Innovation in the Workforce 8th July 2016 Dr Sanjay Shyamapant Church Street Practice, Tewkesbury
Background GP workforce crisis Allied health professional Demographics Chronic disease Health economy Service model
Church Street Practice 13,000pts Tewkesbury GP practice Nursing team- prescribing Training practice Support pharmacist- 1 session a wk
Pharmacist in primary care Experience in general practice Complimentary skill set National Pilot -5 practices in Glos Started April 2016 ‘Prescribing’pharmacist Pharmacy team
Roles Telephone appointments GP and nursing queries Scanning- medicines reconciliation Repeat dispensing Electronic prescribing Clinical governance- alerts, CD’s, audits Specialist clinics
Deprescibing
Summary Primary care is changing Multidisciplinary working Shift to from secondary care Model change Improved health outcomes