by SunderlandGPAlliance | Jun 14, 2016 | Newsletter
Early indications show that the Community Integrated Teams are beginning to impact on non-elective admissions in Sunderland, meaning lower hospital admissions and improved care for patients. Community Integrated Teams (CITs) were introduced in 2015 with five teams put...
by SunderlandGPAlliance | Jun 14, 2016 | Newsletter
The General Practice Forward View, recently published by NHS England, announced funding to extend the Clinical Pharmacy Pilot and recruit a further 1,500 pharmacists into General Practice. In Sunderland, as a pilot site, we’re ahead of the game and we have now...
by SunderlandGPAlliance | May 27, 2016 | Members-only
Early indications are that the Community Integrated Teams are beginning to impact on non-elective admissions in Sunderland, so congratulations to all involved in this tremendous achievement. The most recent available statistics show that, in the period prior to...
by SunderlandGPAlliance | May 25, 2016 | Members-only
In June we will be launching an ambulatory ECG service to enable GPs to request a 24 – 72 hour ECG in the community. Currently this service is only available via referral to Community Cardiology or CHS Cardiology. The new service should allow patients to receive...
by SunderlandGPAlliance | May 25, 2016 | Members-only
The MDT Coordinators within the Sunderland GP Alliance are in the process of going live with their own instance of EMIS Web Community. This will enable benefits such as streamlining the MDT process and improving the mechanism for referral into and following the MDT...
