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Contact us and share your opinionImproving the Primary Care Network DES service specification How to improve the PCN DES Welcome, please comment and I will try an answer SUBSCRIBE AND COMMENT Check out my original review where I went through the DES: here--https://youtu.be/K1qwyxt63f0 Declaration - I am not involved in the negotiations. I am Nottingham City East PCN Clinical director but these are my own thoughts. For some backstory in 2015 I wrote a further Blueprint for Primary care : https://egplearning.co.uk/a-further-blueprint-for-primary-care/ with a colleague as Jeremy Hunt launched the five year forward view. Some of these aims have been achieved (indemnity) but much can still be done.  How to improve the DES- I will talk firstly about general changes and the headline points. Then each specification in turn with my more innovative (controversial) ideas at the end.Ethos The release time of the specification has caused a lot of frustration. Even more so in the first webinar where little engagement was offered, just reading the spec. This led in part to one CD resigning live. NHSE doing an open consultation on the draft is a good thing. Feigning listening is not.  At points, the specification makes reference to evidence. In particular vanguard projects. However, it neglects to mention that vanguard projects have had significant higher levels of funding for each aspect and therefore converting this to specifications for networks to follow is a fallacy.  You cant use a recipe that feeds four people that costs £10 and say provide the same meal for £2 all the time - even with using foodbanks.  The original outline of the DES was to stabilise primary care. This draft does not do this but further destabilises it by utilising the additional roles above the capacity of work the can create and negates the fact networks will be part funding them. This was a poor way to show that NHSE/I was listening to the needs of general practice. Many comment the draft is intentionally too far to the right to allow any softening to be accepted as better than the original. This is a sceptics dream.  For this process to work- show General Practice that NHSE is truly listening. Much of this has been done amazingly by Dr Nikki Kanani and I do not envy her position. I am mindful of do not shoot the messenger being very apt here.  Lets move on. The following is a combination of my views and those from the various forums I engage in.  Trust  General practice. If I had control I would keep existing structures that could help foster better collaborative working and simply offer the resources to networks to use for their local area.  General Practice has proved to be the most cost-effective method of delivering healthcare currently doing 90% of the NHS workload for less than 9% of the funding. Trust the networks to deliver primary care with the simple metric of improving the health of the network population.  Ideally to the global sum but is not then to the networks directly to use as they seem fit to provide roles or services for better patient care along them 5 categories as best for their population.  However, we do not live in a world of trust despite GPs consistently being the most trusted role in the country.  So if working towards the confines of adjusting the existing DES and its specification let us have a look.  Worth looking at the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire LMC

Contact us and share your opinionA quick update for the #eGPlearners on the releases of the @egplearning content for the next few weeks.How to improve the #PCN DES - https://youtu.be/knBA1PWHFzsOnline meetings made easy in #PrimaryCare - https://youtu.be/a62XTayLIX8#digitalPrimaryCare #primarycarenetworks #htnweek

Contact us and share your opinionIn this episode, we will be looking forward to 2020 and what health technology and eGPlearning PodBlast will be bringing to the world, and our survey: https://bit.ly/podblastsurvey19 .... eGPlearning Podblast 2019 Review and Looking forward to 2020 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! We looked back and reminisced in our Xmas episode with Ben Gowland of The General Practice Podcast - friend of the podblast: https://egplearning.co.uk/primary-care-networks-in-2019-a-review-with-the-general-practice-podcasts-ben-gowland/ Now looking to the future. A word about our partners - HTN, The Health Technology Newspaper, your daily dose of news for the health tech community, join us for HTN digital Week on 23.1.20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a62XTayLIX8 Changes over the last year PCNsEvent Speaking Video Conferencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a62XTayLIX8Digital GP Fellowship: Using the new practice website and video  Changes and highlights with eGPlearning Podblast in 2019Great Guests :Nikki Kanani of NHS England: https://youtu.be/fynHxaebnSoLiz Ashel-Payne of ORCHA: https://youtu.be/Ou2HKPJ2He4Changes behind the scenes - Learnt lessonsTried to improve qualityFound a regular base, experimenting with audio-video capture - new equipment!!!!Experimenting with episode format - different types of episode Survey - Help us shape our style, format, and content by completing the listening survey Survey: https://bit.ly/podblastsurvey19  🏆 eGPlearning Podblast Awards 2019 🏆 📳 Innovative tech company 📳🏆 ORCHA sign up: https://youtu.be/K3wjjja8y2g 📈 Disruptor of the year - not bad or good - shakes things up 📈🏆 NHSE with PCNs - Hello Nikki KananiAnd our honourable mention to Babylon 🚫 Trickiest episode to film - 🚫🏆 Zoom episode: https://youtu.be/UWPd2Dsr5kIhonourable mention Jeff and Consumer wearables: https://youtu.be/Cmg2ky4XLCw Future - Hoping to do with podblast and beyondMore interviewsDeep divesUpdate episodes Serving Primary Care Health Tech Community - Aims for 2020 Online courses and toolkits Health Innovation East Midlands: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/health-innovation-east-midlands-meet-up-registration-85912132501?aff=ebdssbeac Conference - TEPCAL2020Productive General Practice - using video moreSocial media in primary careOnline consultations What are we excited about in Primary Care GP Health Tech Andy - NHSApp - critical mass allowing digital healthcare to go mainstreamGandhi - Organisations beginning to embrace technology - LMC, NCGPA, RCGP - video, podcast, LMC appAndy- Consumer health devices becoming mainstream and integrated with primary careGandhi - Connectivity - everyone Predictions for 2020… But first recap 2019 predictions - true or false. Andy - Peak AI Hype - we wi

Contact us and share your opinionListen to my review of the top UK clinical app- the British National Formulary (BNF) app and see why every doctor, nurse or clinician should have this on their phone. 🔴 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/eGPlearningYTsubscribe 🔴Download on Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...Download via iTunes: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/bnf-pub...I cover the main sections of the app, how to find medications why the guideline section is effective and how to switch from the BNF to the children's BNF app.  🔴 Subscribe: https://egplearning.co.uk/subscribe/ 🔴Other networks:👍 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Egplearning/ 👍🏼🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/egplearning 🐦🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/drgandalf52 🐦🖥 Website - https://egplearning.co.uk/ 🖥️💷 Support: https://patreon.com/egplearning 💷Some links may contain affiliate links to help support eGPlearning see our disclaimer at https://egplearning.co.uk/contact/dis...

Contact us and share your opinionPrimary Care Network DES specification review 2019 My review of the 2019 Primary Care Network Service Specification- the good, the bad and the confusing.  This is the live recorded review of the draft primary care network service specification.To see the document in full use this link.PCN Clinical Director resources playlist:General Practitioner resources playlist:Make sure you leave your own feedback via the survey here (see bottom of page), or send an email to england.networkscontract@nhs.netBelow is the draft version of my notes.  Welcome My perspective on the primary care network service specs Cover the good, the bad and the confusing. Check out my PCN resources and General practitioner playlist (in show notes)Save you and your patients time with tech enhancing your primary care and learning Why I am talking about this - am a GP also PCN director of NCE - 66k patients in a deprived area of Nottingham.  Firstly the timing of the documents Release of specs day before Xmas eve- while aware impacted by the election, purdah and process, it speaks to the perception that when PCN CDs work is irrelevant to NHS England.  However, I commend Nikki Kanani’s engagement on SoMe and the will to gain feedback before making the spec official,  as well as engagement events beforehand (twitter chat and webinars) So emphasis that this is draft specifications and can be changed. So let us take a look….. The document starts by talking about the investment being offered. While there is a significant increase in funding being offered, it is important to note the UK still invests less than most other western countries especially in the G8 at about $1000 less per person.  It also mentions a 5-year contract. I would like to mention that it is not really a 5y contract but a 5y agreement of the funds. If it was a contract the terms would be clear from the start. Instead, we are having ongoing annual negotiations of the requirements - which is no different to what we have been exposed to in primary care.  It then identifies seven asks or as they have been locally called the significant seven of which five are to start from April 2020 and another two from April 2021 Structured Medication Reviews and Optimisation • Enhanced Health in Care Homes (jointly with community services providers) • Anticipatory Care (jointly with community services providers) • Personalised Care; and • Supporting Early Cancer Diagnosis1.8 When will we have clarity on the process and use of the Network Dashboard? 1.11 Funding is not allocated directly for the delivery of the service specifications - let that sink in.  1.12 Extra capacity from the new roles in 20/21 - much of this was promised to stabilise practices not ask them to do more and does not allow for the extra 30% investment which is not supported by the existing pots.  1.16 funding for community service p

Contact us and share your opinionPrimary care networks (PCNs) were introduced in 2019 and have had a seismic impact on General Practice. The person leading the charge with information has been Ben Gowland of the General Practice Podcast and in this episode we review his 2019 and share our own and the impact of PCNs. Andy - https://twitter.com/drawfosterGandhi - https://twitter.com/drgandalf52 Leave us a review at:https://bit.ly/eGPlearningiTunesBen Gowland : Ockham Healthcare - https://ockham.healthcare/ Hussain Gandhi – challenges for a new PCN Clinical Directorhttps://ockham.healthcare/hussain-gandhi-challenges-for-a-new-pcn-clinical-director/ Tom Howseman – better managing demand through pre-triage protocolshttps://ockham.healthcare/tom-howseman-better-managing-demand-through-pre-triage-protocols/ Episodes with Dr Paul Bennet on: Lessons from a duty system overhaulhttps://ockham.healthcare/innovation-in-general-practice-lessons-from-a-duty-system-overhaul/(Time) saving begins at home https://ockham.healthcare/innovation-in-general-practice-time-saving-begins-at-home/Dr Nikki Kanani episodes: General Practice podcast: https://ockham.healthcare/episode-148-nikki-kanani-the-new-gp-contract-where-the-new-money-will-be-invested/eGPlearning Podblast: https://egplearning.co.uk/nikki-kanani-interview-with-egplearning-podblast/Gandhi tweet blogs for his PCN: https://twitter.com/ncepcn And Andy taking up the challenge. https://twitter.com/drawfoster/status/1205547156301582338Paul Defly practice unbound episode with network pharmacists:https://ockham.healthcare/paul-deffley-pharmacists-and-pcns-3-pharmacists-across-multiple-practices/ Becky Malby website: https://beckymalby.wordpress.com/ Learn about video meetings in our Zoom masterclass: https://egplearning.co.uk/zoom-video-conferencing-masterclass-with-egplearning-podblast/ Role of federations with PCNs What excites us for 2020 How the new roles will change primary care Ben Andy and Gandhi’s views on the new roles for PCNs with an in depth discussion on pharmacists, paramed

Contact us and share your opinionA simple 5-minute walkthrough guide on how to sync your Clarity TeamNet calendar with your Outlook calendar, including my own hacks. Nuff said 🔴 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/eGPlearningYTsubscribe 🔴  This walkthrough guide shows you how to sync your Clarity TeamNet calendar with Outlook Calendar.  I show you:✳️ How to find the calendar view in Clarity TeamNet✳️ How you can extract different calendar views for your needs✳️ How to add a calendar in Outlook Calendar✳️ My hack to prevent information overload while still making the view functional. Remember at present TeamNet is only a one-way import of information into your calendar.  See this link for the walkthrough guide to sync your Clarity TeamNet calendar with Google Calendar: https://youtu.be/YvuCfXJifBs ⭐Top posts⭐: 👨🏾‍⚕️Dr Gandalf’s essential GP equipment list 👨🏾‍⚕️ see here: https://egplearning.co.uk/ramblings/dr-gandalfs-essential-gp-equipment-list/ 📸Equipment to record patient consultations for teaching – a guide📸:https://egplearning.co.uk/technology/equipment-to-record-patient-consultations-for-teaching-a-guide/ Subscribe to or follow the eGPlearning platform for more videos, app reviews and content to support technology-enhanced primary care and learning.  🔴 Subscribe: https://egplearning.co.uk/subscribe/ 🔴  Other networks: 👍 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Egplearning/ 👍🏼🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/egplearning 🐦🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/drgandalf52 🐦🖥 Website - https://egplearning.co.uk/ 🖥️ 💷 Support: https://patreon.com/egplearning 💷 Some links may contain affiliate links to help support eGPlearning see our disclaimer at https://egplearning.co.uk/contact/disclaimer/

Contact us and share your opinionA simple 5-minute walkthrough guide on how to sync your Clarity TeamNet calendar with Google Calendar, including my own hacks. Nuff said 🔴 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/eGPlearningYTsubscribe 🔴  This walkthrough guide shows you how to sync your Clarity TeamNet calendar with Google Calendar. I show you:✳️ How to find the calendar view in Clarity TeamNet✳️ How you can extract different calendar views for your needs✳️ How to add a calendar in Google Calendar✳️ My hack to prevent information overload while still making the view functional. Remember at present TeamNet is only a one-way import of information into your calendar.  See this link for the walkthrough guide to sync your Clarity TeamNet calendar with Outlook: https://youtu.be/AlcXyRqNpWk ⭐Top posts⭐: 👨🏾‍⚕️Dr Gandalf’s essential GP equipment list 👨🏾‍⚕️ see here: https://egplearning.co.uk/ramblings/dr-gandalfs-essential-gp-equipment-list/ 📸Equipment to record patient consultations for teaching – a guide📸:https://egplearning.co.uk/technology/equipment-to-record-patient-consultations-for-teaching-a-guide/ Subscribe to or follow the eGPlearning platform for more videos, app reviews and content to support technology-enhanced primary care and learning.  🔴 Subscribe: https://egplearning.co.uk/subscribe/ 🔴  Other networks: 👍 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Egplearning/ 👍🏼🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/egplearning 🐦🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/drgandalf52 🐦🖥 Website - https://egplearning.co.uk/ 🖥️ 💷 Support: https://patreon.com/egplearning 💷 Some links may contain affiliate links to help support eGPlearning see our disclaimer at https://egplearning.co.uk/contact/disclaimer/

Contact us and share your opinionDoes sorting out your email just suck all your time away? Andy and Gandhi talk in this episode about the frustrations managing your email can bring, the challenges we have in primary care and importantly - solutions to bring you control and increase your spare time.  🔴 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/eGPlearningYTsubscribe 🔴 Shout out to our friends … Health Technology News Paper, your daily dose of information for the health technology community Despite being so ubiquitous and groundbreaking in its time, this is a medium that is almost universally loathed… Today we’re talking about email... We have a complex love-hate relationship with email… Mostly we hate it... As a clinician email can be particularly frustrating. We have so many ways to receive information tasks and work. And we spend most of our dealing with patients or tasks directly related to patient care. It can feel like Other people working in primary care have more time allocated for purely administrative activities like reading email…  It is definitely worth giving how you manage email some thought... Why is email frustrating?... (Identifying the challenges) Email overload Time issue, can take so long, when do i do it?Email anxiety - what’s in my inbox?...Discussion vs response - wrong tool?Etiquette - why am i getting this email? Tone and controversial topics...Emails at intrusive at times What are the possible solutions? Basic Principals… Three PsParkinson’s Law - allocate set, limited time - batchingPareto Principal - 80/20 - concentrate on where your efforts will have impactPomedoro - 25 minute dashes, 5 minutes break to complete email or tasks Getting OrganisedInbox Zero & Getting to Done…. 2 min ruleScheduling for laterTag, Folders or archive and search? Check out Gandhi’s episode on productivity: https://youtu.be/paTZy7K8hsU EtiquetteShould this be an email at all? email / phone / meetreply all, waiting on replies, cc, bccFont and confidentialityEmojis in professional emailsUse the right address for the right reason - security log inAdd the email address last - just in caseIdentify action or informationUse the subject line well… and first 2 lines - Project management style - timelinesTemplates and signatures,  Dealing with volume/overloadUnsubscribe and whitelist vs junkDo not disturb Choose your tools wisely? But don’t obsess We discuss our current email setups and tips for email platforms and appsInterface/platform - bluemail What do you use?Gandhi - blue mail and GmailAndy - outlookBut my phone is always with me… Do not disturb modeSwitch off the notification? How to email patients: Email use by practices in General Practice Email auditSet aside a time frame to do an email audit - sources, folders, and freq - put it in your calendar!!! Things to think about as clinicians…Use the right platform or email address for any clinical or sensitive information.Secure your device. Alternatives?People are trying to make email betterSlack, Asana…. Adding project management and team coordination So how do you feel about email now love or hate?  Let us know... 

Contact us and share your opinionAlternative keyboard methods exist. In this episode, I review the Tap Strap and see if it is a viable data entry tool for primary care.🔴 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/eGPlearningYTsubscribe 🔴I tried the Tap Strap - a motion use keyboard for a few months to see if it can be effective in a clinical setting. See or hear my review above. Would you buy one?⭐Top posts⭐:👨🏾‍⚕️Dr Gandalf’s essential GP equipment list 👨🏾‍⚕️ see here: https://egplearning.co.uk/ramblings/d...📸Equipment to record patient consultations for teaching – a guide📸: https://egplearning.co.uk/technology/...Subscribe to or follow the eGPlearning platform for more videos, app reviews and content to support technology-enhanced primary care and learning.🔴 Subscribe: https://egplearning.co.uk/subscribe/ 🔴Other networks:👍 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Egplearning/ 👍🏼🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/egplearning 🐦🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/drgandalf52 🐦🖥 Website - https://egplearning.co.uk/ 🖥️💷 Support: https://patreon.com/egplearning 💷 Some links may contain affiliate links to help support eGPlearning see our disclaimer at https://egplearning.co.uk/contact/dis...