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A NOTE FROM DR CAPLAN

As you are aware, the last 12 months have seen huge changes within the practice.

 

Firstly, we successfully extended the building, providing two more much needed consulting rooms and an office for Debbie Beels, our Practice Manager.

 

On 31st March 2016,  we saw the departure of Drs. Blockley, Morais and Mustafa, to work in other areas of Greater Manchester.  We were confronted with the task of recruiting a new team of GP’s and clinicians to meet the challenges currently faced by the NHS and ensure that all of us at Park View Medical Centre continue to provide an excellent primary care service to our patients.

 

Dr.  Saadi Hasan joined us on 1st April 2016.  An experienced GP, he previously worked in places as far apart as Oldham and New Zealand.  We are delighted to have him with us and on 1st April 2017 he will become a partner in the practice along with  Dr. Esther Isaacson, Dr. Suzanne Arron and myself.

 

Dr. Suzanne Arron joined the practice in January 2017 and is also an experienced GP, having worked in Collyhurst for 8 years.

 

Dr. Esther Isaacson previously worked in London but has moved back to her home city of Manchester along with her husband and 3 children.

 

I am delighted that all three will become partners in the practice from 1st April.

 

Our nursing team remains a vital and integral part of the practice, very ably led by our experienced Sister Angela Boucher, well  supported by Sister Karen Stone.   A recent welcome addition has been trainee Practice Nurse Chelsea Sammon.  A fully qualified nurse, Chelsea has previously worked as a District Nurse and will train with us in those aspects of nursing care specific to General Practice.

 

We have also welcomed a hospital based pharmacist into our team who  works afternoons  and whose  input into medicines management has been invaluable.

 

Dr. Helen Bain has been with us since November 2014, working one day a week.  She is one of a group of GP’s with a special interest in emergency medicine, working four days a week in A & E at NMGH.  Sadly she is leaving us at the end of March for pastures new.  However, her colleague, Dr. Stephen Gerrard, who works four days a week at Rochdale A & E, remains with us, working one day a week, having also joined us in April 2016.

 

Dr. Qurat Malik is a long term locum whose help has been invaluable.

 

The practice could not function without our hardworking and dedicated administrative team led by Debbie Beels, our Practice Manager.  They are:-

 

Susanne Williams, senior receptionist.

Veronica Rigby and her referrals management team of Siobhan Riley and Marlene Gunder.

Michelle Charity as Prescription Supervisor along with Jodie Carroll, responsible for prescriptions management.

Mel Mcudden, Pat Gowan, Denise Pearson and Fran Mitchell.

 

Finally and most importantly, I would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to you, our patients, for your understanding during this period of change.  We recognize that it can be difficult when there are lots of new staff and your patience and support has been very much appreciated.  It has made the process so much easier.

 

Please rest assured, despite the rumors, that I have no plans to retire.

 

I look forward to the continued growth and success of Park View Medical Centre, where our aim remains to continue to provide the highest standard of medical care in a holistic manner.

 

With best wishes

 

Dr. Mandy Caplan

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Statement of Intent

 

Statement of Intent

New contractual requirement came into force from 1 April 2014 requiring that GP Practices should make available a statement of intent in relation to the following IT developments:

1. Summary Care Record (SCR)

2. GP to GP Record Transfers

3. Patient Online Access to their GP Record

4. Data for commissioning and other secondary care purposes

The same contractual obligations require that we have a statement of intent regarding these developments in place and publicised by 30 September 2014.

　

Please find below details of the Practices stance with regards to these points.

　

Summary Care Record (SCR)

NHS England require Practices to enable successful automated uploads of any chance to patients summary information, at least on a daily basis, to the summary care record (SCR) or have published plans to achieve this by 31 March 2015. Having your summary care record (SCR) available will help anyone treating you without your full medical record. They will have access to information about any medication you may be taking and any drugs that you have a recorded allergy or sensitivity to.

Of course if you do not want your medical records to be available in this way then you will need to let us know so that we can update your record.

Parkview Medical Centre confirm that your SCR is automatically updated on at least a daily basis to ensure that your information is as up to date as it can possibly be.

　

GP to GP Record Transfers

NHS England requires Practices to utilise the GP2GP facility for the transfer of patient records between Practices, when a patient registers or de-registers (not for temporary registration).

It is very important that you are registered with a Doctor at all times. If you leave your GP and register with a new GP, your medical records will be removed from your previous Doctor and forwarded on to your new GP via NHS England. It can take your paper records up to two weeks to reach your new surgery. With GP to GP record transfers, your electronic record is transferred to your new Practice much sooner.

Parkview Medical Centre confirm that GP to GP transfers are already active and we send and receive patient records via this system.

　

Patient Online Access to Their GP Record

NHS England requires Practices to promote and offer the facility to enable patient’s online access to appointments, prescriptions, allergies and adverse reactions, or have published plans in place to achieve this by 31 March 2015.

We currently offer the facility for booking and cancelling appointments and also for ordering your repeat prescriptions on-line. This is done completing an online registration form either at reception or downloading from website and bringing to reception, You will need to provided ID as per the registration letter . You will then be able to activate your registration.

We now offer patients the facility to view, export or print  coded information from their records i.e. items agreed between the Practice and the Patient.

Data for Commissioning and Other Secondary Care Purposes

It is already a requirement of the Health & Social Care Act that Practices must meet the reasonable data requirements of commissioners and other health and social care organisations through appropriate and safe data sharing for secondary care usage, as specified in the technical specification for care data

At Parkview Medical Centre we have specific arrangements in place to allow patients to "opt out" of care.data which allows for the removal of data from the Practice.

Please contact the surgery if you require further information or for the forms to "opt out".

 

We take part in the National Diabetes Audit this collects anynomous data on care being provided for patients with diabetes this is usually around Julu, if you do not wish your data to go please let us know.

　

Parkview Medical Centre confirm these arrangements are in place and that we undertake annual training and audits to ensure that all our data is handled correctly and safely via the Information Governance Toolkit.

16.5.2017



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