released their upcoming programme for the summer term.
Health and Wellbeing
Welcome to our newest Health and Wellbeing Champions!
We would like to warmly welcome Depesh Chauhan (Arden PCN) and Joanna Payne (South Leamington PCN) as Health and Wellbeing Champions.
My name is Depesh, and I am a salaried/portfolio GP at Pool Medical Centre in Studley, working within the South Arden PCN. I love music, films, health, and most importantly family time!
If you want to learn more about me, click here!
Hi, my name is Jo, I work for the South Leamington PCN. My best contact is – joanna.payne@southwarwickshiregps.nhs.uk
Your Wellbeing Matters
Each week in April we bought you stress-busting tips, tools, resources, and coping strategies for stress awareness month as well as a range of tips and tools on how to support your wellbeing.
We hope you’ve seen our weekly posts and shared them far and wide. Remember, all previous editions of Wellbeing Wednesday can be found on the Latest News page of our website.
Championing Health and well-being in General Practice
Each month we will share with you the fantastic work our Health and Wellbeing Champions are doing across their PCNs in C&W.
Interested in joining our fantastic team of HWB Champions?
If your PCN does not have a Health and Wellbeing Champion and it’s a role you would be interested in, please get in touch via rita.asi@nhs.net for more information. Please download the flyer below for more information on the role.
Who can I call if I need support?
Following the closure of the ‘With Staff in Mind’ service, if you are experiencing emotional, personal or work-related difficulties, we would encourage you to utilise the 24/7 confidential counselling service run by Vivup.
There is no limit on the number of times you can call, and everything discussed is treated in the strictest of confidence. Need to talk? Call 03303 800 658 *(or 0800 023 9324 free from any standard UK landline or mobile phone)
Health and Wellbeing PLT
We are piloting a face to face Health and Wellbeing PLT this summer in two ‘places’; Warwickshire North on 21st June and South Warwickshire on 29th June. If these pilots are successful, we will look to run them in Rugby and Coventry.
The Health and Wellbeing PLTs are open to all staff working in General Practice.
You will hear about the Health and Wellbeing programme, and hear from experts in the health and wellbeing space and we hope you will leave armed with tips and tools to support your wellbeing and an understanding of the wellbeing support available to you.
Training & CPD
CPD Funding – Watch this space!
We are pleased to share that CPD funding will continue for another year. We are still awaiting official details on how this will be administered.
As soon as we have the details on this years CPD offer, we will update you via our website and newsletters.
Training and CPD Calendar
Our calendar shows upcoming training and education events for all workforce roles across Coventry and Warwickshire.
Browse the calendar by date or search by keyword. Then click on the event to find out more information, such as the location, times, cost and how to book.
Mary Seacole – Cohort 34 Key Dates
New dates have been added for the Mary Seacole programme for new or aspiring leaders in a formal first-time leadership role. Please click on the button below to find out more information.
Learning and Development Opportunities
Mentoring Scheme – For GPs, PMs & Nursing Staff
Regular mentoring can help you with a range of professional issues You might like to chat with a colleague about your role and get support with career development, discuss how to handle a working relationship, or ask for well-being advice.
New to Practice Fellowship – GP/GPNs
Are you a GP who has recently qualified – or a Practice Nurse who has recently joined the Primary Care workforce? The New to Practice Fellowship provides you support to transition from training to employed members of the primary care team.
AHP Clinical Academic Newsletter – Spring
The UHB School of Nursing, AHPs and Midwifery have released their spring newsletter. This newsletter details upcoming research opportunities and events to attend.
Discovering a Career in General Practice
BCU is offering a fully-funded module on discovering a career in general practice. The module is running in May and there will be 3 intakes in the academic year 2023/24. For more information, please visit the website below.
ARRS News
Physician Associate Intern Programme – July 2023
We are excited to share that the Training Hub will be supporting practices to support their Physician Associates intern year in General Practice. In collaboration with HEE, CWTH will be offering an education package for the PA’s education sessions.
If you are recruiting for a Physician Associate or have a newly qualified Physician Associate in your practice, please contact the Coventry & Warwickshire Physician Associate Ambassador: Emma.lomas6@nhs.net for further information.
Peer-2-Peer Case Review – PAs and Paramedics
The Peer-2-Peer Case Review forum is proving very successful. The next session is planned for Tuesday, May 16th.
Within the forum, Paramedics and PAs can discuss cases they have seen within their practices. This will allow you to reflect on others, and your own, experience, research, and current practice.
Lipid Management Session – A great success!
The training hub worked with the WM AHSN to deliver a very successful session on lipid management on Wednesday 19th April. This was well received by all participants and gave attendees the tools to initiate a statin, change to a high intensity statin and understand referral pathways for familial hypercholesteremia. The learning supports delivery of the 2023/4 CV DES and QOF.
West Midlands AHSN will be delivering the second part of the Impulse training focusing on hypertension on Wednesday 24th May 2023 and this is open to all healthcare professionals.
FCP Work in Coventry
Since April 2021, UHCW has provided the First Contact Practitioner (FCP) Musculoskeletal service to seven Primary Care Networks across Coventry. The FCP service was initially delivered within 37 GP practices covering 56 sessions per week and has since expanded to 68 sessions per week.
To read more about this service and their results, please click the button below.
Clarity Training
For those ARRS with access to the Clarity platform, Agillo Software has produced a training video to help you navigate the system. You can access this by clicking the button below.
The password to access this video is ffJH7LYfARAMoUqHmMW4
DES Update for PCNs
NHS England has said it will add advanced clinical practitioner nurses to roles eligible for reimbursement as advanced practitioners, and apprentice physician associates to the ARRS from April 2023.
For more information, please download the update below.
DES Update for Practitioners
PCNs will now be able to claim reimbursement for the time that First Contact Practitioners spend out of practice when undertaking education and training to become Advanced Practitioners.
For more information, please download the update below.
GP News
Professional Curiosity Scheme – Round Two applications are now open!
Exciting times at the Training Hub this month as we are officially launching the Professional Curiosity Scheme for its second year! Last year saw over 70 clinicians from across Coventry and Warwickshire take part in the scheme, formalising a shadow scheme between consultants and general practice.
An evaluation of last years scheme showed the following:
- 84% of clinicians enjoyed the experience
- 91% of clinicians felt that their clinical practice may be changed by the experience
- 80% felt that they gained clinical knowledge from the scheme
- 98% of clinicians agreed that they would recommend this scheme to others
If you’re interested in learning more about the scheme, or want to sign up for round two, please complete the survey below
Primary Care Visa Support Scheme
- Did you know that this process can be applied to a wide range of health care workers?
- Did you know that over 50% of Coventry and Warwickshire’s GP trainees are not UK nationals?
- Did you know that in order to recruit a non-UK resident, a practice needs to be an approved Home Office Sponsor?
- Did you know that Coventry and Warwickshire Training Hub have a scheme for reimbursing the practice for some of the associated fees?
For more information, please visit our website by clicking the button below.
First5 Event – Thursday 18th May
First5 GPs in C&W are invited to this event, “Supporting Perinatal Mental Health: Strategies and Insights for GPs” with guest speaker Dr. Lucy Blunt, GP in South Warwickshire, Gynae GPwSI and Faculty Approved DFSRH trainer with a special interest in menopause, community gynaecology and family planning.
Please note, in conjunction with the CWTH Parental Leave Scheme, this is a baby-friendly event. This event will be hosted at the Holiday Inn, Kenilworth
GPN News
Celebration of International Nurses Day/International Day of the Midwife
Please share this invite with any retired Nurses or Midwives you are in touch with. If you are interested in attending, please book your place by emailing: Clare.Schofield2@swft.nhs.uk Manager’s approval must be sought prior to booking. Photography will be taken at this event.
ICB Chief Nurse – Primary Care Visit
Clarendon Lodge Medical Practice recently welcomed Tracy Pilcher, Chief Nursing Officer, Coventry and Warwickshire ICB to spend a morning in primary care and talk to student NAs Liz and Haley.
tNA Expressions of Interest – Practices and Students
Coventry and Warwickshire Training Hub are welcoming expressions of interest from applicants for the next intake of the tNA apprenticeships at Coventry University. We are also welcoming interest from practices to host tNAs. For more information, please email cw.traininghub@nhs.net