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CASPeR extended for a further two years

9/12/2018

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We are delighted to announce that our Clinical Assessment and Peer Review (CASPeR) service across Hartlepool, Stockton and Darlington has been recommissioned for two years.

The service, in partnership with the CCG, is designed within the existing e-referral system and provides a second pair of eyes check for patient referrals into secondary care. CASPeR aims to create an easily accessible, agreed and updated pathway for local GPs, and then checked by fellow local clinicians. The checks never take longer than 48 hours.

Delivering CASPeR allows us to deliver a bespoke local solution, using local GPs as reviewers. It also helps us input into local pathways, as well as offering flexibility on how the system is used by our GPs.

Carl Gowland, head of operations and service delivery at Hartlepool and Stockton Health, said: “We were really pleased to have been recommissioned as a local service for a further two years, Instead of a faceless, national alternative.” 

“Our aim is to make sure all patients across the area get prompt access to the right specialist in the right place, and have the right tests to make sure that any treatment needed is done quickly." 

We want to make the system as easy to use as possible for practices so 
Bradleysanderson.hash@nhs.net is always interested in feedback.
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Meet the team - Bradley Sanderson – Service Coordinator

9/11/2018

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This month we caught up with Bradley, one of our service coordinators, who keeps our CASPeR service running smoothly.

​Let’s find out a little more about him...

Can you tell us a little bit more about your role?
I’m the service coordinator for CAsPeR (Clinical Assessment and Peer Review) and I oversee the smooth running of the service. I also sit on the Fit for the Future Board and I’m involved in multiple other services such as INR and Group Consultations.

How long have you worked at Hartlepool & Stockton Health?
I have worked for Hartlepool & Stockton Health for just over a year now.

What’s the best thing about working at Hartlepool & Stockton Health?
The great team I work with!

Tell us a little bit about your experience/background?
My background is healthcare, starting at a practice that I had worked for three years as a receptionist and administrator.

What are you passionate about?
I’m passionate about trying to help practices to achieve the most out of the services we offer, which will help their patient population. I’m also interested in helping to develop new innovative ways of working.

What does the future at Hartlepool & Stockton Health hold?
More and more growth!

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Interest in new Florence scheme to support GPs

9/6/2018

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We've had a lot of interest in our new scheme Florence, which will support local GP practices, and encourage new nurses to join primary care.

​Initially an 18 month programme, Florence will recruit nurses new to primary care and place them within host practices in Hartlepool and Stockton. The programme will be responsible for their overall training to become valuable new members of the workforce. We were over the moon to receive 29 applications for the first cohort on the scheme!

Workforce development, and nurses specifically, was a strong theme coming from our recent Fit for the Future strategy events and we have been working on ways to support this crucial area. 

Fiona Adamson, chief executive at Hartlepool and Stockton Health, was thrilled to have heard from so many practices interested in the scheme. She said “Florence will recruit nurses new to primary care, place them within host practices and be responsible for their overall training to become valuable new members of the workforce. We will be encouraging our new nurses to choose an area for specialist training in the last few months of the scheme, and our hope is that they can work with practices to decide what their local population most needs – perhaps COPD or diabetes expertise.”

“As well as encouraging nursing staff into primary care, the focus of the scheme is to take some of the pressure (and risk) away from practices. We understand just how much effort is needed to attract and train staff so we’ll take care of the recruitment and administration, and get nurses up to speed in terms of training.”

The CCG has been allocated some funding to use for Nursing Career Start and so we are hopeful that they will be able to give their support to the Federation scheme too.


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