Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and NHS England boss Simon Stevens have today (Wednesday July 19) announced £325m of capital investment for local projects that will help the NHS to modernise and transform care for patients.
A new way of working is being trialled in Appleby Medical Practice to increase independence in frail and older patients. Occupational therapists (OT) are working from the local GP surgery three times a week to increase independence and provide more care in the community. The pilot has already seen great results and has had positive feedback from patients.
The Primary Care Home is a provider of services based in a community setting, but incorporates some appropriate secondary care services and personnel and so enables primary care, community health and social care professionals to work in partnership with hospital-based specialists.
32 GP practices in Torbay and South Devon have been funded by their CCG to access to Health and Care Videos Primary Care Video Library for a year to see if using video can help relieve demands on staff and waiting times.
CNWL have formed a partnership with Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Brunel University London to fund the new Brunel Partners Academic Centre for Health Sciences.
The partnership is a response to increasing patient demands and expectations and the rising cost of healthcare delivery. The Centre will change the way health and social care is delivered to meet the changing needs of society.
A system where all patients have a telephone call with their GP before an appointment decreased the number of face-to-face consultations but increased telephone consultations. There was an overall 8% increase in the time GPs spent consulting, though there was large variation across practices.
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Looking at the experiences of Pegasus Health, a clinically led, management-enabled primary care network of general practices in Canterbury, gives some hints to how a solution can be achieved. Pegasus Health supports more than 350 GPs in 100 practices within the Christchurch and Canterbury area to deliver care for 420,000 enrolled patients.
The vision that drove the transformation of the Canterbury health system and that has continued to be its focus is one orientated around care that is people centred, that is connected and that aims not to waste patients’ time: in other words, care that is provided at the right time, by the right person, in the right place.