PCS Service Update

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We want to make sure it is as easy as possible for you to contact us about our services.

If you need to speak to PCS about any of our services then click on the blue button below to find out how to get help. Alternatively, you can book into one of our 'drop-in' sessions with Dr Andy Hilton and Nicki Doherty.

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In today's update we are covering:
(Click the links below to access the sections)

For information

New Hot Hub Location
Physio service review
Training for PCN staff
Booking COVID tests for your team (Closing this month)
Register your interest areas and any research requests
PCS 'drop-in' sessions

For Information

New Hot Hub location from 1^st November

Demand for HOT HUB appointments remains high and after an extensive search for a new hot hub location, we are pleased to inform you all that on Monday 1^st Nov a new Hot Hub at Melrose Surgery, 120a Burngreave Road, Burngreave Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 9DE, This will enable us to release additional Hot Hub appointments during the latter part of the day.

Please continue to book patients in using our guidance for appointment suitability and remember hot-hubs all patients will be texted by PCS after you have booked the appointment, there is no need to send a text message via your practice systems as we will confirm location and arrival instructions in advance of the appointment directly with the patient.

Physio service review

We are working with PCNs and practices to adjust our physio service. We want to make it more robust and provide a more consistent service to practices.

From feedback we know that the physio roles work better when they are directly embedded into practices, as they enable staff to feel part of a team. Some of you are concerned this means PCS moving away from the service; to reassure you we are 100% committed to this and our offer remains unchanged, the key change is better alignment to network that will improve connectivity and relationships and optimise the capacity that we have between us. To do that we are currently working with practices and PCNs to:

Continue reading here

Training for PCN staff

Register below for free CPR and fire safety training sessions which are available to any PCN-employed staff. These sessions are provided by Primary Training Solutions.

Places are offered on a first-come first-served basis, however if your choice of date is fully booked please add your details to the waiting list and we will contact you if a place becomes available. Some of these courses will be delivered via the Zoom platform so all booked staff must have appropriate equipment (computer/laptop with microphone and camera)

Please contact pts.clientcontact@gmail.com for any further info you may require.

Safeguarding Children Level 2

Thursday 28th October: 13:00AM

Fire Safety

Thursday 28th October: 9:30AM

Current Job vacancies at PCS

We're recruiting, please see current roles available at PCS below:

Salaried General Practitioner (Heeley)

Salaried General Practitioner (Buchanan)

Service Co-ordinator

Mental Health Practitioner

Operations Manager

Booking COVID / Confirmatory PCR test following a positive lateral flow tests for your team (Closing this month)

Please note, testing for COVID 19 for staff and healthcare workers will come to a close at the end of this month, to access testing through the national system please use the flowing links

Get a free PCR test to check if you have coronavirus (COVID-19) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Sheffield testing location can also be found here:
https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/content/sheffield/home/your-city-council/coronavirus-hub/coronavirus-testing.html

To use PCS service to access COVID tests for your team members.

Book test

Save testing contact details to your outlook

Register your interest areas and any research requests

As GP practices you came together to create PCS to do the things that you can't do alone. It's your organisation. We want to work with clinicians, managers and practice teams from the outset when services are being created. As such please register your interest areas, so we can contact you directly when any opportunity arises to be involved in project development or similar.

Please also use the link / form to register any initial requests for support with research.

PCS capture form – interest areas or research requests

PCS 'drop-in' sessions

The PCS team is always keen to hear about anything you would like to raise with us in the way of feedback or any ideas you may have on how we might shape things going forwards.

Dr Andy Hilton and Nicki Doherty keep a lunch time 'drop in' slot available in their diary on Wednesday (Andy) and Friday (Nicki). If you would like to catch-up with them in one of those, please simply click the button below, and we will get back to you to arrange that.

Please note that these 'drop-in' sessions are in addition to the 1:1 meetings we have been arranging with practices.

PCS drop-in slot request