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Contents of Newsletter
Contents of this weeks newsletter
Job Vacancy with Devon Training Hub Last day to apply today!!
New Covid 19 Information page on Training Hub website
Covid 19 Online Training
Devon Training Hub Course Dates
Masterclasses
Covid 19 Information Received
External Courses & News
Our Covid-19 area on our webpage continues to grow. We are adding in resources on a daily basis to try to make this as useful as we possibly can to all staff in Primary Care. Recently added sections include GPs and Nurses returning to practice, where we are adding items as we become aware of them to support the people returning to help out during this pandemic.
Training – we are working closely with 3 of our regular trainers to develop online learning in areas such as asthma, diabetes and COPD to allow us to still provide vital updates to staff whilst we are unable to deliver our usual F2F training.
So we should have ready to go soon online training for Diabetes, Asthma, COPD and Immunisation updates. These will be followed with a webinar for you to meet the tutor and ask questions and discuss case studies. We will be sending out invites and details very shortly.
Stay Indoors if you can, but stay stafe at all times
Lucy Wood RN
Education Delivery Team Lead
Devon Training Hub
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We now have a dedicated page on our site for COVID 19
With lots of resources and relevant trainning available and advice on staff returning to work
Click Here
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This covid 19 training is now live, it is FREE but you will need to set up an
account which is relatively simple
https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/coronavirus/
it includes:
Essential guidance from NHS, Government and WHO
Infection prevention and control
PPE
Critical care resources
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Good Afternoon All
Job Vacancy
Have you ever fancied working with us here at Devon Training Hub?
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Devon Training Hub team as an Education Facilitator on a part time basis.
This is a new and exciting opportunity to support the work of Devon Training Hub in delivering the HEE Mandate across Devon and the South West of England, providing training, education and development to meet the needs of practice nurses, nurse practitioners, health care assistants and AHPs in order to encourage clinical excellence in general practice and a workforce fit for purpose.
Full details are provided in the attached job description and person specification. If you feel that you would be a suitable candidate we would love to hear from you!
To apply, please provide an up to date CV and a covering letter explaining why you feel you would be a suitable candidate and why you would like to apply for the role. Please submit this to andy.smallshaw@nhs.net.
Closing dates for applications 3rd April 2020
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We are currently trying to arrange more of our courses
through webinars/online platforms - we are following HEE
advice on running our courses, however some may be
cancelled at short notice due to unavailability of either
trainers/venue or lack of delegates
Any payments made for courses will be transferred to the next
course arranged.
All courses are now cancelled until the end of June, we will
keep you updated on courses going forward from July
Just click on the links above to take you to the page where you can book onto the course and view the full details of the course.
Please remember to visit our website and check out all the courses currently available.
www.devontraininghub.co.uk
This is the place where all our future courses will be available for you to book on.
There are also lots of courses advertised for other providers
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RCGP Guidance on workload prioritisation during COVID-19
This guidance has been developed for clinicians working in general practice in the UK. It should be read alongside guidance from the BMA on workload prioritisation dated 19 March 20. During the development of this guidance consideration was given to work that is essential to maintain public health and that which is unlikely to cause harm if delayed for approximately a short number of months. It is not an exhaustive list of GP workload and is not intended to replace clinical judgement for individual patient cases.
Past experience has shown that patients will die from non-COVID-19 related illnesses in addition to COVID-19 itself as we divert all of our health care resources towards it (1). General Practice has a huge role to play in maintaining the underlying health of our population in an attempt to prevent this. It is vital that we continue to provide care to all patients if we have the capacity, with workloads stratified to ensure that those at greatest need are prioritised.
Practices should also be aware and follow the guidance and standard operating procedures outlined by NHSE&I (https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wpcontent/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/Managing-coronavirus-COVID-19-in-general-practice-SOP_19March.pdf).
Note: The situation with COVID-19 is rapidly changing and it is recommended that clinicians should also refer to local guidance. This guidance is correct at the time of publishing.
Full Document
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BTS Advice for Community Respiratory Services in relation to COVID19
Purpose: This advice is designed to help clinicians working in community respiratory services with regard to COVID19.
Principles and Scope: This guidance applies to the current ‘delay phase’ of the pandemic plan. This is a fastevolving situation and we will update this as new information becomes available.
Community Respiratory Services are diverse and provide many different aspects of care to people with respiratory disease. Use this guidance as appropriate to your local situation.
This advice does not supersede local policies and infection control guidance, it is here to help support that.
We are working on the following principles:
1. Excellent, equitable care for people with chronic respiratory disease
2. The need to protect high‐risk patients from acquiring COVID19
3. The need to minimise the risk to staff working in community services
4. The pressure on acute services such that there will be a shift in staff resource from chronic to acute care, and the potential for intense pressure on acute medical services.
Full Document
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Online Diabetes Training available:
How to register:
1. Go to CDEP’s website at www.cdep.org.uk
2. Click on the link in the top right corner: SIGN IN/REGISTER
3. Under NEW CANDIDATE REGISTRATION, enter your EMAIL address and click CREATE ACCOUNT. 4. Complete the rest of the registration form and you are all set to start CDEP!
For FREE access, please don’t forget to enter the REGISTRATION KEY CODE: SWCVCN *If this code is not entered, you will be automatically passed to CDEP’s payment page. If this does occur, please contact CDEP for support
Full Details of what is available
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Diabetes and Coronavirus
Primary Care Support Resource Pack
The aim of this pack is assist primary care healthcare professionals support patients with diabetes to self manage, stay at home and keep well during this uncertain time. Ultimately to make each contact count.
The pack provides online information you can signpost your patients to or print and post to those that do not have computer or internet access.
It is not an exhaustive list but we hope that it is a useful tool to assist you with your current workload;
Diabetes UK & Government advice on current situation
Sick Day Rules
Hypoglycaemia
Blood Sugar Monitoring
Insulin
Injection technique – include lipohypertrophy
Mental Health
Feet
Pregnancy
Driving
Healthy Eating
Exercise in the Home
Please can you support your patients if there is enough capacity to ensure they have adequate supplies for insulin, blood glucose test strips and blood ketone test strips.
Click here for full pack
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Dear Colleagues
Please find attached a letter to explain our revised service offer due to government guidance related to Covid-19.
Please note that Devon Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Programme is continuing to deliver services remotely.
Also attached are the referral letter template and patients’ information to go with the letter.
This information leaflet can be printed either in colour or monotone.
The criteria for the scheme are:
· Non-diabetic hyperglycaemia’ (NDH) (HbA1c 42-47 mmol/mol (6.0-6.4%) or a fasting plasma glucose (FPG) of 5.5-6.9 mmol/l.)
· Blood result indicating NDH must be within the last 12 months to be eligible for referral and only the most recent blood reading can be used
· Aged 18 years and over
· Not pregnant
We hope that you are staying well during this difficult time.
Devon DPP - COVID
Devon Generic DPP Invitaion Letter
Infographics for participants
Kind regards,
Akiko
Akiko Brixey
Commissioning Support Officer -Diabetes
NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group
Pomona House, Oak View Close, Torquay, TQ2 7FF
Tel: 01803 396490
Emai: akiko.brixey@nhs.net
Website: www.DevonCCG.nhs.uk
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Free Updates
Our promise to you
We promise to:
Continue to keep you updated as the situation evolves through our COVID-19 Pearls. These are free to all and you are welcome to share them. You can sign up for them here
www.gp-update.co.uk/updates
Still never take any money from Big Pharma. Ever!
Continue to provide fast and reliable answers from a trusted source through our online reference GPCPD.com
Transfer all the passion and quality of our face-to-face courses to our online courses and webinars so that you can continue to benefit from great, interactive clinical content even if you can't attend a course.
Free GPCPD.com for everyone
It’s tough for every single one of us at the moment, especially clinicians returning to practice or working in unfamiliar circumstances. We need fast and reliable answers and GPCPD.com is best placed to support clinicians over this difficult time.
So we’re giving 3 months GPCPD.com access FREE TO ALL CLINICIANS.
How to access your 3 months FREE GPCPD.com
If you are not currently a GPCPD member, go to gpcpd.com/login_register and enter the activation code RWGIFT
If you are already a GPCPD member, go to gpcpd.com/my-account, choose the ‘Manage your membership/subscriptions’ and enter RWGIFT into the ‘Top up and upgrade codes’ box.
For step-by-step video instructions of how to redeem the code please go to:
www.gpcpd.com/activate-your-code.
CPD in Challenging times?
Small businesses face many challenges in the months ahead and Red Whale is no different.
We want to be here to offer high quality content that helps clinicians across primary care long after this crisis has passed. Unlike many medical education providers, we take no money whatsoever from Big Pharma to subsidise our work.
So, if at this difficult time, you need answers to difficult questions, want support returning to practice or just want to keep up to date, please do consider our online courses and resources to see you through.
We have worked really hard to transfer everything you have told us you love about our face to face courses to the small screen and we promise there won't be a talking head and lots of powerpoint slides in sight.
You can find our whole range of online offerings here www.gp-update.co.uk/onlinecourses.
Thank you for your support and for all you’re doing for patients and the NHS, and do take care of yourselves,
Lucy and the Red Whale team
Pearls are our weekly bite sized shiny beads - our attempt to cut through the clutter of everyday life, focus on important issues we shouldn't miss and make our lives easier!
https://www.gp-update.co.uk/updates
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Dear Healthcare Professional
AstraZeneca would like to invite you to join this webcast focussed on the global challenge to fight COVID-19
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| The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak has the potential to impact every healthcare system across the globe. While the situation in China appears to be reaching a turning point, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently characterizes COVID-19 as a pandemic at the global level. Till Mar 18th, 191,127 confirmed, 7,807 deaths, 135 countries/territories/areas reported* globally. Europe has now become the epicenter of the pandemic, with more reported cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined, apart from China. The world must unite together and spare no effort to contain the virus. During this webcast, leading Chinese experts on COVID-19 and top global experts will share and discuss the latest scientific insights regarding COVID-19 disease development, as well as clinical experience in treating COVID-19 patients. |
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Dates for Summer 2020 Safeguarding Children Training
Best Practice Forum: Having good conversations about mental health – Looking after ourselves and each other.
This FREE half-day best Practice Forum will be exploring ways to support good conversations about mental health in the workplace.
The session will include a one and a half hour Suicide Talk by Pete's Dragons as well as an overview of the Connect 5 Programme. Itinerary is as follows:
· Welcome and introductions
· Mark Poole, Devon Partnership Trust – Mindful Employer
· Connect 5 programme
· Pete’s Dragons – Suicide Talk
· BREAK
· Jo Sandbrook, Torbay Council – Mindful Employer in practice
· Close of forum
Due to limited space we request that only one person from each organisation books a place. If you would like a second staff member to attend, please email tscptraining@torbay.gov.uk. We will hold a waiting list should spaces be available nearer the time these will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Cost: Places are free to attend, however all non-attendees and cancellations within 48 hours of the event will be charged at £25 per place.
Link: https://torbay.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=695
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Happy to help.
If you need any help with the website, courses which have not been advertised or just want some advice please do not hesitate to contact a member of the team. We look forward to speaking with you. Best Wishes
Lucy,Julie, Tracey, Kathy, Summer, Vix, Andy and Paddy
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27th March 2020 - Newsletter
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