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Ben is joined this week by Katherine Saunders, Chief Executive, and Pramit Patel, Medical Director, from Alliance for Better Care; a GP federation covering 49 practices, within 10 primary care networks, across East Surrey and West Sussex. Together, they explain how the federation is meeting the challenges presented by the Covid-19 crisis in their local area by setting up multi-disciplinary clinical decision units within the community, redesigning the home visiting process, identifying clear roles and responsibilities within their existing staffing models – and working to put general practice at the heart of their response.
Introductions (0:22)
The role of Alliance for Better Care (ABC) and the Covid-19 response (1:18)
The relationship with primary care (2:06)
Setting up a Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) within a community setting (2:45)
Managing patient exposure within the CDU (4:23)
Multi-disciplinary team working during a pandemic (5:18)
Integrating primary care into the wider system (6:29)
Sharing learning, materials and experiences (8:12)
How are local practices coping? (9:03)
Home Visiting (10:26)
Access to data and its importance (12:04)
How to manage demand and agree priorities with local partners (12:59)
Procurement of new systems and software (14:39)
The capacity to cope: roles, responsibilities and managing staffing levels (15:44)
Communication and engagement (17:45)
Getting in touch (19:02)
Katherine is contactable via email: katherine.saunders2@nhs.net
The Alliance for Better Care website
Garvani Ltd interview with ABC
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