July 2013 - NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale

ISSUE
14 July 2013
Welcome from the Chair
Welcome to the
July issue of CCG
News.
As I write this,
the summer
heatwave is
reaching its peak
and a level three
heatwave alert
has been issued
for the North
West. You will all have received the email regarding
actions and advice to help protect those who are
vulnerable in hot weather.
The month started with the Association of Greater
Manchester CCGs and the decision to form the Committee
in Common. As you will be aware from your locality
meetings, this will involve a change to the constitution
and we are working through the necessary process to
enable this.
I attended a presentation of the formal consultation
process with example from the paediatric heart surgery
process and others which has increased my understanding
of how important it is to get this right to avoid judicial
review and hence a delay in this process. This will be
crucial both for Healthier Together and also any major
change that may occur across the local healthcare economy.
Across the North East sector, the commissioners had the
opportunity to review the cost improvement programmes
of our local providers to assure ourselves that they would
be achievable without deterioration in delivery and
quality. This is the first time commissioning organisations
have had the formal opportunity to assure themselves of
the providers’ savings plans and, on the whole, it was an
interesting process which will improve as time goes on.
The national primary care dashboard has now been
finalised and the launch that we were expecting came
in the form of a paragraph in the NHS England newsletter.
The version now available on the internet is the final one
and if you need the web address resending, please
contact your locality engagement officer. As you are
aware, anyone with an NHS.net email can access this
dashboard and we are still working on an early warning
scheme with the local medical council to help support
practices where necessary.
The first assessments of CCGs by the local area teams
have been released and HMR has been rated as a level
two (scale 1-4). The rating scale is such that any over
activity against plan is rated red and this automatically
drops you a grade. It will come as no surprise that it is
our unscheduled activity that has been our downfall.
The area team also called for demonstrator sites for
ideas and projects to decrease A&E attendance and
emergency admissions with improved integrated working
between local partners and increasingly innovative use
of technology. The area team was hoping to fund 12 bids
judged against strict criteria and HMR is fortunate to have
been able to submit two bids, which in my mind have a
good chance of success. The final decision will be made at
the end of July and, if successful, will mean a significant
investment in primary and integrated care in the CCG.
As you will also be aware, the CCG is stretched due
to vacancies and sickness – half the admin staff are
currently off sick – and this is putting significant strain on
the remaining employees who go above and beyond the
call to keep things working as smoothly as possible, so
please be patient and understand if they do not get
to your queries as quickly as you – or they – would like.
Dr Chris Duffy
Chair of NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CCG
Contents
Biography – Clive Porter, Lay Member 2
21 years of post-grad lectures 2
Information governance 2
Quick links 2
Newsletters and bulletins 2
Parental self-care 3
Meet our ironwoman 3
Minor eye conditions service 3
Allergic reactions guidelines 3
Provider/partner news 4

Quick links
• Next NHS HMR CCG Governing
Body meeting – 16 August
• GP MacMillan Cancer lead
opportunity
• Guidance on the use of NHSmail
for sending/receiving personal
confidential data
• Guidance on support for victims
of abuse in childhood
• Rochdale Ophthalmology Service
public open day – 10 August
• Course: The Professional Context
of General Practice Nursing (public
health)
• Workshop: Tackling inequalities in
access and outcome
• Quality Accounts Report 2012/13
for The Pennine Acute Hospitals
NHS Trust
• Event: Lipid Update XII –
25 November
• Pennine Care update on physical
health of people with severe
mental illness
• Rochdale CAMHS open day –
10 October
Newsletters and
bulletins
• Rochdale Improvement Board
News – Issue 4
• The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS
Trust’s GP/CCG bulletin – June
• Pennine News (PAHT) – July issue
• PAHT FT membership magazine –
summer issue
• NHS England CCG bulletin –
issue 37, 11 July
• NHS England CCG bulletin –
issue 38, 25 July
• AQuA Bulletin – issue 61, 5 July
• AQuA Bulletin – issue 60, 21 June
Clive Porter,
Lay Member
Clive is one of three lay members
on NHS HMR CCG’s governing
body. He has specific responsibility
for integrated risk management.
After graduating from the
University of Manchester,
Clive followed a career as a
civil engineer, then as a project
manager on major capital
projects, including several in the
NHS around Greater Manchester,
including Rochdale Infirmary.
He later became a partner of a construction consultancy and then
managing director of the management consultancy division of the
business. Now retired, he aims to bring expertise in commercial,
change and risk management, including procurement, to the
rapidly changing NHS environment and to support the
development of the CCG.
Clive believes we all have a responsibility to our families and
wider society to remain active, eat well and drink sensibly and
is keen to see the CCG promote public health initiatives in
conjunction with Rochdale Borough Council.
Information governance
The attached document is an introduction to the
Information Governance team within Greater Manchester
Commissioning Support Unit.
It outlines what the team offers to support GPs and practice
managers and includes contact details.
Celebrating 21 years
Rochdale Road Medical Centre has celebrated 21 years since
it began hosting post graduate lectures.
Dr Sajid Khan, GP at the practice, said: “We have been delivering
lectures on all different topics to an average of 30 doctors a
month from across the region since 7 July 1992. As it’s the
longest continuing programme of this kind in the region, we
thought it fitting to celebrate our 21st anniversary.”
Dr Mohamed Al-Alou, lung transplant consultant at Wythenshaw
Hospital, delivered a lecture around chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) on 3 July to mark the occasion.
To find out more about the lectures, contact Dr Khan
on 0161 643 8306 or by email sajidkhan@nhs.net.
02

Our ironwoman
Rochdale GP Jennie
Ransome is gearing
up to tackle one of the
toughest endurance
challenges in the world.
Jennie, who is a GP
at Stonefield Street
Surgery in Milnrow,
will take part in the
Ironman UK triathlon
on Sunday 4 August
to raise money for two
charities – Christian
Aid and Springhill
Hospice.
The gruelling race involves a 2.4-mile open water swim, a 112-mile cycle
and a 26-mile marathon finishing in Bolton town centre.
Jennie said: “My background is mainly running but I’ve done a couple of
half iron distance triathlons which have gone well and I’m training hard.
“I manage to fit the running and swimming around my life, but have used
annual leave to practice the cycling as you need to do up to seven hours
at a time.”
Jennie is hoping for dry, cool weather and her husband and children will
be there to support her on the day.
You can sponsor Jennie online on her Just Giving pages for Christian Aid
and for Springhill Hospice.
New sites for sore eyes
NHS Heywood, Middleton and
Rochdale Clinical Commissioning
Group has commissioned a minor
eye conditions service to allow
the assessment and management
of recent onset minor eye
conditions within the primary
care setting.
Management of the patient will
be maintained, where possible,
within this new primary care
service in order to reduce the
demand for urgent hospital
appointments.
From 19 August, patients can
self-refer or be signposted to
the service by GPs, optometrists,
pharmacists and A&E
Patients will need to telephone
the service provider to book an
appointment directly. Health
professionals signposting patients
to the service will be expected
to provide patients with written
details of the provider so that
the patients can make an
appointment. Where necessary,
health professionals can make an
appointment on their patient’s
behalf.
The service is provided by
accredited optometrists across
the Rochdale borough. Copies
of a patient leaflet containing
details of participating
optometrists and posters to
promote the service will be
sent out to all practices in
coming weeks.
Further information, including
the full list of conditions covered,
electronic copies of the leaflet
and poster, will be made available
on the CCG website in due course.
There is also a dedicated website
for patients www.hmrmecs.co.uk.
Guidelines on managing
allergic reactions in
children and young people
The Children’s Community Nursing Teams covering
Bury, Oldham and Rochdale, provided by Pennine
Care NHS Foundation Trust, have developed new
guidelines for how to manage allergic reactions
in children and young people.
The guidance states that all children and young
people with severe allergies and an adrenaline
auto injector pen prescribed should have an
up-to-date allergy management plan in place.
The child, parents and carers (including school
and nursery staff) will receive annual updates
for allergy awareness and administration of the
adrenaline auto injector pens.
To enable the delivery of this training, teaching
sessions will be delivered for health professionals.
Please see the guidance for details and
professional responsibilities.
Any queries should be directed to Donna Pearce,
Community Nursing Sister, Children’s Community
Team, on 01706 676333 or by email
donnapearce@nhs.net.
Teaching parents
to self-care
Dr Danielle Peet,
GP at Dr Stockton
and Thompson’s
Surgery, Middleton,
and Clinical Lead for
Children’s and
Maternity, has run
two pilot sessions
to help parents understand how best to care for
babies and young children.
The sessions took place on 19 and 26 July at Langley
Sure Start Children’s Centre and were well attended
and received by local parents.
Danielle said: “We regularly see high numbers of
parents bringing babies and young children to the
surgery with minor health ailments, so these
sessions were about giving parents the confidence
they need to self-care for their little ones while
understanding how to recognise symptoms and
when they need to seek medical advice.”
The sessions were led by parents and provided an
opportunity to gain views on what they would like
to see if they were rolled out across the borough in
the future.
Danielle added: “The parents were enthusiastic
about learning about things like what symptoms
to look out for in their children and understanding
when a temperature can be ok and when it’s not.
We also discussed what is important to have in the
home to help self-care.”
03

Provider/partner news
Consultant
honoured
in lifetime
achievement
award
A hospital consultant with 37
years’ NHS service has seen his
experience recognised at a
regional clinical research awards
ceremony.
Professor Philip Wiles, consultant
physician at North Manchester
General Hospital, which is part of
The Pennine Acute Hospitals
NHS Trust, was given a lifetime
achievement award by Greater
Manchester Clinical Research, for
his continued commitment to
diabetes research.
Read full story here.
Good health and
wellbeing is in reach
Local nurses are supporting
several of Rochdale’s
residential care homes to help
people to stay well and improve
their quality of life.
The ‘In-Reach Service’ involves
nurses from Pennine Care NHS
Foundation Trust working
closely with care home staff
to identify people most at risk
of developing a preventable
health condition. This can
include pressure ulcers, chest
infections, skin conditions, dehydration, nutritional deficiencies and
broken bones due to having an avoidable fall.
Read the full story online.
The Early
Help Offer
Rochdale Borough Council
has launched the Early
Help Offer – an initiative
to help families access the
information they need to
make their lives easier.
Part of the offer is the Family
Services Directory, which
contains details of a wealth
of organisations dedicated
to helping families solve
whatever problems they
might have.
Read more online.
Care from
hospital to
home
The transfer of care team,
provided by Pennine Care
NHS Foundation Trust, has
been extended to facilitate
patients’ safe and timely
discharge from hospital to
the community across Bury,
Oldham and Rochdale.
The service helps to reduce
the length of stay, reduce
readmissions and helps to
ensure timely and safe
discharges. Results from a
pilot study undertaken in
Rochdale demonstrated that
the scheme supported 94
patients over two months,
of which more than 60%
were referred to community
services resulting in increased
early discharge.
Read the full story here.
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