The section of Primary Care
is innovative and creative in its approach and values the input of all professionals in
primary care. All our meetings, discussions and debates are multi-professionally focused
and will benefit all people working in Primary Care: Nurses, Practice Managers, General
Practitioners, Professions Allied to Medicine, Pharmacists etc.
Generally we meet 3-4 times a year in the early evening for about
2 hours (including light refreshments) and have a debate or presentation and discussion
around a topical subject related to Primary Care. For example NSFs, Palliative care, Nurse
Prescribing and Patient Practitioner Relationships are amongst many of them.
However, we
need more ideas, more topics and definitely enthusiastic people to join our section and
also join the evening debates. So, speak to your staff and/or colleagues and advertise
this Web Page as much as you can.
PAST
TOPICS
Listed below are the topics that have been discussed
in the past meetings:
Tuesday 2nd October 2001 -
"Do we need doctors to prescribe?" - Dr J Cooke
(Director if Pharmacy and deputy Director of Research and Development,
South Manchester
University Hospital NHS Trust)
Tuesday 6th November 2001 -
"Intensive Care in the Community" - There were two speakers
discussing this topic: Dr A Verma (Staff Physician, Manchester Adult
Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital) talked about the service that the Manchester
Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre provides for patients at home. She described that the Centre
provides a home intravenous service which give patients the choice of not having to be
admitted. The Unit provides them with all medications, supplies as well as comprehensive
training and information. They also look after terminal patients at home liaison with the
general practitioners and district nurses, allowing patients to die at home with their
friends and family around them. The second speaker Ms L Phillips (Team
Leader, Bolton Rapid Response Unit) described the work of the Response Unit and talked
about care patients at home from a nursing perspective.
Tuesday 5th February 2002 -
"Health inequalities: the role of local strategic partnerships and primary
care trusts" - Dr A Hoskins (Director of Public Health,
Manchester Health Authority)
Thursday 9th
May 2002 -
"National Service Frameworks: How to
have a unified way" - Dr
M Adil (Regional Consultant in Public Health Medicine)
Tuesday
1st October 2002 -
"The financial regime of an NHS Trust"
- Mr A Gibson (Directorate Accountant, Surgical
Services Group, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust) & Mr N Khashu
(Accountant, Corporate Services, Salford Royal Hospitals
NHS Trust)
Tuesday
6th May 2003 -
"A match made in Manchester" - Mr A Butters (Chief Executive of
Manchester Mental Health Social Care Trust). Mr Butters lecture described that
the Mental Health Social Care Trust was one of the first established in the
country. His talk covered how and why Manchester Mental Health and Social
Trust was established. It also outlined its interaction with primary care,
what is has achieved and its view of the future.
Tuesday
7th October 2003
-
"Finance and
commissioning: a Primary Care Trust perspective"
- Mr D King (Director of Finance, North
Manchester Primary Care Trust)
Tuesday 3rd February 2004 -
"Asthma in inner cities: an academic and practical approach" -
Professor D Baker (Professor of Public Health, University of Salford) -
An academic view
Ms L Fern (Asthma Specialist Nurse, Rusholme Health Centre) - A
practical approach
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