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Laboratory that can be used anywhere - Transformation of Diagnostic Delivery

This week colleagues at Dorset STP showed the Guardian around their integrated health services.
They are just one of 44 STPs which will make the NHS sustainable by improving patient care, preventing illness and saving money.

NHS England and the University of Plymouth made a video featuring a Practice Nurse at Chelston Hall Surgery to promote student nurse placements in general practice.

On 29 November the SW AHSN ran a free workshop – ‘Indemnity – Finding a Solution’, 
led by Dr David Geddes, Head of Primary Care Commissioning, NHS England and
Keira Liburd, Assistant Head of Primary Care, Quality and Regulation – Interim, NHS England.

Benefits of using Tradeshift
 

• Tradeshift is free for suppliers to send invoices and credit notes

 

• Upfront validation rules ensure correct invoice data entry at the time of sending, resulting in fewer invoice returns/rejections. (Validation rules for Org Id, invoice/credit note number, invoice date, PO number/100% PO/XX Ref)

 

• Even quicker invoice processing times.  Tradeshift invoices are pulled direct onto the NHS SBS system every 10 minutes, so no more scanning. (Supplier Status updates are pulled from Oracle overnight into Tradeshift – but invoice is on Oracle same day of sending)

 

• You will receive status updates on invoice progress which reduces the need to phone or e-mail NHS SBS to enquire about their invoice. (Supplier will receive status update that invoice Delivered, and as invoice progresses through system these status’ are updated – giving suppliers daily visibility of the status of every invoice)

 

• It will save suppliers money by eliminating associated costs due to postage, envelopes, printing and paper

 
·         Will enable both the supplier and NHS Organisations to move further towards a positive green agenda way by decreasing carbon footprints in relation to invoices

The refreshed scheme will provide the much needed financial and practical support doctors have said they want to help them return to work in the UK. 

The Primary Care Home offers an innovative approach to strengthening and redesigning primary care to support the delivery of the NHS Five Year Forward View.

The GP Health Service can help with many issues including depression , stress or an addiction problem.

http://gphealth.nhs.uk/

As part of a broader package of support, the General Practice Forward View is committed to improve access to mental health support for general practitioners and trainee GPs who may be suffering from mental ill-health and addiction.

This follows plans announced by NHS England in September 2015 to introduce a new national service specification for an occupational health service, to ensure all GPs and NHS dentists across England have access to a consistent and equitable service
Following a procurement process, NHS England (South) has appointed Heales Medical Group to provide the new occupational health service to GPs and NHS dentists across the region.  Heales Medical is an established provider of occupational health services to both private and public sector organisations

The General Practice Forward View (GP Forward View), published in April 2016, commits to an extra £2.4 billion a year to support general practice services by 2020/21.

It will improve patient care and access, and invest in new ways of providing primary care.

News from NHS England

Along with the Government, and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee we have agreed a new general practice contract in for 2017/18.

NHS England, New Care Models team have shared information from North East Hampshire and Farnham vanguard as an example of non-elective demand management.

The North East Hants and Farnham (Primary and Acute Care System) Safe Haven project at the Time Out Café provides a real alternative to attending A&E for people experiencing a mental health crisis, and focuses on helping people to develop self-management skills to break the cycle of crisis. Evaluated independently, it has been shown to have reduced acute psychiatric admissions locally by 33%. The model is cheap and quick to set up and can be easily replicated across other local health systems.