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The independent regulator of health
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A regular update for providers and professionals working in primary medical and dental services
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Join our latest webinar where we’ll update you on our current regulatory approach and share the latest on what our new regulatory model will look like.
The webinar will take place on Thursday 31 March, 4-5pm and will be led by Dr Rosie Benneyworth, Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care.
There will be a presentation and time to answer questions.
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 Our new mythbuster describes the responsibilities for providers when recruiting and managing staff deployed in first contact practitioner (FCP) roles in primary care settings. This includes:
- paramedics
- first contact physiotherapists
- dietitians
- podiatrists
- occupational therapists
Some of these roles will be funded through NHS England and NHS Improvement’s Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, which includes requirements for recruiting, training and supervising. The mythbuster applies both to staff employed using the reimbursement scheme and to other FCPs employed in primary care settings.
 A note on GP inspections:
- We will be maintaining a focus on issues around access through our usual inspection activity and will not now carry out focused inspections on access only
- We are continuing inspections of GP, out-of-hours and NHS 111 services where there is a risk of harm, this includes where we have previously identified breaches of regulations. These will usually be focused inspections looking at three key questions (safe, effective and well-led), as well as any other areas identified as new concerns
- We are also focusing some inspection activity on the urgent and emergency care system which will help us understand the pressures, where local or national support is needed, and share good practice to drive improvement.
 We use annual surveys to find out what people think of the NHS healthcare services that they use. Our latest survey looked at the experiences of women who had a live birth in early 2021.
Women who gave birth between 1 and 28 February 2021 were invited to take part in the survey. Fieldwork took place between April and August 2021. This was during the third national lockdown for the COVID-19 pandemic. This means that respondents will have gone through their antenatal, labour and birth, and postnatal stages under pandemic conditions. Therefore, results of this survey reflect experiences of care throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Following on from the first Deterioration Survey, published in August 2021, the second care home Deterioration Survey is due to go live in March. A notification for the survey can be found on the Capacity Tracker homepage when logged on. To find out more about the deterioration work, the tools which can be used and how to get in touch, visit the Academic Health Science Network website.
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In a new blog Jemima Burnage, Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals and Lead for Mental Health, reflects on the findings of the 2020/21 Monitoring the Mental Health Act report.
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