The publication of the enhanced service landed at the beginning of December and with it comes further, additional challenges for general practice and places us firmly in the spotlight of the current healthcare agenda. Our ever-popular Practice Index panel return and as well as providing an update following their last episode, they are this week joined by podcast favourite Dr Hussain Gandhi (Dr Gandalf) to consider the implications of and considerations required for the delivery of the Covid vaccination programme locally and nationally. How do we engage with a partially sceptical public? How will we fare balancing immunisations alongside business as usual? How delivery will be managed in practice? Whilst also not forgetting the management of finances and workforce planning…

 

Introductions (35 secs)

An update on the establishment of a nationally recognised organisation for Practice Managers (46 secs)

The Institute of General Practice Management contact points (2 mins 22 secs)

The panel’s reaction to the Enhanced Service publication (2 mins 53 secs)

Moving from practice to network wide delivery (3 mins 56 secs)

Robyn’s perspective (5 mins 23 secs)

Identification of a designated site for Nicola’s network area (6 mins 31 secs)

The plans for Nottingham City East (7 mins 6 secs)

What differences are there between the Enhanced Service and the original, local plan in Gandhi’s area? (7 mins 55 secs)

The challenges in summary (8 mins 59 secs)

Workforce organisation (10 mins 28 secs)

Nicola’s thoughts on staffing the enhanced service (11 mins 59 secs)

Managing a vaccination programme alongside business as usual (13 mins 8 secs)

Financial reimbursement in South Gloucestershire (13 mins 46 secs)

How Gandhi is handling the financial flow in his network (14 mins 41 secs)

Comms / engagement with the public – and managing concerns (15 mins 47 secs)

Recording appointments and immunisation numbers (18 mins 10 secs)

The process for vaccination clinics in practice (20 mins 27 secs)

eGP Learning and Practice Index resources (21 mins 57 secs)

 

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