Dear NELG Member,
Dear Colleague
This newsletter contains various current items of interest in education and appraisal and revalidation.
This letter is written by Dr Paula Wright
Northern Deaenery Tutor for Sessional Gps.
This one day conference offers talks and workshops on:
Working as GP locum in a Locum Chambers- Richard Fieldhouse, Chair NASGP
· Negotiations skills
· Leadership skills
· Online resources
· Giving and receiving Feedback
· revalidation
· self directed learning groups
· Historical perspectives on the role of Sessional GPs –
· Leaving partnership to develop your career–
· contracts of employment
· job planning
LIMITED PLACES STILL AVAILABLE- BOOKING ADVISED PROMTPLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT
ENQUIRIES 2223079
FLYER ON educational events page of nelg anmd deanery sessional GP page
£45/day £25 half day- closing date 10 June
Information regarding obtaining training in this area is available on the Education section of the NELg website.
Well it seems like things change from weeks to week here...
The RCGP has published it "guide to revalidation" on the RCGP website. This is still a consultation document but mirros the approach we have
The GMC has rewritten Good Medical Practice for the purposes of revalidation to cover four domains
o Knowledge , skills and performance
o Safety and quality
o Communication , partnership and teamwork
o Maintaining trust
Each of these four domains has three broad criteria, giving a 12 point grid of performance criteria against which appraisee performance will be judged, based on the evidence they submit [this grid can be found on GMC website at this address http://www.gmc-uk.org/about/reform/Framework_4_3.pdf
There is a revalidation demo site which is worth a visit-
https://demo.nhsrevalidationtoolkit.org
Revalidation will include the need to undergo 360 feedback- and currently the GMC's own tool is likely to be approved for revalidation.
The RCGP CPD credits system is the only college system that is not based on hours of CPD and at the moment the added of costs of this make it doubtful that this will go ahead.
The key thing is to make sure you are having your annual appraisal and using the NHS appraisal toolkit whenever possible.
You should contact you local PCT appraisal team and appraisal lead to ensure you have all exisiting local guidance on appraisal issued by your PCT. You need to be pro-active about this.
North of Tyne NHS now manages its appraisal matching (between appraisees and appraisers via a website). If you havent been contacted with a pass word to enable you to do this you should contact the appraisal team
gpappraisals@northoftyne.nhs.uk
including your GMC # and which performers list you are on and ask for a password.
I recently updated appraisal contacts for the PCts on the NELg website.
You should also keep an eye on the deanery appraisal page.
The North Of Tyne Appraisal lead has recently written to practices requested that they support locums GPs in obtaining evidence for appraisal and revalidation. The following is an extract from the letter which cabe found on the appraisals page of NELG.
The following actions would be very helpful in trying to ensure that locums can place
themselves in a position to be revalidated:
1. Assisting with distribution of patient surveys and also peer/colleague feedback
surveys 'and to support them to discuss and interpret patient and colleague feedback
2. Informing locums promptly of any complaints received or significant events, which
involve them or may impact on their work at your practice
3. Facilitating access by locums to computer systems and records outside of booked
surgery times to carry out audit, if appropriate to consider providing some
admin/practice pharmacist time to help locums to set up and carry out an audit that
could be helpful for the practice as well as their own appraisal folder
The following actions would be helpful in supporting locums maintain the highest
possible standards of clinical care:
1. Informing locums of urgent Department of Health or PCT communications
2. Cascading to locums any information you have about local educational events
3. Inviting locums to participate in practice meetings relating to clinical issues and
services, education, prescribing and significant events.
Apologies to those who turned up for the talk last month (despite my email notifying everyone of cancellation...)
The speaker pulled out the day before.
We have talks lined up so far as follows (please consult nelg website for further info):
-June 3rd pandemic flu- Dr Mengkhaw
-July 1st - Knee and Hips
-August- Fats5 guidelines
-Sep- TBC
Oct- Epilepsy
[always first wed of each month)
If you want to be included in electronic cascades of CMO alerts and other clinical newsletter from the PCT you should contact the following:
kay.jordan@sotw.nhs.uk for South of Tyne NHS
linda.doidge@northtyneside-pct.nhs.uk
for North of Tyne NHS