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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 (0:35)
An update on the establishment of a nationally recognised organisation for Practice Managers (0:46)
The Institute of General Practice Management contact points (2:22)
The panel’s reaction to the Enhanced Service publication (2:53)
Moving from practice to network wide delivery (3:56)
Robyn’s perspective (5:23)
Identification of a designated site for Nicola’s network area (6:31)
The plans for Nottingham City East (7:06)
What differences are there between the Enhanced Service and the original, local plan in Gandhi’s area? (7:55)
The challenges in summary (8:59)
Workforce organisation (10:28)
Nicola’s thoughts on staffing the enhanced service (11:59)
Managing a vaccination programme alongside business as usual (13:08)
Financial reimbursement in South Gloucestershire (13:46)
How Gandhi is handling the financial flow in his network (14:41)
Comms / engagement with the public – and managing concerns (15:47)
Recording appointments and immunisation numbers (18:10)
The process for vaccination clinics in practice (20:27)
eGP Learning and Practice Index resources (21:57)
For more information on The Institute of General Practice Management:
Dr Gandalf’s eGP Learning podblast:
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