The next Stockport Practice Nurse Forum will be taking place on Thursday 18th April 2024, 12.30 – 2pm including lunch at The Heatons Sports Club, Green Lane SK4 2NF. This forum will focus on Immunisation and Vaccination and Dr Baxter will provide a brief update on key topics. Bookings for this course should be made via Ticket Tailor via this link
Enquiries can be made via gmicb-sto.learningdevelopment@nhs.net or 07393 798115. Further information, is available here.
This training is running in Stockport on Thursday 25th April 2024 at Bridgehall Community Centre. The training is for anyone who is involved in the delivery of co-ordination at practice level of NHS Health Checks – GPs, PNs, PMs, APs and HCAs. Booking for this course should be made via gmicb-sto.learningdevelopment@nhs.net for further details, please see the Flyer.
The Greater Manchester Training Hub will be hosting a GM ACP Forum, for ACPs and Trainee ACPs working within Primary Care on Thursday 18th April 2024, 12pm – 1.15 via MS Teams. It is hoped that this forum will provide you with a platform for peer group support and the opportunity to discuss current hot topics and patient case studies. Sign up for the forum here – GM Primary Care Advance Clinical Practice Forum (office.com)
A range of NHS GM courses are available to Primary Care, including:
Please click on the relevant link for more information and to register an interest.
Are you a GP working in Greater Manchester seeking mentorship from an experienced GP? GPs who have worked with a mentor in the past have found the experience incredibly valuable. Whether you are a locum or salaried, partner or PCN Clinical Director and feel you would benefit from mentoring then express your interest here – Expression of Interest for a GP Mentor (office.com). If you wish to become a mentor please visit – GP Mentor Scheme – Greater Manchester Training Hub (gmthub.co.uk)
For further details on opportunities to access apprenticeships for both clinical and non-clinical, please see the GMTH website – Apprenticeships – Greater Manchester Training Hub (gmthub.co.uk).
The General Practice Awards 2024 are now open for nomination. The hunt is on for the best examples of innovation, teamwork, inspiring leadership and fantastic patient care, which will be recognised at the national Awards Ceremony on Friday 6th December 2024.
What are the General Practice Awards?
To take part:
The NIHR ARC – GM Internship and Pre-doctoral Fellowship Programmes are now open for applications – Applications will close at 5pm on Friday 24th May 2024. These opportunities are a great way for those working in health and care systems in Greater Manchester to work with ARC-GM to develop their career in applied research.
Further details and guidance are available here – Poster and Guidance
Funding applications re-open in April. To ensure the correct process for application is seamless, GMTH are working closely with the Northwest AP Faculty to ensure that organisations are fully supported throughout the entire process. If you would like to discuss this process in more details or have any of the following queries – please click here:
The webinar took place on 13th March 2024. Please follow this link to see a recording of the session, webinar slides and links to further resources including the delirium toolkits and top tips guide for carers and family members.
ISM provide various sessions including ‘NHS Pension Scheme Revised Tier Thresholds’ and ‘Getting to Grips with Pensions Online’ please note there is a cost to attend and this is not covered by NHS GM. For further information and booking links please Click here.
Introductory 30 minute webinar for clinicians with an interest or role in diabetes support and care using EMIS and Vision clinical systems. MyWay is an online platform helping people with all type of diabetes to learn more about their condition. The webinars will be taking place on:
Please see the flyer for further details and the links to join the webinars.
Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance are pleased to offer the opportunity for a nurse with a specialist interest in cancer, to work with the alliance, specifically with the Workforce and Education team, to deliver on a specific Quality Improvement project linked to cancer. This would be an upskilling opportunity for an experienced nurse to work alongside the alliance for 1 session a week (4 hours) for 12 months.
A brief description of the Cancer Nurse Fellow role is available here the Application Form needs to be completed by the nurse and co-signed by their line manager and submitted by 5pm on Sunday 14th April 2024.
100% bursaries are available for Level 7 courses, including Heart Failure Beyond the Basics module and Diabetes Glycaemic Control, from the Ursula Gallagher bursary fund, please see the Key course highlights for next two months For further information on how to apply please Click here .
Dr Alison Caldwell, Head of School Northwest, NHSE W, T&E is currently scoping job vacancies across GM ICB. If you could complete the form via this link this will allow you to advertise any vacancies you may have, and we will circulate to attendees of the GM GP Trainee careers event.
This will support you as a registered nurse to gain advanced level skills and knowledge in primary care. The General Practice Nursing Apprenticeship supports you in developing specialist skills, knowledge and behaviours required in the implementation of whole-person, place-based and integrated care enabling you to support people in the community in a range of primary care settings.
Further details are available on the flyer. Please contact the Greater Manchester Training Hub to discuss further – carla.slater1@nhs.net
The next phase of support provided by the Digital First Primary Care programme team with Redmoor Health has been commissioned. As a brief overview, the interactive online sessions include:
If you have any questions please email Kal Panchal – Digital First Primary Care Programme Director Kal.Panchal1@nhs.net.
GM Training Hub have set up some ALS cohorts for GPs, Pharmacists or other prescribers managing older people in primary care with medication issues. Please click on this link to find out more:
Further details are available on the flyers:
PLEASE NOTE
ALS Delegate criteria:
The Greater Manchester General Practice Non-Clinical Workforce Passport is aimed at staff in non-clinical roles working in general practices. This includes Receptionists, Administrators, Care Co-ordinators, Office Managers, Practice Managers, Senior Managers and Practice Partners.The passport provides links to training covering a wide range of topics from Accounting, Communications, and Information Technology through to Leadership, Management, Statutory training and much more. It promotes greater access to the training that is available and enables staff to keep a digital record of the training that they have completed. To get a passport please fill out the enrolment form at https://bit.ly/gm-ncwf-enrol. You can log in to your passport at https://bit.ly/gm-ncwf-passport using the username and password that you chose during enrolment. Once you are logged in to your passport you will have access to all the training it contains. Find out more about the passport at https://bit.ly/gm-ncwf-programme and watch a promotional video about it at https://bit.ly/gm-ncwf-passport-video.
There are many largescale changes happening to the way in which pharmacists are trained and the implementation of these changes has led to a complete overhaul of the training foundation programme.
Regulatory changes in relation to foundation training has opened up the opportunity for General Practice/PCNs to employ their own trainee pharmacists.
More information is available on the HEE website a summary of the key changes relating to foundation pharmacist training and general practice can be found below:
A webinar aimed at General Practices/PCNs wishing to employ a trainee will be running in February and details will be shared in the coming weeks. In the interim, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch – gmth@gmfeds.co.uk.
There has in recent months been an increase in the range of GM-wide primary care training provision available for the General Practice workforce to access and the Locality Education and Training Team is involved in both the development and promotion of a number of these initiatives. This has replaced the need for some of the previous locality level commissioned primary care education, training and workforce development offers.
Due to the current financial challenges faced across NHS GM a mapping exercise is currently being undertaken to identify all the available provision with a view to reduce duplication whilst ensuring that additional, prioritised, education and training needs can still be funded and made available within the locality. The proposed programme will be tabled at Stockport GP Board to enable Board representatives to discuss this within their PCNs and Practices, providing feedback back into the Locality Team to determine the programme which will run from April 2024. Some key principles have been agreed which we wanted to share with you at this stage as there is an impact on practices which will need actioning prior to March 2024, the most pressing being in relation to the Learning Management System which is used by a number of practices to access, record and show compliance of workforce mandatory training and to book locality funded education events.
Unfortunately, from April 2024, the current Virtual College Learning Management System will not be funded by NHS GM. Instead, practices will be supported to access the elfh platform. Elfh is an NHS England programme in partnership with the NHS and professional bodies. It provides all the previous mandatory training provision available on Virtual College and allows practices to pull off compliance reports for their workforce. However, one key change that practices need to be aware of is that elfh will not automatically alert individuals when they need to update their training to stay compliant so this will be something that practices and individuals need to manage to ensure ongoing compliance. The Locality Education and Training Team will support the transition to the new system and further information will follow in relation to accessing and storing the historical training records and certificates. Alternatively, if Practices wish to continue using Virtual College and fund it themselves we can link you up with the Account Manager at Virtual College to enable you to take this forward. In addition you may have an alternative system that you choose to use in your practice, there is no requirement for you to transition to elfh if this is not your preferred option.
If you would like us to support the transition of your practice to the elfh system please complete the following initial actions:
Please note that whilst the future training programme is in development, there is still a commitment to fund Basic Life Support training and Masterclasses will still take place 4 times per year with funded Mastercall cover. Further details about the full package of support will be shared with you when confirmed.
You can delegate or manage the process in your practice as appropriate. Please share this communication with anybody you feel needs to be made aware at this stage.
The dates for the virtual Masterclasses taking place in 2024 – 2025 have been confirmed as:-
Flyers with further details will be sent nearer the time.
GM Primary Care Provider Board have developed a poster highlighting key wellbeing resources available to the workforce – please click here to view the poster. Also please see the Workforce Wellbeing November Update they have circulated which includes details on menopause resources, supporting carers and access to credit unions – here.
The Faculty for Advancing Practice in the region will support the provision of multi professional of advanced practice education and workforce development which is consistent with the national definition of advanced clinical practice (ACP) contained in the Multi professional framework for Advancing Clinical Practice in England.For full guidance on how to implement and fund advancing practice, please access the guide – here.
Please see the updated application form and guidance (below). There have been some changes to the criteria and guidance including the offer being open to more PAs than previous years.
GMTH are running a Positive Practice is a personal development course aimed at improving the resilience and positivity of GPs working within the Greater Manchester ICS area. The course consists of three, two-day, non-residential modules at a venue in the Greater Manchester area and spread over a 13-month period. Participants will work in small, supportive groups throughout and will be expected to attend all three modules. This is a subsidised course with fees paid by GM Training Hub. The content is based on the highly successful PED (Professional Education and Development) course that has run in the North West for many years, The tutors are GPs and experienced medical educators. For more information and to register your interest, please see the Positive Practice Poster.
The newsletter includes information on becoming a unified learning environment and supporting learners and information about advanced clinical practitioners – please click here
The Mersey Region Group for Health Training, Annual Doctors and Nurses Sexual Health Update Day is taking place on Thursday 18th April 2024 at Holiday Inn Hotel, Runcorn. This update is for all health professionals working in primary and secondary care with an interest in sexual health the cost is £185pp. Further details can be found here.
NHSE as part of the Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care, the following two new webinars are being run for general practice to explain what modern general practice is and how to find support to make this change in your practice or PCN:
The course is fully funded and employers will be eligible for £8k over 2 years. Interviews are taking place in December 2023 and January 2024, to register your interest please fill out the expression of interest form as soon as possible. For further information, please contact GMTH@GMFEDS.co.uk. Please click here for more details.
NHS Greater Manchester (Stockport Locality) has access to funds for Non-Medical Prescribing training. The aim of this training is to prepare suitably experienced and qualified nurses and AHPs (including Midwives, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Paramedics & Dieticians) to become safe and competent.
There is stringent criteria to allow access to this course, please click here for further details and how to apply. Courses are due to start in January 2024
Details of lots of support and resources for all GPs in Greater Manchester is available here.
To view the results of the 2023 GM GP Workforce, please click here.
Mentoring for GPs available for an hour a month for 12 months. Limited availability. Please click here for further details of how to sign up.
Doctors Sara and Lisa talk to GPs and Workforce Leads Dr Nikesh Vallabh and Dr Richard Bircher. They discuss a solutions based approach to some of the workforce issues we are all facing. This episode will be particularly useful for GP Partners, Practice Managers and anyone interested in workforce issues in General Practice – Direct link here.
A range of available development, education and support offers for all GPs in Greater Manchester. Please follow this link for further details.
Online training delivered by UK leading expert and specialist trainer Joanna Buckard. This training is for anyone working directly with children and families in Greater Manchester who want to understand more about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. This includes all staff working in early years settings, primary care and adoption/fostering services. The half-day session offers an introduction to FASD. It aims to adhere to the preferred UK FASD language guide and best practice in FASD training and is CPD accredited. It covers terminology pre and post the SIGN 156 Clinical Guideline and NICE FASD Quality standard. Further details can be found here. Please note at the last check there were only places available on the 13th October session.
Doctors Sara and Lisa talk to Dr Aseem Mishra about changes in the guidelines for Hypertension. The discussion includes advice on how to get the most accurate diagnosis and measurements for blood pressures, the importance of counselling patients well and advice on medications.
Some resources from the episode description:
Listening on a podcast app – if you listen to podcasts already, you can find it on your favourite podcast app by searching “Primary Care Knowledge Boost” if you don’t have a podcast app, it is free and easy to install on your phone:
Once you have installed an app and subscribed you should now be able to view previous podcast and will be notified of new ones.
Listening via direct link – If you want to listen directly, you can do so here. This may not work on NHS computers but you should be able to open it on a phone, personal computer/tablet
If you have any feedback or suggestions you can get in touch through survey https://pckb.org/feedback or email primarycarepodcasts@gmail.com or on Twitter.
We are working with Stockport College to take a cohort of learners interested in working in Health and Social Care, train them up in key areas to be work ready (e.g. customer service, dignity and care and equality and diversity) and then support them to undertake interviews with a range of H&SC employers in Stockport. Candidates will be ready from 17th November for you to interview (with no commitment to employ).
The ask for potential employers is just to attend a 2-3 hour open day and then interview candidates for an entry level vacancy you hold.
Further information is available here. If this is something that is potentially of interest please email Maria Murphy – mmurphy@nhs.net.
GMTH in partnership with the University of Salford is looking to place the latest cohort of Counselling students within Primary Care for the next academic year, 2023 – 2024. One to two session can be offered, seeing three patients per day. For further information please see the Counselling Students Flyer and please direct any queries to gmth@gmfeds.co.uk.
The First edition of the Greater Manchester Training Hub newsletter is available Here. It covers an overview of programmes and placements, feedback from learners and all the great things they’ve been doing to support primary and social care.
A Framework for Managing Complexity in Primary Care – Doctors Lisa and Sara talk with Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Mark Spurrell about a framework that can be applied to the care of complex patients with multiple problems or difficulties. It is particularly useful at times where we feel stuck, we are struggling to help or move forward and care may be fragmented with lots of care professionals feeling similarly. The idea is to use a value based approach using the whole team to breathe new life into the scenario, create positivity and momentum and build on this to help generate better outcomes for patients that are tailored to their values. The idea is originally for the MDT approach of Mental Health work but it has been interesting to discuss the approach for General Practice Patients. Access this and other podcasts here – Primary Care Knowledge Boost | a podcast by Primary Care Knowledge Boost (pckb.org).
A range of education and training on various topics is available for Healthcare Professionals working in cancer care. These include:
You can access on-demand e-learning courses and videos, live online courses and programmes and trusted resources and toolkits. Whatever role you do and wherever you work in the cancer pathway, this education and training will support you to develop in your role and improve the service you offer to people living with cancer. Please click here to access – Education and Training | Healthcare professionals | Macmillan Cancer Support.
NHS England and partners have developed a competency framework for anybody working with children and young people with asthma. The framework is aimed at both health and non-healthcare professionals across all aspects of a child’s life, including childcare providers, education providers, uniformed services, sports coaches, social services and health care workers. The framework divides different roles into 5 ‘tiers’. A tier describes the level of care a person may be expected to deliver to a child or young person with asthma. The more involved the care, the higher the level of tier. It is assumed that for healthcare professionals undertaking the training they will already have appropriate training and skills relevant in the care of children and young people. These courses are to provide additional training specifically relating to asthma and should sit alongside appropriate frameworks of training, supervision and mentoring as required. The tiers are not profession specific, but rather describe the minimum required knowledge and skills any individual must possess to safely carry out their role in caring for a child or young person with asthma. Individuals should look at their own role and choose the tier most appropriate to the care they deliver. Full details can be found in the National Capabilities Framework and training to meet the first few tiers can be found here at e-lfh – Asthma (Children and young people) – elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk).
Are you a GP, pharmacist or other prescriber managing older people in primary care with medication issues? Then join us for the AHSN Polypharmacy Action Learning Sets, click on this link to find out more.
If you or anyone in your network can’t make the above scheduled cohorts – you can register your interest for future ALS’s date here – Polypharmacy ALS Interest – New | Jan 1 (weahsn.net).
PLEASE NOTE
ALS Delegate criteria:
An initiative from the One Stockport Workforce Group, the Academy provides a 2 week training course to get people job-ready for a role in Health & Social Care. Launching in October 23 we are looking for 3 – 5 organisations who have vacancies to get involved. The only requirement for employers is to be available for an open day at the beginning of the course and guarantee an interview for our candidates. Training is fully funded and delivered by Stockport College (Trafford College Group) so not only can you be sure that candidate have received quality training, but there is no cost to you. for further details please click here. Please email Maria or Helen at gmicb-sto.learningdevelopment@nhs.net if you would like to discuss further.
The aim of the Nurse and Nurse Associate Foundation Programmes are to support PCN’s and practices with the recruitment and training of GPNs and NAs within General Practice. The programme provides access to mentors, supervision, preceptorship support and targeted clinical education to fast track attainment of key knowledge and skills.
Further details can be found on the:
Stockport General Practices have access to a bank of experienced nurse mentors and a Training Pod which aims to support the continued delivery of excellent care out in the community ensuring every Health Care Support Worker, Nursing Associate, Trainee Practice Nurse and Registered Practice working in Stockport General Practice is confident and competent in their ability to work in a person centred, compassionate way. These services can be accessed at no cost to any Stockport General Practice.
For further details please see the flyer.
Fully funded by NHS England, practical hands-on support available for your practice or PCN. The programme provides 3 levels of support – Practice focussed, PCN Level and Flexible support and resources. The aim is to provide practices and PCNs with pragmatic support to: • gain more understanding and control • ensure systems and processes work well for the practice • maximise your care navigation and triage process • improve patient experience of getting the right care • reduce stress on the practice team. For further information please see the GPIP information sheet July 2023.
Latest in the Primary Care Knowledge Boost Podcast series – Doctors Lisa and Sara talk to Community Pharmacist and Director of Pharmacy Transformation for Greater Manchester Luvjit Kandula. We learn all about the Essential Services and Enhanced Services Community Pharmacies are engaged in and get an understanding of the pressures Community Pharmacies are under. We discuss the plans for upcoming transformations and top tips to avoid errors in prescribing and to help take some of the pressure off Pharmacy teams.
You can use these podcasts as part of your CPD.
You can access the Podcast via this link – Community Pharmacy Explained.
Physician Associates (PAs) play an important role within multidisciplinary teams and are identified as an important role for expansion in the Long Term Workforce Plan. Plan. PAs are being written into legislation to be brought into regulation by the General Medical Council. The timeline for regulation is currently Autumn 2024.
The Core Capabilities Framework for Medical Associate Professions sets a standard and offers the opportunity for PAs to develop and evidence their knowledge and skills, enabling the highest standards of practice as well as providing a structure for career and role development across a variety of settings. This framework sets out clear expectations about supervision at the different tiers of practice.
This is a useful tool for employers across primary care networks as it can be used to demonstrate that the PAs in their workforce meet the defined core capabilities required for the role and enable patient safety. It is also useful as a communication tool to support better patient and stakeholder understanding of the role of a PA in a multiprofessional healthcare team.
A 3-minute video explaining the Core Capabilities Framework can be found here – https://youtu.be/F8JE-TJxqxY
The framework should be used in conjunction with other guidance and frameworks, not limited to:
– General Medical Council (GMC) Good Medical Practice interim standards
An accompanying Career Development Framework (CDF) for the Medical Associate Professions (MAPs) is currently in development by national stakeholders. The purpose of the career development framework is to demonstrate to employers how MAP careers can progress, whilst enabling flexibility to develop career pathways at a local level ensuring professional identities can be developed and maintained. It is expected that the career development framework will support a reduction in differential career experiences and opportunities for MAPs, by ensuring a greater awareness and understanding of these roles for patients and the wider NHS, maximising their contribution in high quality safe services and ensuring sustainable growth to meet future workforce needs and capacity of service. This is expected to be published in March 2024.
Please email MAPS@hee.nhs.uk for any further information.
NHS England are still offering their Care Navigation training and Advanced level training is also open for bookings, please follow this link for further details.
The Cancer Academy provides a collaborative platform, working with healthcare, charities, social care and voluntary sectors to create high quality resources to improve knowledge and confidence around cancer related matters from prevention through to treatment. You have to register but it’s free of charge – more info can be found here.
To support primary care working with people with eating disorders NHSE has worked with the charity Beat, to develop a community of practice for the GP, Primary Care and Nursing workforce. The programme specifically aims to support the GP, Primary Care and Nursing workforce to better understand, and support people with eating disorders. Sessions are designed to follow on from the Beat and NHSE Eating disorders e-Learning and were developed to help clinicians feel confident in identifying and treating eating disorders in people. A Beat eating disorder clinician will present a 10-minute presentation on a related topic. Following this clinicians will have the opportunity to discuss the topic in more depth, ask questions, share knowledge, consolidate learning and consider the application of knowledge to practice. To access the sessions, visit the Beat webpage. NHSE has also commissioned an eating disorders learning hub including top-tips sheets where you can find key trusted evidence-based learning curated and approved by MindEd’s expert panel. The sessions will take place 12pm – 1pm and include additional learning resources for those looking to increase their knowledge about eating disorders.
Relaunch of the 3rd edition GM Wellbeing Toolkit (links are under the Workforce Wellbeing tab) and the supporting GM Wellbeing Engagement Quiz. They are also running three Looking After Yourself & Your Teams sessions to introduce the toolkit and resources, and to support better wellbeing cultures across our workplaces: 14th July, 18th July.
The delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published last month, committed to training 6,500 staff (one person from every practice in the country) in care navigation skills. Practice and PCN managers are now being asked to nominate one member of staff, ideally reception staff and care navigators involved in triaging requests, to complete the virtual care navigation training. Managers can book on nominated individuals now with sessions starting from 10 July. It’s anticipated that this will be a popular programme and that spaces will fill up quickly. On completion, individuals will be confident to communicate effectively with patients and be able to signpost to the most relevant team member or local services depending on patient needs. An advanced training offer will be available at a later date for those with experience of care navigation who can support and embed it into practices and networks for sustainability and standardisation. If you have any questions please email carenavigationtraining@england.nhs.uk.
The Primary Care workforce team across Greater Manchester would like to hear from our primary care nursing team to understand issues of nurse retention. The survey will take a maximum of 3 minutes. It is our ambition that the survey responses will help inform a programme of Nurse retention support to help nurses remain in practice. Please follow this link to complete the survey, please note all responses to the survey will be anonymous. Should you wish to contact a member of the Greater Manchester team please email Lesley Royle-Prior, Primary Care and Community Lead (GM) – Lesleyroyle-pryor@nhs.net
Doctors Sara and Lisa speak with GP Dr Allison Rees for her advice on how to approach GP Appraisals and Revalidation. We heard her talk about this in a Health Education England First Five talk a few years ago and found it so helpful. We cover why they can be useful, the practicalities of what needs to be done and how to make them work for you. Access this and other Primary Care Knowledge Boost podcasts here – Everything you need to know about GP Appraisals.
Please click here for a pathway infographic showing steps to employing a Physician Associate in primary care a PA role overview infographic is also available here. Any queries, please contact: carla.slater@boltongpfed.co.uk.
Two webinars have been arranged for Stockport General Practice, for further details please see:
This is a fantastic resource outlining a range of GP resources for all stages of your career. The links are embedded to take you to the relevant information. Includes resources when looking for work, first 5 years and 5 years plus. The link to access is – https://bit.ly/gm-gp-careers.
A free set of learning modules covering all aspects of teaching and learning consultation skills. These materials will help you develop your skills even further. Resources can be used by practitioners in any healthcare profession. Has tried and tested educational methods for you, described in detail, with resources to help you plan teaching sessions easily. Access Anytime – free training resource which are continuously being updated. Available to all staff who consult and encounter patients. For educators and learners. For more information please visit www.consultationskills.com or contact liam@talcskills.com.
The revised 3-step GP Trainer/Supervisor journey and approval process can be found – here. Please click here for further information. Register your interest now by email to: gptraining.nw@hee.nhs.uk.
The recordings are available here from previous forums – News – Greater Manchester Primary Care Careers (gmprimarycarecareers.org.uk). You can sign up to the Primary Care Bulletin here, for regular updates on GPN and wider Primary Care information here.
Fully funded for all frontline clinical leaders from any health and social care setting. The fellowship starts with an individual but the ripples are far reaching and it helps to build capacity for change in teams, services and organizations. And while workplace culture is often talked about, this programme supports participants to do something about workplace culture with their teams. Starts in September. More information available here.
A FREE training course that is open to those working across primary care in both clinical and non clinical roles is available. The sessions run daily and are held virtually using MS Teams, and last 3 hours – NHS England » Handling difficult situations with compassion – training programme.
Upcoming GM Working Together Wellbeing Sessions – Mindfulness Practice: drop-in sessions Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite. Please contact Dominic.Anderson3@nhs.net to enquire about accessing support for your team.
Fully funded by Health Education England and developed by the University of Salford, this module is available to Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates and year 2 & 3 Trainee Nursing Associates and students Nurses considering a career in General Practice Nursing. The module provides the opportunity to gain a better understanding of working in Primary Care/General Practice and the skills and knowledge required in the General Practice Nursing role. It aims to support movement into this sector. Use this link for further information CNO002 Discovering a Nursing Career In General Practice | University of Salford
Greater Manchester workforce team would like to understand your experiences of using the ‘Flexible Pools’ bank, also known as the GM Workforce bank. From 2020-2022 GM commissioned Lantum to deliver this function and recently have been working with GM Federation to develop and offer a GP bank. We are keen to understand what functions you need a bank to support, what is working well, what needs to improve and what other tools/suppliers you use to access and deploy sessional staff. Should you have any questions please contact: england.primarycarecomms@nhs.net. Please provide your feedback here.
Please see the updated version here . This can always be found in the Portfolio – Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group Mandatory/Core Training Guide (stockportpracticehub.co.uk). Changes include changes to accessing Prevent training, new links for SEND training and a new way to access the Safeguarding Level 3 Training Passport. Please note many healthcare organisations will already meet and exceed the guidelines in the guide and it is not the intention of the guidelines to amend that.
For those newly qualified or new to primary care within the last 12 months. A 2 year programme that supports the transition into primary care. It offers one paid session per week and is delivered through self-led learning and flexible sessions across four modules over two years. The next cohort starts on 3rd April. For more details see the flyer and visit the GMTH website https://gmthub.co.uk/gpn-fellowship for details on how to apply or email gmth@gmfeds.co.uk with any questions.
The HENW GP School have amended the GP Trainer journey process – please see details here which highlights the current journey and includes the forthcoming course dates. This and other related information can also be found here – 3-Step GP Trainer Journey | Health Education North West (nwpgmd.nhs.uk)
Funding is available for Nurses and AHPs, please see the NMP Application Process which includes full details and the process to follow.
For lots of information is available by clicking on the following links – Delirium – raising awareness resources for support staff. FINAL and Dementia United delirium resources training and toolkits for practitioners managers qualified staff (09.2022) FINAL
Fully funded courses available from April 2023 to March 2024. Please click here for full details around eligibility and how to apply.
Greater Manchester’s plan to create one sustainable workforce, that has the support it needs to deliver outstanding care across our health and care services. The strategy can be accessed here – : Workforce | Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership (gmintegratedcare.org.uk)
This free accredited clinical training combined with dedicated and experienced clinical support is for all newly qualified Nursing Associates (NAs) transitioning into or working in a General Practice or PCN and NAs within the first 12months of working in General Practice. For further details please follow this link.
BMJ Best Practice is your expert guide to diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention, anytime, anywhere. It is free to all NHS staff in England, to register please click here
HEE elfh has worked with Macmillan Cancer Support to develop elearning modules on prehabilitation and rehabilitation in people with cancer. For more information and to access the new resources, please visit – PRosPer – Cancer Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation – elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk)
The modules are for educators and clinicians and cover all aspects of teaching and learning consultation skills, including advanced skills. Please follow this link – TALC Teaching And Learning Consultation Skills GM Training HUB (gmthub.co.uk) to access the modules.
Please follow this link Regulating anaesthesia associates and physician associates – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) which seeks views on the legislation that will enable the GMC to regulate Anaesthesia Associates (AAs) and Physician Associates (PAS) in the UK.
This FREE two day workshop provides the theory and opportunity to practice enhanced communication skills in a safe environment. For further details, please follow this link.
Please click here for a wide range of resources and support to help the Primary Care workforce manage wellbeing.
Natasha Burns is a PhD student at the University of Manchester and supported by Greater Manchester Integrated Care. Natasha is looking for nurses working in primary care alongside pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to take part in a short interview (1 hour). This would inform her work on the pharmacy workforce and multidisciplinary working within the primary care. Interview questions will focus on participants current job roles, previous working experience, their experiences of working alongside pharmacy professionals and multidisciplinary teams. Attached is more information on the study and what would be involved in participating. If you would like to take part or require more information, please contact Natasha directly at natasha.burns@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Infographic developed by NHS employers showing the different routes into the role and costs for employers – Your future nursing associates | NHS Employers
Fully funded and flexible e-learning along with 1:1 support from our Training Pod Nurse. The training includes phlebotomy, cardiovascular disease and the care certificate. Please see the gm-hcsw-flyer with the link to book.
For nurses who have qualified in the last 24 months to meet virtually to consider issues that affect the work and lives of early career nurses. To apply please complete this form: here For more information visit: NHS England » CNO National Shared ProfessionalDecision-Making Council
NHSE are wanting to understand the impact existing approaches to recruitment and retention have had to feed into future proposals for support for people working in general practice. Click this landing page to access i) A survey about GP recruitment and retention schemes which is available for completion and will be open to general practice staff including delivery partners until January 20th. ii) An expression of interest to participate in focus groups about what the different staff groups think is needed to strengthen workforce retention. They aim to hold these initial focus groups over two weeks between January 16 to 27
As part of the nationally agreed funding model introduced in 2018, HEE have invested a £5000 education support payment for Practices/PCNs if:new PAs contract to work in Primary Care within the first 12 months of practice after becoming registered, and; upon delivery of a Preceptorship Programme which meets HEE Preceptorship Criteria, further details are available here.
A number of dates for this one-hour session are available. Please register for the event here.
Coaching is available free of charge for all members of the primary care team – also specific options for team, leaders and ethnic minority colleagues to access. Further details are available here.
Resources have been pulled together by Primary Care Excellence including a Podcast, introduction to understanding trauma – An Introduction to Understanding Trauma, a host of financial wellbeing resources and some wellbeing workshops and masterclasses.
Primary Care organisations needing session cover – Simply register and log your sessions here. Staff looking for shifts – Take these 3 easy steps: Register with the GM Primary Care website and select Yes in answer to the question ‘Do you want a GM Workforce Bank Passport?’ Log in to your GM Workforce Passport at http://bit.ly/workforce-bank-passport and upload your employment documentation. Register and book your shifts here.
HEE NW Nursing & Midwifery team have worked with the NW Congenital Heart Disease Network, UK CHD network stakeholders and HEE’s e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) to develop a new e learning programme – Congenital Heart Disease
The programme provides a basic but essential overview of this condition and highlights the advances in paediatric care that have resulted in increasing numbers of patients surviving into adult life.
The programme takes approximately 2 hours to complete and consists of 3 eLearning sessions:
This programme is aimed at all NHS clinical staff who are not specialists in this subject but may need to care for patients with CHD in their current role.
For more information about the programme visit the e-LfH website.
This 30 minute e-learning course explains health literacy. It outlines the impact low levels of health literacy can have on individuals, communities and health services. The programme introduces 5 key techniquest that you can use to support understanding. By making simple, small changes to your everyday practice you can support people with their understanding and make a difference. It can be accessed here – health literacy training. Please note this is free to access, if you haven’t registered with E-learning for Healthcare before you will need to register to access it.
As part of the Greater Manchester Health and Wellbeing Podcast series, we have created a mini-series of discussions exploring the topics that you have told us matter to you. The series is hosted by Greater Manchester Wellbeing Toolkit creator, Sheni Ravji-Smith. In the latest podcast, Sheni is joined by bereavement and suicide prevention lead Adele Owen, who will share her insights into the impact bereavement, grief and suicide may have on us personally or professionally – and what we can do to find help. You can catch up and listen to the series so far here. Available podcasts include topics such as; insight into menopause and the workplace, bereavement grief & suicide and musculoskeletal impacts of work.
Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) worked in partnership with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust and NHS England and NHS Improvement to develop further resources in the long COVID e-learning programme. Broadening the health and care workforce’s understanding of long COVID is the aim of this elearning programme, dedicated to long COVID and post-COVID syndrome. The resource was developed for those working with patients presenting with long COVID, outside of a Specialist Post-COVID Assessment and Treatment Service. Further to the Introduction to Long COVID and Post-COVID Syndrome, our new session on Living with Long COVID discusses the complex variety of peoples’ lived experiences of long COVID and highlights how holistic healthcare management can assist in the care of these patients. Managing Symptoms of Long COVID explores some of the common symptoms of long COVID. An additional, curated list of external resources on long COVID is also available to access.
Each of the e-learning sessions takes approximately 30 minutes to complete and a certificate is available to download on completing each session. To access the session, please visit the Long COVID programme page.
New online eating disorder learning available for the nursing workforce
Eating disorders are common and Anorexia Nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. However, people with eating disorders have better recovery rates and a reduced risk of relapse when they receive the right support as early as possible.
To support the nursing workforce in identifying and supporting people with an eating disorder, HEE has worked in partnership with the charity Beat to launch online eating disorder training for nurses.
The three sessions take approximately 30-60 minutes to complete each and can be completed at the learner’s own pace. To find out more, visit the eating disorders elearning programme webpage.
A range of training and development offers to support those in practices and Primary Care Networks to develop skills and confidence with using quality improvement tools and techniques. Having a box of tools to draw on and a knowledge of when and how to use them will help with tackling a range of challenges now and in future. All training is delivered by experienced faculty members of the Time for Care team, which comprises practice-based clinicians and non-clinicians and improvement experts who have worked extensively with general practice and wider primary care. To find out more information about the programmes, click the link to access the: Quality Improvement Training Courses Information folder. For any queries, please contact: england.capabilityt4c@nhs.net. Programmes include; Demand and Capacity, Reliable Design, Quality and Practice Improvement.
Stockport has been chosen as one of two pilot sites in Greater Manchester to take part in a Health Care Support Worker Foundation Programme. The provision of training will be mainly conducted via e-learning so is available at any time to suit the practice/individual. It will be assessed and signed off in alignment with the RCGP competency framework. If required, the e-learning can be complemented with support from one of our very experienced Practice Nurses who works in Stockport. The Nurse will support the individual with any areas of help them meet the required competences to help them put their skills and knowledge into practice and this support can be arranged directly between the individual and the Nurse to fit around the required needs. Venepuncture will also be available as a face to face session, if required. All of this package is fully funded so at no cost to the practice. The course will cover:
The course duration will vary as it can be completed as quickly or slowly as required, but can be completed in around 6 months if the HCA spends an hour per week on the programme. HCAs can also join a peer support group to help them further embed their knowledge. To book a place on the pilot programme, which can be started with immediate effect please email lgmch.hmrpcaworkforcedevelopment@nhs.net.
The pandemic has highlighted the importance of good wellbeing cultures in our workplaces, and we have lots of support and resources available to help you find what you might need to help stay at our best. Access it here – Greater Manchester Wellbeing Toolkit is now LIVE – GMHSC
Greater Manchester Workforce Connect is a service connecting employers and individuals across Greater Manchester with new roles in primary care. By joining as an employer you can use Workforce Connect to find people interested in working in the new roles that you are looking to recruit.
You can register for free here:
This website has been developed by Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership to promote working in general practice across Greater Manchester. Use this link to find a range of career development information and opportunities for general practice – https://gmprimarycarecareers.org.uk/generalpractice/