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Updated Chronic Disease Management

General Practice has changed dramatically in the last ten years. We are now managing patients in the community who a few years ago would have needed hospital referral and follow up. As a consequence GPs, GP Registrars and Practice Nurses have to continually acquire and maintain new knowledge and skills.

 

One of the areas that have transformed the care and outcomes for patients are primary care evidence based chronic disease management services.

 

 

Click on the topics below for the June 2010 updated evidence based guidelines based on those from Brig Royd Surgery              

 

 

 

In order to deliver quality chronic disease management services within primary care we have to have:

 

  • A patient centred approach.
  • Consistency from the multidisciplinary team in terms of targets, schedules of care, clinical management etc.
  • Validated and maintained disease registers.
  • Robust call and recall systems.
  • Accessible, pragmatic, evidence based, primary care orientated guidelines.

 

Unfortunately one of the great challenges we face in general practice is keeping pace with the rapidly changing evidence base for chronic disease management. To cope with this and to standardise care Brig Royd Surgery has created (and updated annually) these chronic disease management guidelines. As there are conflicting national guidelines in some areas of chronic disease management we have opted for pragmatic, achievable targets that fall between differing national guidelines.

 

NEXT UPDATE  June 2011

HDR News

Venue: ST1 & ST2 are at the Learning Centre at Calderdale Royal Hospital

but ST3 will be at Brig Royd Surgery (click)

 

Date: 7/9/10 Lunch at 13:00 and the session starts at 14:00

 

Topic: ST1 & ST2s 'Improving your examination skills' and ST3 will be on their CSA prep course (P4)

 

Preparation:  ST1&ST2 to have a look at the YouTube clips (click). ST3 no preparation required other than videoing some 10 minute consultations for session five in 2 weeks.

 

News & Updates

 

THE NEWS PAGE (click) - Keep up to date with what is happening, as it happens, whether it’s changes to the e-portfolio, nMRCGP assessments or our website.

 

HDR HANDOUTS (click) - Missed HDR? You can now catch up by reading the handouts.

 

COURSES (click) - Have a look at the wide range of courses on offer for GPSTs throughout the UK.

 

Next Trainers' Workshop

 

Venue: TBA

 

Date: Sept 21st

 

Topic: Helping GPSTs to pass the CSA

 

Preparation: Read the CSA related downloads (click)

 

Future dates (13:00 starts): Nov 25th. 

 

 

Educational Supervision Deadlines

 

The next deadline is 30/9/10 (Formative Yorkshire Deanery Educational Supervision Review).

 

See our Educational Review guidance (click) which explains the different types of reviews.

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