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- Coventry and Warwickshire Pathology Services (CWPS) Notification of Change to Haematology Full Blood Count and Reticulocyte Reporting
- C1372 – Vaccinations for NHS staff entering care homes
- myGP Connect – end of contract
- Post Positive PCR Antibody Testing Initiative (PPPATI) – UK roll out
- BD Blood Tubes – update on European stock
- Self-Referrals SWFT Physiotherapy
- West Midlands Ambulance Service University Foundation Trust Letter
- Imaging results are not being sent to the Correct GP
- Removal of children and young people from the Shielded Patient List
- Consultant Connect – Updated Guidance on when to use UHCW Paediatrics A&FG Pilot
- Digital Medicine messages: Auto-filing flu vaccine code
- NHS Cervical Screening Programme – National Ceasing Audit
- GPES Long Covid: Local support documents
- URGENT – BD Supply Disruption communications
- Vaccinating Children
- Help end Rough Sleeping https://www.streetlink.org.uk/
- National Electronic Dermatology Guidelines for the Treatment and Referral of Common Skin Conditions https://www.pcds.org.uk/desktop-treatment-guide
- NHS App & COVID Pass – Social Media Kit for the NHS Family
- 2WW Referral Pathways
- Information for clinical staff BD Blood Specimen Collection Portfolio supply disruption NHS guidance on recommended actions
- Consultant Connect –Telephone and Messaging Advice & Guidance success in July
- Autumn online support programme for Coventry & Warwickshire Long Covid patients
- Survey Request – Part 2 (MSc Thesis): Digital Technology Adoption For The Assessment of Cognition in Primary Health Care
- GP Safeguarding Leads and Named Safeguarding GPs conference being hosted by NHSE/I on 4th November 2021
- Climate Change Survey – The Role of Primary Care in Tackling the Climate Emergency
- Communities and Partnerships Newsletter Update 17/08/2021 – Funding opportunity
- For the attention of immunisers – Inactivated Influenza, LAIV and HPV PGDs
- Support for GPs in Coventry and Warwickshire – what is available?
- NHS App – Covid Vaccination Certificate
- NHS App – BT Guide
- Becton Dickinson (Blood Specimen Collection Portfolio): supply disruption recommended actions
- Serious Shortage Protocol – Fluoxetine 10mg tablets
- GP IT Newsletters and Shared Inboxes Message for GP Practices
- Accessing Recordings via One Drive – 16th August 21
- Respiratory Primary care Updates
- Research updates from the Unit of Academic Primary Care at Warwick University
- UHCW Primary Care update
- Over 50s alcohol helpline
- Sky Blues in the Community Fit Fans Launch
- BCG Immunisation Programme: Changes from September 2021
- Missing Vaccine Information
- Consultant Connect Service Update – New Paediatrics A&G Pilot
- General prescribing guidance for the dying adult
- One Drive Data Cleansing Exercise
- Women and Gambling Related Harms – free 2 CPD training
- July Flu Immunisation newsletter
- Controlled Drugs Newsletter
- Updates and guidance for general practice
- Compassion in Dying packs request – posters to all primary care
- National flu immunisation programme 2021 to 2022 letter
- UHCW Services Update for Primary Care
- Cervical Screening Operational Comms
- NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme
- COVID-19 Exemption from Contact Isolation – Primary Care
- Learning Disability Advice Email Address
- Update on 2ww form for Lower GI and Gynaecology
- Consultant Connect Service Reminder – Are you making the most out of the service to ease summer pressures?
- Re-opening of CWPT Diabetes clinics from 1st August
- PTSD Support for Community
- Supply issue with Clexane® (enoxaparin) pre-filled syringes
- Go Live of Myton Hospice Read Only Access to SWFT Community EMIS
- GP referral form for Covid-19 vaccination with history of allergy
- COVID-19 Encouraging Vaccinations Arts Project
- SMI Annual Physical Health Check Survey
- Extension of temporary changes to GP Contract under the pandemic regulations.
- iPlato Decommission Statement
- NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme
- Consultant Connect – GP Feedback on UHCW Cardiology A&G Pilot
- PTSD Support for Community
- NICE guideline publication – Type 1 diabetes in adults: diagnosis and management
- Local health leaders issue open letter on Covid concerns
- NHS guidance on PPE
- Chloramphenicol Eye Drops
- An update on MENtalk
- iPlato Decommission Statement
- Email Phishing Warning
- Pop-up Covid Vaccination clinics
- ICR and GPDPR information for Practices
- Aspiring Leaders Fellowships – GP Workforce workstreams
- IAPT support for University students affected by wider Covid impact
- Prioritising Annual Health Checks
- Free webinar masterclasses for healthcare professionals
- Changes to the NHS eReferral service
- Parents & Carers survey
- Free Kooth webinars
- Bedworth Civic Hall Covid Vaccinations
- Outbreak of Invasive Group A streptococcus
- Adult Hearing Service Suspension of Mediscan Diagnostics Services
- Long Covid & Weight Management Enhanced Services 21/22
- PCN Updates
- One Minute Guide – Carers & Young Carers
- Silent Sounds Crossing Language Barriers
- Notification of Infectious Diseases
- Consultant Connect – the importance of recording Advice & Guidance outcomes and how to earn CPD points
- Important OxyShop update
- Drop-in vaccination centres in Coventry and Warwickshire this week
- NHS asymptomatic staff testing: Lateral flow device distribution and assuring compliance to testing regimes.
- New NHS Cervical Screening Management System – go live 30th October 2021
- Information Governance – Service Provider for all GP Practices
- Primary Care Data Gathering Programme (Coventry and Warwickshire)
- Removal of Home Oxygen Order Form (HOOF) Email Facility
Healthwatch annual report - Important update to the Fitter Futures adult weight management criteria
- Diabetes newsletter
- West Midlands Familial Hypercholesterolemia Service
- Out of Hours Cover Warwickshire North
- UHCW Cardiology Pilot
- Prescribing Dashboard for March 2021
- Reduce referrals & admissions with Consultant Connect
- Peer support for parents of young people who self harm
- Consultant Connect – using the GP liaison line
- Consultant Connect NEW cardiology A&G pilot
- Requests for medical information and opinion on ‘connected persons’ (Fostering health report for care arrangements for children and young people)
- Covid testing and advising / responding to patients
- Consultant Connect Typical response times
- NHSE/I Letter to women and girls taking sodium valproate
- Eating Disorder Information for Primary Care
- CQC Monitoring update
- National Learning Disability Awareness Week
- Governing Body meeting slides
- New audiology service
- Consultant Connect Service Update – Cardiology Phone/Photo A&G Pilot @ UHCW
- Consultant Connect – Coventry, Rugby Warwickshire North Monthly Highlights
- Change of Variant Names
- Primary Care Data Gathering Programme (Coventry and Warwickshire)
- Focus on Exploitation online event
- Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month
- Health Inequalities, Social Isolation, Wellbeing Webinars for males in NHS
- New guide for LGBT patients
- Primary Care Improvement Community Newsletter
Practice News 4 June 2021
- Update: CCG Change of Email Addresses
- UPDATED: UK Infection Prevention and Control Guidance
- New phase of #YouAreNotAlone: Partner Pack
- Consultant Connect
- Spirometry Questionnaire
- Creative Health Programmes Briefing June 2021
- West Midlands Cervical Screening Services Newsletter
- Coventry & Warwickshire Area Prescribing Committee Newsletter
- Delay to CCG Change of Email Addresses and Reminder: Junk Mail Issues
- Reminder: Letter from the CCG Governing Body..
- Resources for patients anxious about cervical screening
- Field Safety Corrective Action (Recall)
- Consultant Connect
- HCP Cancer Update newsletter
- Letter from the Governing Body
- Primary Care and Looked after children
- COVID-19 vaccination status in the NHS App and the new Fast Track ID feature
- RISE CYP Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team
- Changes to Mental Health Service contact details at Stratford Healthcare
- Crisis Plus Initiative to support people in mental health crisis
- NCMD report on child mortality and deprivation
- Ethnicity-specific BMI cutoffs for obesity based on type 2 diabetes risk in England: a population-based cohort study
- Primary Care Data Gathering Programme (Coventry and Warwickshire)
- CCG Change of Email Addresses and Junk Mail Issues
- Consultant Connect Webinar for Warwickshire North Practices
- Primary Care Mental Health in Coventry and Warwickshire including Mental Health Practitioner Roles (ARRS)
- RISE CYP Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team
- A new Breast Cancer Support group
- Insulin Safety Week: 17th – 23rd May 2021
- Annual Health Checks
- NHS Elective accelerator
- GEH Post COVID Syndrome Pathways
- One Minute Guides
- Free transportation to vaccine sites
- Microsoft 365- FINAL REMINDER Devices with Office 2010 will be disabled from 21 May 2021
- Non-Obstetric Ultrasound Service
- Vaccination Data Quality Issues
- Patient Removal Guidelines for GP Practices
- Prescribing Dashboard for October 2020
- CQRS Service Offers 2021/22
- Insulin Safety Week – 17th – 23rd May
Practice News 7 May 2021
- Support being provided to India during Covid-19 Crisis
- Important Information – Roro Chan Challenge – recent suicide of 13 year old female
- Domestic Abuse Act – What do you need to know
- UHB services update sessions
- Consultant Connect – April highlights
- Please Read: CQRS Service Offers 2021/22 Reminder
- Restoration
- Carenotes Essential Maintenance
Practice News 30 April 2021
- Mental Health support services available to Warwickshire residents
- Coventry Mental Health support services
- Standardised GP Appointment Categories – Guidance and Webinarse also some National Standards of Cleanliness (NSoC) Policies
- Two Week Wait Referrals for Gynae and Head and Neck at UHCW
- Arthroplasties Wound Advice from Surgeons
- Insulin Safety Week
- Warwickshire North Diabetes Foot Clinic