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February 2016
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Events
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Vacancies
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e-mail dawn@kernowlmc.co.uk
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This part of the evening should take no more than 30-45 minutes because the second part of the evening will
be devoted to small group discussions on the above topics and will include discussions on:
Career intentions
Shape of Cornish General Practice
The future of GP partnership
Portfolio Careers
Premises
Federation
Workforce development
Two meetings were held. The first was at Lanhydrock and the second at Falmouth. Both meetings were extremely well attended and in fact well over the 60 participants anticipated were present on both evenings. The
demographic of the audience was slightly different at the two meetings being on average 10 years older or
more experienced at the first Lanhydrock meeting compared to the Falmouth audience. Each meeting opened
with a short preamble. At Lanhydrock this was firstly Laura Wheeler from the Academic Health Science Network presenting workforce data, Peter Stokes from the CIC presenting some of the challenges for providers
and finally myself (Peter Merrin) setting the local and national scene.
Peter Stokes talked about Place Based Care in the context of the Five Year Forward View
The audiences were challenged to do the following: Design a Primary Care System for Cornwall assuming no new money, no more GPs. They were asked to state
what it might look like, how patients might interact and what sort of practice structures might be involved. They
were also asked how Primary Care might interact with Secondary Care, KCCG and KernowHealth CIC. Finally
the groups were asked how we might transition from our current positions.
In reality we talked about the pressures on Primary Care and how it might meet some of the demands of the
Five Year Forward View and the governments 7 day, 8-8 agenda.
Its fair to say that the first evening meeting produced some more radical suggestions with the audience feeling
more comfortable shifting their working week to accommodate government wants if it was needed with the
thought that the CIC and Cornwall Health would be the vehicles to deliver these objectives. Five basic themes
emerged from the meetings and were common to both. They are as follows: 1.
IT - it was agreed by everyone that IT remains a huge barrier for most of us with an inability to share
even the most basic patient information. Whilst we talked of interoperability solutions, most people present wanted Cornwall to move to a single web based IT system. Whilst acknowledging the obstacles to
this problem and its solution, we all felt it merited concerted effort and funding and not IT fudges/
compromises
Contd/...
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Dawn Molenkamp
Returning Officer
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly LMC
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GP Contract 2016/2017
The GPC have said that the changes offer immediate financial support for practices, recognising the actual components of rising expenses, and is designed to deliver a net pay uplift rather than a pay cut. There
is no new clinical workload requirement or any change to QOF, but the deeply unpopular imposed dementia DES is being removed with funding transferred to core, and vaccination item of service payments
have increased 28% from 7.64 to 9.80.
Full details, including non-contractual areas of agreement, are covered in the attached letter to the profession and FAQs.
Full details can be found here
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Police will ask every forearm applicants GP if the patient suffers from specific health issues,
such as depression or dementia.
GPs will be asked to place a firearm reminder code on the patients record. This means that
the GP will know a person is a gun owner, and that they can inform the police licensing department if
the patients health deteriorates after the gun license is issued.
New Guidance will be published to help GPs and police to operate the new system. Responsibility for deciding if a person is suitable to hold a firearm certificate remains with the police.
The new system was developed after the BMA raised concerns about the weaknesses in the current process with the Home Office. It has been developed by the BMA, RCGP and the police, in conjunction with
shooting associations and the Information Commissioners Office.
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Waking up to Epilepsy
Wednesday 20th April 2016 09:00-17:00
Medical School Building, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter
Keynote speakers: Prof Mark Richardson, Paul Getty III Chair of Epilepsy, Kings College, London
Prof John Terry, Professor of Biomedical Modelling, University of Exeter
Learn about the nature of epilepsy in adults and children, the disorders with which it can be confused, its investigation and treatment, its implications for mood and cognition, and the experience of patients during our one
day conference organised by Prof Adam Zeman and Tim Malone. Watch Prof Zeman discussing the conference. For more information and to book a place, please visit this link
CPD points applied through the Royal College of Physicians
10% early bird discount if delegates book before 19 th February 2016 Email: UEMS_CPD@exeter.ac.uk or Call 01392 722964
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GP Engagement Event
Tuesday 15 March 2016 : 6pm - 9pm
St Cecilia's Lounge, St Michaels Hospital, Hayle, TR27 4JA
CLICK HERE for more information and to reserve your place.
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GP PARTNER / SALARIED GP
FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME OPTION
WESTOVER SUGERY, FALMOUTH
We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic doctor with the energy to help develop our Practice. We
are a long established Practice based in the centre of Falmouth and can promise challenging but rewarding work. Flexibility and a sense of humour are essential!
Friendly and well respected Practice
Team of 6 GPs
List size of 8,000 patients
Minor Ops
Training of Medical Undergraduates
Full range of nursing services and Chronic Disease Clinics
Supported by excellent nursing and admin teams
Start date flexible for right candidate.
To apply, please send letter and CV to David Whitworth, Westover Surgery, Western Terrace, Falmouth,
Cornwall TR11 4QJ. For further information or informal discussion please contact David Whitworth,
01326 212 120, david.whitworth@nhs.net
Closing date: 31 March 2016
Camborne, Cornwall
NO BUILDING BUY IN!
Part-time partner required to join a friendly dynamic team with 4 partners based in a small town surrounded by
rural countryside and beautiful north coast beaches.
Undergraduate Teaching Practice
Training Practice With Two Registrars
Consistent High QOF achievement. EMISWeb
On site District Nurses, Macmillan Nurse, Speech Therapist, Dentist
& Community Matron.
We would welcome any informal enquiries or visits which will be kept confidential.
If wishing to apply please send your CV and covering letter to:
Tim Keech, Claire El-Borai, Ana Emberton and Rebecca Matthews
Phoenix Surgery, Rectory Road,
Camborne, Cornwall TR14 7DL
Tel. 01209 714876
Closing Date 14th April 2016
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Informal enquiries and visits are welcome please telephone: 01288 270580
To apply to join our friendly team please send your CV to Dr Mike Dowling: mike.dowling@nhs.net
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In return they received something called The Acorn prize. Hardly an Oscar. However dear readers, my eyes lit up and the old antennae started twitching when I discovered there was a cash prize of ten
thousand smackeroos attached to the award.
Suddenly this all seemed so much more worthwhile. Not least because according to a recent article in the
Plymouth Herald patient care is deteriorating at more than half of GP practices across the South West.
This shocking revelation was the result of a survey of nearly three thousand practices across the country
carried out by the BMA. Cornwalls very own BMA GP executive member, Dr Beth McCarrot, opined this
was clearly the result of a rising workload.
I have therefore been devising my own five-star scheme to reduce patient demand. Inspired by
events in Hertfordshire, it will be known as the CRAP (Cunning Removal of Awful Patients) test. It also involves a finger prick test, but using a needle so large and blunt that the malingering so-and-sos will never
darken the doors of the Abandonhope Surgery ever again. The blood obtained can then be safely disposed of in your nearest sharps bin. No laboratory costs involved at all. Eureka!
All I have to do now is to sit back and await the accolades, and the loot. Please feel free to be as sycophantic as you like
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