COVENTRY AND RUGBY GP ALLIANCE

Who are we???

• Ali Bryce- Chair
• Cllr Alison Gingel- Lay Chair
• Directors: Nishan Wiratunga, Ken Holton, Geven Dosanjh, Jerry Horn.
• Secretary to the Board: Tim Morris
• Director of Primary Care Sustainabiltiy and Integration: Simon Brake

Prime Minister's Challenge Fund

• £4.1m investment into Coventry and Rugby's health economy
• GP Extended Hours
• GP in A&E
• Frailty Unit

GP IN A&E

• Already started
• Operating Mon and Tues currently
• Located in the GPAU

GP IN A&E

• Benefits -Appropriate GP Care in ED setting -Effective discharge communication -Opportunistic care -Reduction in Admissions

GP EXTENDED HOURS

• Aim to commence early autumn
• Will be based in the City of Coventry Health Centre
• Likely to offer appointments 6-10pm weekdays and 8-2pm weekends
• Main access routes will be the GP practice and 111

GP Extended Hours

• Benefits -Routine and Emergency Doctor & Nurse appointments OOH -Relieves pressure on GP Practices, can book directly into Hub -Clinical Systems linked so routine QOF can be done benefitting both practices and patients

Frailty Unit

• MDT coordination of discharge of complex elderly pts
• 12-28 bed ward based in UHCW with Gerontology input

Benefits

-Integrated Team (MDT) working
-Gerontology input
-Discharge workup on admission
-Linked with the Integrated Neighbourhood teams (INT) in the community
-Shared record/ care plans
-IT integration
-Gerontology Advice Line

IT

• Record sharing with both read and write functionalitiy
• Sharing of care plans
• Practices will have the ability to 'accept' consultaions
• IG framework is currently being established and we will seek the input of the LMC
• Integration with current systems

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The Future

• Medicine management and prescription hub
• Help with 'back room' functions, eg Payroll, returns,
• Training for practice staff especially reception, HCAs, admin
• Help with CQC documents

How can we help practices now?

We can help with recruitment by enabling practices to offer hybrid GP jobs
Please speak to or email Jerry, Ali or myself if your practice is interested.

Questions??