Care Homes No Longer Using Urine Dipsticks

Medical Examiner referrals via Advice and Guidance on NHS e-Referral System

Please click on the link below for the latest update on the most up to date referral form for the Medical Examiner referral form and AG comms.

AG Comms Medical Examiner

PCCG775b Portsmouth Medical Examiners Referral Form

PC Shared Connection

Please click link below for the shared connection regarding Self Harm.

PC Shared connection- Self harm

FREE licences for Cambridge Diabetes Education Programme

Dear all,

This is just a brief reminder that there are FREE licences available for all GP practice staff to take part in the Cambridge Diabetes Educational Programme.

There are 4 different levels, making this training suitable for clinicians and administration staff too.

Registration process is described in the attached and below.

Please can you share this information with your staff, who might find this beneficial.

Cambridge Diabetes Education Programme Flyer

Blanka Wood

Primary Care Project Manager

Health and Care Portsmouth

NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Pride in practice, primary care patient survey. Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB

LGBT Foundation have recently released their 2024 pride in practice patient survey. This survey aims to capture data on patient experiences in primary care, be that at GP practices, dental practices, pharmacies or optometry services.

It would be very helpful if you could share this survey with your colleagues (particularly in primary care) or if possible, with patients/ service users who may wish to share their primary care experiences.

The responses to this survey will be used to support the LGBT Foundation in improving awareness of the experiences LGBTQ+ patients have when using primary care services. The data that is collected may then be used to:

• increase awareness of LGBTQ+ patient experiences in primary care services
• inform and improve the training provided by LGBT Foundation’s Pride in Practice team to primary care services
• feature in our written reports that promote the ongoing need to improve service provision for LGBTQ+ patients in primary care.

Any data shared by the LGBT Foundation for these purposes will be anonymised.

I have included a link to the survey we are looking to promote (which has no set closing date and will remain open for the foreseeable future), a promotional flyer and a link to LGBT Foundation’s website Pride in Practice page.

LGBT Foundation - Pride in Practice Patient Experience Survey

Pride in Practice - LGBT Foundation

The flyer is attached below

PIP Survey flyer

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact the pride in practice team (at pip@lgbt.foundation). It would also be helpful if you could make us aware of any action you take to promote the survey.

Lewis Caswell

Patient Experience Survey Lead (Placement)

My pronouns are he/ him.

lewis.caswell@lgbt.foundation