Watch GM Primary Care and Community Nursing Forum 19/07/2022

Download resources and watch a recording of the virtual meeting of the Greater Manchester Primary Care and Community Nursing Forum held on Tuesday 19th July 2022.

The agenda included:​

  • Welcome and purpose of the session (Kerry Porter, Primary Care Workforce Programme Manager, NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care)
  • GM Greener Inhaler Programme & PCN Inhaler Targets (Dr David McKelvey, Greater Manchester Clinical Lead in Sustainability in Primary Care & Sarah Minton, Practice Nurse, Shevington Surgery)
  • Early cancer diagnosis and cancer referral pathways (Dr Sarah Taylor, GP Cancer Early Diagnosis Lead for Greater Manchester & Alison Jones, Director of Cancer Commissioning and Early Diagnosis, GM Cancer)
  • CARE Programme (Lesley Royle-Pryor, Jonathan Henderson & Kerry Porter, GM Primary Care Workforce Team, NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care)

Followed by breakout sessions focussing on:

  • Menopause (Michelle Maloney, System Health & Wellbeing Project Manager, NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care)
  • Early cancer diagnosis and cancer referral pathways (Dr Sarah Taylor, GP Cancer Early Diagnosis Lead for Greater Manchester & Alison Jones, Director of Cancer Commissioning and Early Diagnosis, GM Cancer)
  • Cancer Care Reviews (Dr Steve Churchill, Primary Care Clinical Lead for Personalised Care, GM Cancer)
  • Non-Medical Prescribing update: the challenges of changing prescribing (Jole Hannan, Commissioning & Interface Pharmacist | Non-Medical Prescribing Lead, NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care (Bolton))

Download presentations and resources:

  • Presentation – GM Greener Inhaler Programme & PCN Inhaler Targets
  • MART training sessions – GPs, Practice Nurses, Pharmacists are welcome to join this ‘how to’ session on MART (Maintenance And Reliever Therapy) inhaler therapy. This session aims to answer: Who would MART be suitable for? How to implement changes? And how can it support the move to more environmentally friendly inhalers?
  • Presentation – Menopause
  • Insight into … Menopause Awareness for Peer Support – This insight into session is a great opportunity for line managers and colleagues to educate themselves on the signs and symptoms of menopause and how to have supportive conversations. If you are a colleague or manager wanting to learn more, then this session is for you.

Watch a recording of the meeting below.

Main meeting

CARE Programme – part 1

CARE Programme – part 2

CARE Programme – Jane Templeton

CARE ProgrammeCatherine Akosile

CARE Programme – Jennifer Crozier

Menopause

Early cancer diagnosis and cancer referral pathways

Cancer Care Reviews 

Non-Medical Prescribing update: the challenges of changing prescribing

Closing Remarks