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Measles

GP Practice action check list to support the national MMR catch up ‘Call and Recall’ – Gp newsletter1.2.24

Measles – information for health professionals GP newsletter – 1.2.24

Measles letters

Measles – letter for Primary Care

Measles – letter for professionals

GM Medical Examiner legislation

NHS GM Briefing – death certification reforms – GP newsletter 1.2.24

GM Medical Examiner information for GP surgeries GP newsletter 18.1.24

GM Medical Examiner FAQs

GM Medical Examiner – leaflet for the bereaved

GM Medical Examiner – community deaths

Measles IPC guidance – January 2024

GM Cancer communications calendar – 11.1.24

MMR Campaign Briefing note – HSA 20.12.23

Insulin Update – GP Newsletter – 14.12.23

Medicines Update Stock Shortages – GP Newsletter – 14.12.23

GP Forum Primary Study Day – GP Newsletter – 14.12.23

Primary Care Network Bulletin – GP Newsletter 14.12.23

Cancer Diagnosis Letter – GP Newsletter – 14.12.23

Cancer standards – GP newsletter – 14.12.23

Health Inequalities CPD Programme – GP Newsletter – 14.12.23

Primary Care Surge Hub delivered by Mastercall Health – GP newsletter – 7.12.23

GP guidelines for constipation – GP newsletter – 7.12.23

Guidance for GPs – Reporting property condition within the private rented and social housing sector – GP newsletter 7.12.23

New contact details for SCW Child Health Information Service – GP newsletter 30.11.23

Easy read Valproate leaflet for patients – GP newsletter 2.11.23

Advice for primary care regarding supply issues with ADHD medications – GP newsletter 2.11.23

Measles awareness poster – GP newsletter 2.11.23

Stockport Community Gynaecology Service changes – GP newsletter 26.10.23

• Referral criteria; updated referral criteria
  • Complex contraception
  • Gynaecology and Menopause
  • A copy of the referral form for complex contraception and STI care.
• Testosterone guidance: guidance on what to do before referral and how to continue testosterone once initiated.
• HRT guidance: a helpful guide to managing menopause in primary care.
• Complex contraception guide: a helpful guide to make sure your patients are covered whilst waiting.

TARGET (Treat Antibiotics Responsibly: Guidance, Education and Tools) newsletter – GP newsletter 11.10.23

Mastercall community-based IV service – GP newsletter 5.10.23

PARiS pricing and scheme details – GP newsletter – 14.9.23

Friends and Family Test – NHS Guidance – GP newsletter 7.9.23

Primary school MMR presentation  – GP newsletter 7.9.23

Safety alerts – GP newsletter 3.8.23

Infection Prevention and Control Resource Pack for Primary Care Settings – GP newsletter 3.8.23

Stockport  self help – improving mental health – GP newsletter – 3.8.23

Measles information for health professionals – GP newsletter 27.7.23

NHS CHC Consent Template for Information Sharing with Family, Friends, and Representatives GP newsletter 20.7.23

Access to Covid treatments – GP newsletter – 13.7.23

Patient information leaflet stock shortages – GLP 1 analogue for type 2 diabetes – GP newsletter 6.7.23

Vaccine supply information for the 2023 to 2024 children’s flu programme – GP newsletter 6.7.23

Changes in management of referrals to tertiary Neurosurgical services at Salford Care Organisation

Covid-19 guides for  children aged 6 months to 11 years – GP newsletter 22.6.23

Stepping Hill Hospital moving to in-house FIT tests – GP newsletter 8.6.23

Changes to the Public Health GP Stop Smoking Offer – GP newsletter  25.5.23

GM lipid optimisation workforce offer to PCNs and practices – GP newsletter 18.5.23

• Lipids Primary Care BRIEF
• Medicines Optimisation for Lipid Management Service Introduction Document CERTIFIED
• GM lipid optimisation workforce offer FAQs
• Lipid workforce comms cholesterol QOF update

Hillgate Pharmacy opening hours and telephone number – GP newsletter 18.5.23

• Hillgate Pharmacy opening hours

Friends and Family Test – GP newsletter 11.5.23

• Friends and Family Service Restart
• GP FFT-submission guidance March 2023

Mastercall ARI and PCR – April-May 2023 

• Mastercall ARI and PCR April-May 2023
• Community Neuro Rehabilitation Service from 1 April, 2023

New Medical Examiner Process April 2023

• Community deaths March 2023
• GM Medical Examiner FAQ
• Information for GP surgeries GM84
• Leaflet for the bereaved
• Practice Comms - Medical Examiner
• Summary of Death Certification - non acute setting

Ellie Gift app

• Ellie’s Gift app – the app is free and would be a useful sign-posting tool for GPs to use for pre and post stillbirth care. 
  Ellies Gift app

Individual Funding Request (IFR) Service

The Individual Funding Request (IFR) Service at NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care has published an update outlining how the service works, criteria for referral along with some examples of how cases move through the service. Click the link below to download it.

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