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13 August 2020

Dear colleague,

Please find below the latest GP update regarding Covid-19. You can also find the update with attached files on the new North West London password-protected site page. You can also review the full list of Covid-19 related service changes, to ensure you have not missed any notices.

Website: https://www.nwlondonccg.nhs.uk/professionals/coronavirus-clinical
Password: NWLCovid-19
 
Today’s update includes:

  • NHS England issues 3rd phase letter to all NHS organisations
  • Updated NHSE Standard Operating Procedure for General Practice
  • NHSEI guidance on Primary care workforce expansion
  • Primary care profiles for each CCG
  • Online sleep improvement & insomnia service, funded by NHS England
  • Primary Care Weekly Digest

 

NHS England issues 3rd phase letter to all NHS organisations

ACTION: Review letter

NHS England has written to all healthcare organisations outlining the actions that need to be taken as we move into phase 3 of the Covid-19 health response. Included is the latest on the national alert level; the priorities for the rest of 2020/21; and the outline financial arrangements heading into Autumn as agreed with Government. NWL CCGs are currently analysing the implications for primary care and more information will follow shortly, the letter and a summary of the key points is available to access here.

 

UPDATED: Standard Operating Procedure for General Practice

ACTION: Review updated sections of SOP highlighted in yellow

Version 3.4 of this Standard Operating Procedure has now been published by NHSE, any changes since v3.3 (24 June 2020) are highlighted in yellow for ease of reference. The sections which have been updated include –Case definition of Covid-19 and Government guidance, Patients at an increased risk of severe illness, patients shielding, safeguarding and symptom management and end of life care.

 

Primary Care Workforce Expansion - plan submission

ACTION: Please send an update regarding your plan submission to NWL by 21st August. To discuss workforce in more detail, contact Maggie Neale: maggie.neale@nhs.net   

Further to the email sent out on the 24th July 2020 in which we outlined the support we were putting in place to help you complete your ARRS PCN Workforce Plans submission by the 31st August 2020 deadline we would like an update on how the submission is progressing and if there is any further support you need from us to help you with the imminent deadline. Please see the following letter.
 
Here is the latest letter from NHSEI dated 11 August regarding primary care workforce expansion. This includes information on the schemes which have been put in place to support GP recruitment to Primary Care Networks including– ‘New to Partnership’, ‘GP fellowship’ and ‘Mentoring’. PCNs and GP Practices are encouraged to make maximum use of all schemes available.
 
If you would like to discuss the workforce agenda please contact Maggie Neale NW London Primary Care Workforce at: maggie.neale@nhs.net.  

 

NEW Primary care profiles for each CCG

ACTION: Access profiles for information on your CCG area

The Business Intelligence team has produced a ‘Primary Care Profile Pack’ for each CCG. The packs cover the following for each CCG area:

  • List size
  • Breakdown of PCN patients by long term condition
  • Long term condition prevalence
  • Breakdown of the population by Electronic Frailty Index (EFI)
  • Map of the BAME population as well as deprived areas within the borough/PCN
  • Secondary care activity of patients
  • And finally, COVID prevalence

The packs have been developed to support PCN workforce planning with knowledge of the key health issues that each PCN/borough has to deal with and are available to access here. Any queries should be sent to nwlccgs.localservices@nhs.net.  

 

NEW Online sleep improvement & insomnia service

ACTION: Refer your patients to this new service where appropriate

During the pandemic, sleeping issues and insomnia have and continue to affect many people’s lives. The North West London Personalisation Group have identified Sleepstation, an NHS approved clinically validated online sleep improvement programme, as a service which can support patients with insomnia, providing sleep education and targeting dysfunctional beliefs/attitudes about sleep.
 
This service is free of charge (usual cost £295 to patient) when the patient is referred by their GP or advanced nurse practitioner. This is currently available to SystmOne practices and shortly will be released for EMIS practices.

For further information about Sleepstation, how to refer and the free webinar, read this letter and presentation.

 

Primary Care Weekly Digest

ACTION: Review

This week’s Primary Care Weekly digest is available on the extranet, it includes all the current key messages for NHS staff and for patients.