2. What funding is available?
PM Development Fund
LBR (Learning Beyond Registration) formerly CPD
GP Fellowships
Physician Associate / Nursing Preceptorships
Spirometry
Upskilling staff

3. Practice Manager Development
Suffolk and North East Essex has invested in developing Practice Managers through a range of training and development opportunities. The goals for this funding stream will be three core areas:-
Support the Practice Manager Forums which meet regularly and provide opportunities for peer support, sharing of good practice and training. These are available to all Practice Managers and meet monthly.
Programme of skills training to be delivered as part of the PM forums and support local needs
Time management, Coaching, Managing teams
Example: Bid writing from West Practices

4. Practice Manager Development
ILM apprenticeships:
Management training at level 3/4 will be offered to support Assistant/Deputy Practice Managers through the ILM level 3 Management Apprenticeship. The funding will support a cohort of 10 by funding the employer contribution.
This training will build upon existing training programmes, providing management training to support Assistant/Deputy Practice Managers which will support business continuity programmes by enabling practices to develop succession planning models.  

5. CPD Training Funding is specific for 3 key areas for PMD
30 Fellowships across EoE in first wave. 1 in Suffolk & NE Essex. Now engaging with Speciality providers to develop programmes prior to engagement.
Working with GP Trainees to offer training (gp skills training now part of curriculum)

7. GP Fellowships / GP Trainees
GP Fellowships / GP Trainees
The Training Hub is working with Health Education England to establish First 5 GP Fellowships across the STP.
Physician Associate/Nurse preceptorships
Funding received for preceptorships - PA preceptorships currently filled. 2 Nursing preceptorships still available
Funding is specific for 3 key areas for PMD
30 Fellowships across EoE in first wave. 1 in Suffolk & NE Essex. Now engaging with Speciality providers to develop programmes prior to engagement.
Working with GP Trainees to offer training (gp skills training now part of curriculum)
2 Physician Associates and 2 Nurse preceptorships already taken up. 2 Nurse preceptorships left.
For more information contact

8. These free courses are available through the Suffolk GP Federation
GP Skills Training
Series of courses rolling out over the next academic year, across the STP and available to GP Trainees, GPs, PMs and PNs. Also trialling a “Working with Multi-disciplinary Teams in Primary Care” workshop
These free courses are available through the Suffolk GP Federation
Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Telephone Consultations
Promoting Effective Behaviour Change
Shared Decision Making
For more information and to register for a course, see the advertisement in the PACT weekly newsletter.
Funding is specific for 3 key areas for PMD
30 Fellowships across EoE in first wave. 1 in Suffolk & NE Essex. Now engaging with Speciality providers to develop programmes prior to engagement.
Working with GP Trainees to offer training (gp skills training now part of curriculum)

9. Spirometry Training
Working with IESCCG to roll out a 3 year programme of new learners and update courses.
Education for Health will be providing the training. Expected start date for first cohort is November for fully funded courses.
Expecting to start in November 2018 with first study day and 2nd expected to be in Feb Setting cohort evenly throughout practices to try and ensure coverage.

10. Training requests for clinical staff
Asthma/COPD; combine as a Respiratory update day
CHD/Hypertension
Woundcare
Immunisation update - just run in July 2018
Smear updates
Spirometry - starting this Autumn (Nov 2018)
Infection control
Prescribing update for non-medical prescribers usually provided by Hospital
ECGs for Nurses and HCAs
Ear syringing for HCAs
and non-clinical staff
Apprenticeships
Medical Terminology
Phlebotomy
We need to know. Cohorts of 12 minimum usually. Practices may sometimes have to pay for course. Number of external providers

11. PACT@suffolkch.nhs.uk How do I request Training who do I contact?
The Training Hub needs to know what YOU need.
us with your specific requests

12. Thank you