16
jan
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Podcast – Neil Macey and Christy Paxman – Centralised High Risk Drug Monitoring

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Ben welcomes both Neil Macey and Christy Paxman to his podcast this week to discuss Centralised High-Risk Drug Monitoring. Neil has been a guest on the podcast before when he discussed a centralised PCN, and he is back to discuss further innovations. In today’s episode, Neil and Christy explain how they came up with the plan of Care Coordinators within the Pharmacy Teams and rolling out Centralised High-Risk Drug Monitoring.

Introduction (0:09)

Recap of Suffolks PCNs (0:30)

Christy Paxman’s role (1:18)

Care Coordinators in Pharmacy teams & Centralised High-Risk Drug Monitoring (1:36)

The plan… (2:46)

The results of your Centralised model (4:10)

Discussions around the centralised model (4:52)

How many Practices were involved? (5:23)

What’s the process? (6:05)

How has the process been adapted over time? (9:06)

Feedback from Practices… (10:15)

Checking and Monitoring (11:58)

Initial discoveries.. (11:54)

Feedback from Practices & Patients.. (14:52)

Managing time… (16:24)

Next steps… (18:18)

What advice do you have for other PCNs? (19:25)

Graph showing the site-by-site progress that has been made since introducing the HRDM service up until 17/11/22

For all enquiries about the Ockham podcast, please contact Ben Gowland here.

9
jan
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Podcast – Jamie Hynes – It’s a (GP’s) Wonderful Life

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Jamie Hynes is a GP in Black Country and on this podcast he discusses his brand new, incredible, creation ‘It’s a (GP’s) Wonderful Life’. It’s a story of a GP approaching burnout, whose guardian angel visits, (Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard) and presents all the evidence on continuity of care and shows the impact on the town had he got his wish to have never been a GP. All set, as you may have guessed,  within the narrative of the well-known film ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. In this episode, Ben also asks Jamie to share his thoughts on the difficulties within General Practice and the future of continuity of care. We also get to hear about what’s next for Jamie.

Introduction (0:09)

Jamie’s role.. (0:30)

It’s a (GP’s) Wonderful Life… (1:06)

The pressures of working (3:04)

How burnout feels (4:01)

The creation of ‘It’s a (GP’s) Wonderful Life’ (4:39)

The importance of the illustrations within the video (6:10)

The star of the show (7:43)

How much time has it taken to create this important story? (8:08)

The difficulties of General Practice (9:06)

The future of continuity of care in General Practice (12.44)

Awaiting Government’s response.. (14:59)

Thoughts on the recommendations of the Stocktake review (15:48)

How to watch ‘It’s a (GP’s) Wonderful Life’ (16:51)

What’s next for Jamie Hynes? (17:32)

Final words (20:36)

To watch ‘It’s a (GP’s) Wonderful Life’, click here.

To watch any further videos mentioned by Jamie today, see links below;

The National Health

GPKipling

StartTheFire

For all enquiries about the Ockham podcast, please contact Ben Gowland here.

19
dec
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Podcast – Paul Gordon – December 2022 NHS Pensions UPDATE

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Ben is joined once again this week by Paul Gordon, our almost resident pensions expert (!) Now Head of Medical Specialist Wealth Planning at Atomos, Paul returns to update us on the most recent changes to the NHS Pension, namely the launch of a new consultation which could relieve some of the issues and confusion which surround the existing pension offer. What are the key elements of this new consultation, particularly in relation to retirement? And how could these changes lead to an improvement in the retention of staff? Ben and Paul tackle these topics (and more) in our final Ockham podcast of 2022.

Introduction (0.09)

How could the new consultation ease some of the problems related to the current NHS Pension? (0.52)

What are the main changes? (1.43)

Actively contributing whilst working (3.54)

Retention of staff (4.36)

Addressing the challenges of the Pension Scheme (5.22)

An overview of the consultation (7.07)

Resolving or ameliorating? (7.34)

Lifetime allowance (8.30)

Access to your Total Rewards Statement (9.31)

Contacting NHS Business Services Authority (10.09)

What is Pension theft? (11.20)

Tax charges advice (14.57)

PCN access to NHS Pensions information (16.03)

GP federations & wider problems (17.16)

What else should we be aware of at this stage? (18.45)

Getting in touch with Paul (20.07)

 

For all enquiries about the Ockham podcast, please contact Ben Gowland here.

Listen to Paul Gordon’s previous podcast here.

NHS Business Services Authority – 0300 330 1346

Accessing your Total Rewards Statement

To contact Paul directly: Paul.gordon@atomos.co.uk

12
dec
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Podcast – Martin Allen, Andrea McConkey, Kerry Mills – FeNO Testing

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Ben is in esteemed company on the podcast this week, joined by Dr Martin Allen (Consultant Physician and a Clinical Lead in Respiratory Medicine at University Hospital North Midlands), Kerry Mills (Advanced Respiratory Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Lead at Hereford Medical Group) and Andrea McConkey of the Wessex Academic Health Science Network, who brief us on all aspects of FeNO testing. Measuring fractional exhaled nitric oxide in the breath of patients, FeNO testing devices are a novel medical technology used to support the diagnosis of asthma. In this episode, we learn about how FeNO testing works in practice, the impact testing is having on the management and treatment of asthma and how others can get their hands on the devices and all available resources. Martin, Kerry and Andrea also welcome listeners to join a recently launched learning collaborative and share some incredibly useful links to further information on the FeNO revolution.

Introduction (0.54)

What is FeNO testing? (2.08)

What difference has it made to the management of asthma? (5.48)

Why are we not seeing a bigger uptake? (8.34)

The AHSN Programme (9.32)

The rollout of FeNO (12.18)

FeNO equipment costing (16.15)

Overcoming the barriers of Feno – Martin & Andrea (17.14)

Advice about getting started (20.23)

Final words (22.18)

 

West Midlands Academic Health Science Network’s website is here.

A wealth of information about FeNO is also available within the Wessex AHSN website here.

The AHSN Network can support you in finding out how and where to get started on your FeNO journey here.

For infographics and guidance about how the devices themselves and how testing works in practice check out the Circassia device and the Bedfont device

If you’re interested in finding out more about each of available devices, contact Steven who can guide you on the Circassia option, or Marc for the Bedfont device.

Information about the Rapid Uptake Programme is here.

NICE guidance is accessible here.

For all enquiries about the Ockham podcast, please contact Ben Gowland here.

To find out more information about Livi, their services and how to get in touch, check out their website here.

5
dec
0

Podcast – Hussain Gandhi – Life as a Clinical Director (Part 4)

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In this week’s episode, we are joined by Hussain Gandhi who reflects on his last three and a half years as a Clinical Director. Gandhi and Ben discuss the Primary Care Network infrastructure; what has changed in terms of staffing and the introduction of the additional roles, the impact of these changes and what we might expect to see next. We also quiz Gandhi about the transition to a more hybrid pattern of working; the overall impact of this on teams and what is necessary in terms of tech, and other considerations, for supporting strong communication and maximising our effectiveness.

Introduction – Life as a PCN Clinical Director (1:13)

Re-election process for a Clinical Director (1:39)

Splitting your role as a Clinical Director (2:08)

What areas of the role do you enjoy? (2:54)

Infrastructure of a PCN (3:46)

Enhanced access (5:21)

Technology progress in PCN (6:06)

Does remote working affect your PCN? (8:11)

Any tips for making remote meetings work? (9:54)

New entrants to the IT market for General Practice (11:14)

Reflecting over the past 3 and a half years (12:37)

What’s next for PCN’s? (13:46)

The GP Assistant role (14:47)

How do you introduce new roles into PCN’s? (16:43)

Next steps for the workforce in the PCN (17:57)

Are operational requirements of PCNs manageable? (20:09)

The impact of Integrated Care Systems and what’s expected next? (21:31)

How does the BMA Current Policy & the Fuller Review affect your role? (23:41)

What lessons have you learnt since becoming a Clinical Director? (25:27)

Where to find information on EGP Learning (26:49)

The link to the eGP learning YouTube channel is here and for all enquiries about the Ockham podcast, please contact Ben Gowland here.

To find out more information about Livi, their services and how to get in touch, check out their website here.

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