Primary care latest updates

The purpose of the East Midlands Radiotherapy trials tracker is  to allow an up to date view of Radiotherapy trials being offered across the region and therefore increase the number of patients recruited to Radiotherapy clinical trials. The overarching goal from this, is of course to drive the development and advancement of Radiotherapy treatments, thereby potentially improving outcomes and experiences.

This forms one part from the core objectives included in the NHSE Radiotherapy clinical network specification.

Please see the link below the trials tracker:

East Midlands Radiotherapy Trials Tracker 

 

Read East Midlands Radiotherapy Trials Tracker…

Please find the Northamptonshire Primary Care Training Hub newsletter for April 2024:

Northamptonshire Primary Care Training Hub Newsletter April 2024

There are many important updates in the April edition including:

• Prescriber Updates
• Early Career GP Conference
• Level 2 Psychosocial Support Skills Training Programme
• ICS Library services
• Functional Maths & English skills training

Please cascade this onto any of your colleagues that may find this of interest.

Read Northamptonshire Primary Care Training Hub Newsletter April 2024…

This event is open to all clinical academics and especially any aspiring ones. Please forward to colleagues and interested parties.

The Universities of Lincoln and Nottingham are delighted to hold their annual Clinical Academic Career (CAC) presentations and Masterclass. The event will include an overview of clinical academic career opportunities, reflections and presentations by past and current scholars of our programmes. Please see the schedule for the event below:

NIHR HEE Integrated Clinical Academics Masterclass and Internship and Pre-Doctoral Bridging Programme Presentations 2024 [pdf] 864KB  

If you are interested in knowing more about CAC in the East Midlands, we would urge you to register and attend for a truly inspiring day.

Please find the link to register for this free event (refreshments included).

Please note registration password INSIGHT to book your free place.

Read NIHR/HEE Integrated Clinical Academic Careers East Midlands Showcase – 19th June 2024 University of Lincoln…

To date, 1,100 patients in Northamptonshire have registered onto the myCOPD app which is circa 7% of the registered QoF COPD population. Please see the statistc here: 

NHS Northamptonshire ICB myCOPD project in partnership with my mhealth [pdf] 3MB

Now is the time to make sure more people living with COPD are optimised and empowered to manage their condition by giving them the opportunity to sign up for the app. A Digital Health Advisor is available from the provider to support with the patient registration process.

Key features:

• Supports annual reviews and QoF reporting
• Supports patient initiated follow up
• Inhaler instruction and medication reminders

This study mentions there was 19% less unscheduled GP appointments when comparing patient data prior to myCOPD.

Please find the link to myCOPD resources for use in your Practice (waiting room video, patient leaflet and poster).

To get started please get in touch with the my mhealth operations team by emailing operations@mymhealth.com. The team will guide you through the process and support your service to get up and running.

Read Update on myCOPD app…

Can you walk the length of the River Nene?

West Northamptonshire Council are holding a free virtual walking challenge! As part of encouraging wellbeing at work, they would like you and your colleagues to get involved. There are 1000 free places available on a first come first serve basis.

This virtual walking challenge will see you travel from the River Nene's most westerly source, near Arbury Hill, Daventry, all the way to the east coast where it joins the North Sea at The Wash.

The 105 mile challenge begins on Wednesday 1 May, coinciding with National Walking Month, lasting just over 8 weeks, and finishing on Sunday 30 June.

Simply walk wherever you like, measure the distance, and upload it onto the system to see your marker move along the virtual route.

There are also multiple leaderboards, allowing you to compete as an individual, as a team, and an organisation.

Can your organisation collectively walk the most distance? The competition is on to see who walks the furthest!

Follow this link to sign up now and share it with all your colleagues.

Please note if you’d like to compete as a team – speak to your colleagues first and decide on a team name prior to signing up. Then all sign up with the same team name.

If you have any questions or need help signing up, please contact info@endtoend.run.

Read River Nene: Source to Sea! Virtual Walking Challenge – Workplace Wellbeing Initiative…