Facilitator Handbook 2005 - PRIMIS
Facilitator Handbook 2005 - PRIMIS
Facilitator Handbook 2005 - PRIMIS
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What Is Primary Care?<br />
<strong>PRIMIS</strong> <strong>Facilitator</strong> <strong>Handbook</strong><br />
What Is Primary Care?<br />
Background<br />
What does it all mean? In a period when primary<br />
care has seen some of the largest structural<br />
changes in decades, with new contracts for GPs<br />
and new organisations cropping up virtually<br />
weekly, how does someone new to primary care<br />
find their way around?<br />
One thing that has been consistent throughout<br />
all the changes is the need for good quality data.<br />
<strong>Facilitator</strong>s working in information management<br />
within primary care are now more in demand<br />
than ever.<br />
The Training<br />
• LDP<br />
This training module is intended for those<br />
facilitators who are new to the NHS or have<br />
never worked within a primary care organisation before. It may also prove to be a useful<br />
source of information for those who require a refresher on what is happening in and around<br />
primary care. The main aim is to introduce the facilitator to topics and sources of information<br />
what they will need to be familiar with in order to fulfil their role successfully.<br />
This training is delivered via an electronic program which the facilitator can obtain from his or<br />
her Learning Consultant. The facilitator can then individually run the program and determine<br />
their own pace and route through the module and can re-run the program again at any time in<br />
the future. Use is made of web hyperlinks in the program to take the reader to the home web<br />
page of various organisations for further in-depth reading as required. This can be followed up<br />
by a half or full day session as required.<br />
The main sections of the training course are:<br />
What is Primary Care?<br />
What is it and how is it defined? What is a General Medical Practitioner? Using links to various<br />
NHS organisations’ websites, answers to the above questions and more are provided.<br />
Relationship between primary care and other NHS agencies<br />
An organisational diagram is used to chart the NHS from the Department of Health through to<br />
Strategic Health Authorities and then down to the providers of local services, such as acute<br />
and community care trusts. Each organisation’s responsibilities are documented.<br />
Relationship between different organisations in primary care<br />
What Does it All Mean?<br />
• PCO<br />
• SHA<br />
• DoH<br />
• NPfIT<br />
• NHS Connecting for Health<br />
• Clusters<br />
• nGMS<br />
• QOF<br />
The responsibilities and links between Primary Care Organisations, Out of Hours, doctors’<br />
surgeries, dentists, opticians and pharmacists are outlined. NHS walk-in centres and NHS<br />
Direct are also covered in the analysis. A pen picture of <strong>PRIMIS</strong> itself is also included.<br />
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