1 October 2020
All documents can be found here
- If you are receiving this update as a practice manager, please make sure you do share it with your colleagues, including sessional GPs.
- You can view the North West London password-protected GP extranet homepage using the details below.
- As always, you are advised to review the full list of Covid-19-related service changes, including restarts, on a regular basis, to ensure you have not missed any notices.
Website: https://www.nwlondonccg.nhs.uk/professionals/coronavirus-clinical
Password: NWLCovid-19
ASK OF THE WEEK
ACTION: Please circulate the messages below to families SystmOne or EMIS as applicable, and print the attached documents as needed
In response to GPs’ and families’ requests for simple pathway information for fever, we have developed the Primary Care and Community Paediatric Fever Resource Pack.
We are pleased to be circulating an updated resource pack, incorporating feedback from colleagues.
Attached are:
Primary Care and Community Paediatric Fever Resource Pack: The full information pack, incorporating various documents.
Key extracts (good for printing):
- Summary information for GPs
- FAQs for GPs assessing febrile children
- “Should I send my child to school” flowchart
Please share widely with colleagues and interested parties.
Messages (also updated) for GPs to circulate:
- If your child has Covid-19 symptoms, keep home from school. Contact 119 or www.gov.uk/coronavirus for a Covid-19 test. Self-isolate until results confirmed.
- If no test possible, isolate. GPs/A&E can’t provide test or letter to allow return to school. If your child is very unwell, speak to your GP/111.
UPDATED SOPS AND GUIDANCE
ACTION: View the updated documents as attached
The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and Infection Prevention Control (IPC) Guidance for Escalated Care Clinics has been updated.
CHANGES TO THE GP CONTRACTS FROM 1 OCTOBER 2020
ACTION: Read the full letter from NHSE attached
NHSE has written to update you on changes to the GP contracts from 1 October 2020.
FLU DATA AND PHARMACIES
ACTION: Remember regularly update pharmacy flu data to their clinical systems
There has been a really positive start to the flu programme this year - particularly in the over 65s and care homes patient groups - and we'd like to thank practices and PCNs for their continued hard work. Local pharmacies have also been providing higher numbers of flu vaccinations in NW London, around 33,000 vaccinations according to SONAR, supporting our plans to reach 75% uptake in all the at risk cohorts.
Most of those receiving a flu jab in pharmacy will be registered with a NW London GP and we want to be sure that this uptake data is accurately reflected in the WSIC flu dashboard. Practices are therefore kindly requested to update the data received from SONAR onto your clinical systems on a weekly basis, using the correct SNOMED coding: 955691000000108.
EVENTS, TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Training programme: Working at Scale: Strategic Skills Programme for Practice 2020
ACTION: View the attachment to find out more
The London Leadership and Lifelong Learning Team is delighted to announce the second cohort of this programme for primary care practice managers, updated to reflect the way Covid-19 has rapidly changed the way we work. It is designed to equip experienced practice managers with the tools, skills, strategies and networks to lead, manage and influence change, and consider how Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and the NHS Long-Term Plan (LTP) will start to shape the way healthcare is delivered locally, regionally and nationally.
Event: General Practice Nurse Cancer Community of Practice
When: October 15 2020, 1-2pm
Where: Online (to register, contact sandra.dyer1@nhs.net)
Details: The community of practice was launched in 2019 as part of the Macmillan Primary Care Nursing project in South West London. It’s open to all primary care nurses across London with an interest in cancer and especially those who have completed the Macmillan Practice Nurse Course or Explore programme.
View flyer attached for more information.
For more information, contact nwlccgs.communications.nwl@nhs.net.
