Primary Care Bulletin - September 2024

Welcome     

Welcome to the September edition of the NHS South Yorkshire Primary Care Bulletin.       

We’re really pleased to have joined up with the NHSE team to get out to the four PCNs taking part in the national PCN test programme. The level of enthusiasm and willingness to develop innovative models of care for local communities was really encouraging and we’re looking forward to joining the 22 successful test sites from across the country at the launch event next week.  

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the programme is about co-production, with flexibility for the PCNs to test what they believe is best for their patients. A wide range of interventions will be tested across the 22 sites resulting in opportunity for shared learning, the development of a range of metrics to measure impact and the creation of a framework that describes the key components of modern general practice.  

Importantly as an ICB we are committed to ensuring that the benefits and learning from our local test sites is shared across the whole of SY so that all PCNs benefit. 

We hope you enjoy this month’s primary care bulletin. As always, please get in touch if you have any questions, suggestions or comments. 

Anthony Fitzgerald, Executive Place Director for Doncaster and Executive Lead for Primary Care, NHS South Yorkshire        
Dr Andy Hilton, Chair, NHS South Yorkshire Primary Care Alliance      

Items covered in this edition include:  

• Invite – South Yorkshire Primary Care Race Equality Network – 26 September 

• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals new Electronic Patient Record system 

• Introducing the Pumping Marvellous Heart Failure Awareness Campaign and the Heart Failure Academy 

• South Yorkshire health and care teams shortlisted in NHS Parliamentary Awards 

• DAYLIGHT – a digital app to help patients deal with anxiety and worry 

• Ensuring GP practices and community pharmacy are ready to support individuals being released early from prison 

• Supporting Children and Young People experiencing gender incongruence 

• MPox Briefing note 

• Your guide to diagnosing bladder and kidney cancers earlier 

• Primary Care Children and Young People’s (CYP) Eating Disorders (ED) Decision Tree 

• Pharmacy First Newsletter 

• Pharmacy First Lunch and Learn 

• Free accredited training in health inequalities and patient experience  

• Upcoming Health and Wellbeing Webinars and Events 

• Pancreatic Cancer UK webinars 

News 

Invite – South Yorkshire Primary Care Race Equality Network – 26 Sept 

NHS South Yorkshire ICB’s Race Equality Network for Primary Care staff is open to all staff working across Primary Care including General Practice, Optometry, Pharmacy and Dentistry, and welcomes attendance from allies wanting to improve their understanding of the issues and challenges.  

The Network is even more pertinent given recent events with the racism and discrimination that surfaced through the civil unrest in early August.  We hope this meeting will provide insights and resources to help people to safely challenge discrimination and abuse, promoting wellbeing and safety. 

Please see the agenda here (with MS Teams link below) for the second Network meeting on 26 September at 7pm.   

MS link: Join the meeting now 

Meeting ID: 373 504 199 152 

Passcode: sBAo8v 

If you want to register for the Network meeting and receive the invite to your calendar, or if you have any questions or comments, please contact syicb.syprimarycare@nhs.net. 

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals new Electronic Patient Record system 

Please be aware that patients will not be able to book, change or cancel an appointment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals on e-Referrals Service between 10-14 October. 

As you many have heard, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH) will be launching a new acute Electronic Patient Record system called the Connect EPR on Monday 14 October 2024, replacing Lorenzo and some of their other acute systems. The process of switching off some current systems and transferring patient data across to the Connect EPR will begin on Thursday 10 October. During this ‘cutover’ period, they will be updating their e-Referrals Service.  

If patients are referred during this time, it won’t be possible for patients to book, change or cancel their outpatient appointment.  

GPs and Consultants will still be able to triage referrals as normal and make necessary changes.  However, if patients log in to book their appointment during this period, no available slots will be visible. Patients will need to select the option ‘Defer to Provider’, and our admin team will then book the appointment for them and send them a letter to confirm this. 

The e-Referral Service will be back online from Monday 14 October. STH will then re-publish the appointment slots which will show online just as they did before. 

Please note that this is the only action you and your patients will need to take and there will be no changes to current processes for booking appointments moving forward. 

Introducing the Pumping Marvellous Heart Failure Awareness Campaign and the Heart Failure Academy 

The Yorkshire and Humber ICBs are launching two key initiatives to improve heart failure awareness and education across our region. 

Pumping Marvellous Heart Failure Awareness Campaign: 

• September: Social media campaign focusing on heart failure signs and symptoms, using targeted algorithms to reach specific demographics within the community 

• October: Distribution of BEAT HF posters to all GP surgeries across Yorkshire and Humber, and credit card-sized symptom checkers to be given to heart failure patients. The NICE-endorsed BEAT acronym simplifies symptom recognition, and the posters should be displayed where they will be visible to patients. 

Heart Failure Academy Launch (October/November): 

This educational website and e-learning platform aims to enhance heart failure knowledge and confidence among healthcare professionals. Features include: 

Accessible Education 

• Interactive curriculum including modules on diagnosis, treatment, management of HF.  

• Content suitable for all colleagues with an interest in HF. 

Expert Knowledge 

• Developed by specialists both locally and nationally. 

• Incorporates existing best practice and the latest innovations in HF. 

Collaborative Learning 

• Flexible delivery, including webinars, workshops, podcasts, videos, case studies, and face to face delivery. 

• Peer learning through an online forum. 

For more information or to get involved in the Academy's development, contact Alex Robertshaw: alex.robertshaw@yhahsn.com. 

South Yorkshire health and care teams shortlisted in NHS Parliamentary Awards 

Three healthcare teams from across South Yorkshire have been announced as representing the region at the prestigious NHS Parliamentary Awards next month. 

This year, ten award categories cover exceptional care and health innovation across healthcare services. 

Read more here: South Yorkshire health and care teams shortlisted in NHS Parliamentary Awards :: South Yorkshire I.C.B (icb.nhs.uk) 

PRIMARY CARE SUPPORT 

DAYLIGHT – a digital app to help patients deal with anxiety and worry  

Just a reminder that the Daylight App for Generalised Anxiety Disorder went live earlier this month.  

Daylight is a free, evidence based digital app treatment for anxiety and worry.  It has been developed by Big Health who are the makers of “Sleepio” an app to treat insomnia.  Daylight has been rolled out and used to benefit patients in Scotland for some time and is now being provided to South Yorkshire.  

Daylight delivers CBT, the NICE 1st line recommended treatment for anxiety, via a smartphone app that patients (18+) can access instantly, in their own time and at no cost.   

Patients do not need to be referred or prescribed the app, they simply need to visit www.trydaylight.com/nhs to get started.  For healthcare professionals, it provides them with another non-drug option when considering whether to start patients on medications.  

If you would like to look online at the resource pack materials, you can do so at: Resources (bighealth.co.uk)  There’s also information videos available below:  

• Video on Daylight for Health Professionals can be found here.  

• Information/video on Daylight for Patients can be found here.  

If you have any questions, please email greig.thomson@bighealth.com. 

Ensuring GP practices and community pharmacy are ready to support individuals being released early from prison 

Please find here a link to ensuring GP practices and community pharmacy are ready to support individuals being released early from prison as part of the initiative to help tackle prison pressures. 

Supporting Children and Young People experiencing gender incongruence 

Please follow this link to read an update from NHS England on supporting children and young people experiencing gender incongruence. 

MPox Briefing note 

Please see the here a UKHSA briefing note in relation to MPox Clade 1 in Central and Eastern Africa regions. 

Your guide to diagnosing bladder and kidney cancers earlier 

Please find here a guide to diagnosing bladder and kidney cancers earlier from Cancer UK. 

Primary Care Children and Young People’s (CYP) Eating Disorders (ED) Decision Tree 

Please see here the Primary Care Children and Young People’s (CYP) Eating Disorders (ED) Decision Tree. The CYP ED Decision Tree tool has been developed by North East and Yorkshire Regional Mental Health Team, in collaboration with their ED and Primary Care Clinical Leads, and the North East and North Cumbria Provider Collaborative.  

The tool explores what steps to take in primary care when a young person presents with restricted oral intake and provides signposting information. The tool includes a blank page at the end for recording local service details (text can be added to PDF documents using a PDF editor). The up-to-date version will be saved on the FutureNHS Platform here. There are also a range of training recordings available including disordered eating, early engagement and intervention, getting it right first time, and more. 

Pharmacy First newsletter 

Please find here the latest Pharmacy First newsletter. 

Events and Training 

Pharmacy First Lunch and Learn  

NHS South Yorkshire are hosting a Pharmacy First Lunch and Learn session on Thursday 26 September 12-1pm.  

The session will provide an overview of the service:  

• Clarity on the 3 elements: Clinical Pathways, Minor illness, Urgent medicine supply. 

• Referral processes  

• Current picture in South Yorkshire 

• Work undertaken by SY ICB & CPSY 

• Opportunity for feedback and questions.  

The session is relevant to all staff working in general practice – including receptionists, pharmacists and GPs.   

• The session will be held on MS Teams, and it will be recorded. 

• The meeting link can be found below.  

• Please email lucy.crowder1@nhs.net to request the link as a calendar invite, or with any questions/feedback.  

Join the meeting now  

Meeting ID: 339 473 701 596  

Passcode: 6nh4af 

Free accredited training in health inequalities and patient experience 

The 123 Approach is a free online training course helping to equip colleagues with the knowledge and skills needed to help tackle health inequalities and improve patient experience across the cancer pathway. 

Developed by the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance and Cancer Academy, the training aims to empower you to make an impact within your own role, offering continued support beyond the course. 

Designed in collaboration with people who have lived experience of cancer and NHS colleagues working across the cancer pathway, the course is fully funded, CPD accredited, and aligned to the ACCEND framework. It should only take between 60 – 90 minutes to complete. 

For more information, click on the link which also provides a direct link to the training. 

https://www.canceracademy.nhs.uk/learning/hipe/123-approach/ 

Upcoming Health and Wellbeing Webinars and Events 

Please follow this link for a list of Health and Wellbeing Webinars and Events – taking place from September to November 2024. 

Pancreatic Cancer UK webinars 

In October Pancreatic Cancer UK are holding a series of webinars on the symptom management of pancreatic cancer.The events are suitable for all healthcare professionals working closely with people with pancreatic cancer. The free webinars explore some of the common symptoms of pancreatic cancer and how to manage these. Join for deep-dive sessions on: 

• Fatigue and pancreatic cancer, 2nd October 2024, 09.00 – 10.30am 

• Pain and pancreatic cancer, 8th October 2024, 09.00 – 10.45am 

• Nausea and vomiting in pancreatic cancer, 16th October 2024, 09.00 – 10.30am 

• Side effects of chemotherapy, 24th October 2024, 09.00 – 10.30am 

Come along to increase your knowledge and understanding of these symptoms and to gather tips and ideas on how best to support your patients with pancreatic cancer. 

Book onto the events now