New paper GP registration form available across England
To complement the 'Register with a GP surgery' digital registration service, there's now an updated paper form for patients with limited or no access to the online service.
The form uses the same standardised question set as the digital service, reducing variation in the patient experience, and has been designed with feedback from patients and practices. To find out more, visit the Resource Hub.
A new blog by Dr Kiren Collison explains how using this service helps ensure a warm welcome for everyone.
MHRA class 2 medicines recall: B. Braun Medical Ltd, various products, EL(23)A/27
B. Braun Medical Limited is recalling various product batches as a precautionary measure after traces of midazolam were detected in the batches listed in the link below.
Most of the products are not common use products in primary care but please check and if necessary stop supplying these batches immediately, quarantine all remaining stock and return it to your supplier using your supplier’s approved process. No action is required by patients as this is a pharmacy and wholesaler level recall.
Full details of batches can be found here.
Medicine supply notifications
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Medicine
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Out of stock
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Alternatives
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Reboxetine (Edronax®) 4mg tablets
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Out of stock from mid-August until the end of October 2023.
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See MSN for further details
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Tegretol® (carbamazepine) 100mg tablets
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Out of stock during August 2023
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See MSN for further details
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DHSC and NHSE have an online Medicines Supply Tool, which provides up to date information about medicine supply issues. The contents of these medicine supply notifications (MNS) can now be viewed on the Tool, you may need to register.
For Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) see the NHSBSA site.
No updates.
Buckinghamshire
Kooth emotional and mental well-being services for young people reminder
Kooth provides accredited digital emotional and mental wellbeing services in Buckinghamshire for every young person aged 11-18. The service offers a 24/7 free, safe and anonymous place for young people to connect as well as accredited practitioners (available Monday to Friday 12 noon to 10pm and Saturday and Sunday 6pm-10pm).
No referral form is needed. Young people can be signposted to kooth.com where they will have instant access to self-help materials, live moderated discussion forums, online journals and goal trackers. They can also contribute reflections on their own experiences, access drop-in or booked chat sessions with professional counsellors or send messages to practitioners.
Please see the GP and Healthcare professionals resource pack or visit kooth.com for more information or contact Natasha Cross on ncross@kooth.com.
Oxfordshire
The role of education and learning between GPs and local hospital teams
Views are being sought by an Oxford GP Fellow on how the current opportunities to meet and learn in Oxfordshire fulfil needs and encourage collaboration and teamworking between GPs and the local hospital. If you have opinions on this and how to share opportunities to meet each other, please follow the link to answer a short questionnaire.
Responses are requested by 21 August. Survey responses will be available following completion.
Berkshire West
Re-launch of Royal Berkshire Hospitals GP webpage
RBFT’s GP webpage is to be re-launched on Monday 7 August. The webpage includes referral and clinical guidance, key contacts, case studies, waiting times, and patient leaflets.
The webpage is password protected. Log in details will be provided by RBFT’s communications team to GPs across Berkshire West and South Oxfordshire, and will be provided to the nominated PCN clinical directors and managers before 7 August.
Please note, this is an evolving piece of work. The primary care partnership manager Shanice.godwin@royalberkshire.nhs.uk will be in touch for feedback.
Royal Berkshire Hospital Blood and X ray service update
Requests for Blood and X ray are still to be made via ICE.
Please see this document for an update on RBFT’s Blood and X ray service.
Carers Partnership Reading and West Berkshire
The Carers Partnership Reading and West Berkshire is a new service for carers to get the support they need. It is local authority-commissioned and works closely with the new Wokingham Carers Partnership, covering the whole of Berkshire West. More information here.
Practice care co-ordinators can sign up to receive newsletters and support and guidance by emailing carers@readingmencap.org.uk
Further information is available here.
Suicide prevention website and digital guide now live
BOB ICB Safeguarding team recommends the new Safer Care Together website as a comprehensive resource for patients, carers and families. It is produced in partnership with the Thames Valley Suicide Prevention & Intervention Network. Find more information here.
Thames Valley Cancer Alliance cancer awareness campaigns
Thames Valley Cancer Alliance (TVCA) will be delivering the following cancer awareness campaigns before the end of 2023:
- September – gynae cancers and urological cancers
- October – breast cancer
- November – mouth and throat cancers and lung cancer
For each campaign, a communications toolkit will be added to the Cancer Awareness Campaigns Toolkits, which are intended for use by primary care.
Cancer awareness campaign toolkits
As part of activities to improve early diagnosis, TVCA has produced cancer awareness campaign toolkits, for use by primary care. The toolkits can be accessed via the TVCA FutureNHS space. Currently there are toolkits on:
- bowel cancer
- cervical cancer
- six less survivable cancers
- mouth and throat cancers
- oesophageal cancer
- prostate cancer
- skin cancer
- lynch syndrome
Fellowship programme – October 2023
The next cohort of fellowships starts in October – It is open to all newly qualified GPs and General Practice Nurses in Primary care.
It is a two-year programme of support for learning and development post registration, plus further funded CPD opportunities. The application form is available here.
Personalised care training: Forthcoming dates
NEW! 28 September 2023 9am – 12.30pm Virtual conference by the Personalised Care Institute "Tackling Health Inequalities: The Role of Personalised Care”. Free registration here.
August training:
- 15 August 2023 10am-12noon: Making Every Contact Count (Volunteers). Virtual
- 17 August 2023 2pm-3pm: Understanding Personalised Care. Virtual
- 22 August 2023 1pm-4pm: Motivational Interviewing & Behaviour Change. Virtual
- 24 August 2023 1pm-4pm: Making Every Contact Count (Clinicians). Virtual
Let’s Talk About Vaccines – Building Confidence, Skills and Knowledge
2.5 hours virtual training from September.
Hesitancy around vaccines is a common challenge. This session will enhance your skills and confidence to have a discussion with people around their decision to have a vaccine. This session is free to staff across BOB using approaches from Making Every Contact Count (MECC), Shared Decision Making and Motivational Interviewing.
For more information or to book, contact bobicb.personalisedcaretraining@nhs.net.
Find further training dates here or visit: primarycare-bob.nhs.uk for more information.
BOB July lipid management webinar recording and resources now available
The webinar recording and slides for the BOB lipid management and optimisation webinar held on 13 July are now available on the ClinOx site. The collation of the questions and answers will be available at a later date.
The BOB lipid modification guidelines, with lipid clinic contact details, can be found on the formulary webpages.
Please give feedback or make suggestions for future webinars here.
Summer allergy and hay fever live Q&A (Berkshire West)
A recorded Q&A session hosted by Dr Elspeth Brooker (Paediatric Consultant specialising in Allergies) and Bettina Lotay (Respiratory Physiotherapist) at RBFT. The questions come from the general public and the recording is a good source of information for patients, with a focus on summer allergies and hay fever. Please note the recording starts at 4:22. View the session here.
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