January 2024 Newsletter

Good morning

We are coming to the end of the first month of 2024 and general practice is as busy as ever! The CQC Single Assessment Framework has been operational for nearly two months and the final roll out will be in early February, we have been looking at what the early CQC Assessments have been focusing on. Working with PCNs, we have been looking ahead at what is in store for after March 2024 and how to begin preparing for the unknown.

We have our free CQC and PCN Chats where we will be discussing this as well as anything else you would like to talk about and this month we have Masterclasses focusing on CQC and PCN issues.

Knowing that now is a good time to take stock of where you are as a PCN, we are also offering free PCN Health Checks focusing on PCN governance, the DES, IIF and CAP and your workforce plus anything else that comes up!

As always at DKJ, if you have any questions please get in touch with us any time!

Events

CQC Single Assessment Framework Webinar

Thursday 1 February 12.30-13.30

 

We have teamed up with our friends at Quality Compliance Systems to chat about all things CQC Single Assessment Framework in General Practice.

Join our Director Kiran Johnson and Dr Victoria Hoyle with Lindsay Rees, Head of Social Care Content on Thursday 1 February at 12.30 where we will be discussing I statements, We statements, evidence categories and what we are seeing from the practices who have gone through this process already.

 

Want to join on Thursday 1 February at 12.30pm? Reserve your seat below.

Reserve your seat here

Primary Care Networks Manager Chat

Monday 5 February 12.00-12.30

Come and join other PCN Managers and Practice Managers from across the country chat about all things PCN at our free PCN Chat which is held on the first Monday of the month.

During our January PCN Chat we discussed:

  • Pharmacy First and engagement with PCNs
  • Mental Health Practitioners and alternative models of care
  • PCN PPGs and patient representation
  • PCN Limited Companies and how to be ready for a CQC inspection
  • Funding and reimbursable rates for PCN premises
  • Update on ARRS budgets

Want to join our next one on Monday 5 February at 12pm? Reserve your seat below.

Reserve your seat here

Masterclass: The Single Assessment Framework

Are you up to speed with the changes to CQC and the Single Assessment Framework?

Join our Masterclass where we will cover:

  • The current process and how this fits into the ‘New World’
  • The components of the Single Assessment Framework
  • The Quality Statements
  • The I and We Statements
  • The 6 evidence categories
  • How this will work in your practice

Sound good? Join our Masterclass on Wednesday 14 February at 13.00. Book your seat below.

Reserve your seat here

CQC in General Practice Chat

Join our free CQC in General Practice Chat on the last Thursday of the month where practices from across the country chat about all things CQC.

 

At January’s CQC in General Practice Chat we discussed:

  • Updates to the CQC Portal and the roll out between now and March 2024
  • Update on the Single Assessment Framework and how CQC have been assessing GP Practices since November 2023
  • Mythbuster 13 Verification and Certifications of death changes
  • Hot Topics from recent CQC inspections and assessments
  • Infection Prevention and Control requirements including laminating posters in waiting rooms
  • DBS checks and the frequency that they are required
  • Google Reviews and how best to respond

Our next CQC in General Practice Chat is taking place Thursday 22 February at 9am, if you haven’t done so already make sure to book your seat below.

Reserve your seat here

Masterclass: Integrated Neighbourhood Teams


What are the key things needed to get started with setting up INT’s? Join our Masterclass where we will cover the key building blocks to setting up your INT including:

– Knowing your patient population
– Developing relationships and partnerships with your stakeholders
– Clinical leadership and capacity to lead
– Having the right managerial team to support INT leadership
– Time and headspace
– Knowing what services are available within the neighbourhood and seeing how they all fit in together
– Thinking and working differently to support patients and the wider community to deliver improved patient care

Sound good? Join our Masterclass on Wednesday 28 February at 13:00. Book your seat below.

Reserve your seat here

Information

Free PCN Health Check

We are working with over 130 PCNs nationally, supporting them with a wide range of issues including:

  • PCN Governance – Network Agreements, Data Sharing Agreements, PCN Board Terms of Reference and Succession Planning
    DES, IIF and CAIP Monitoring and Progress
  • ARRS Workforce Planning and making sure that you are maximising your budget
  • Planning for April 2024 – looking at Integrated Neighbourhood Teams and how to prepare for a PCN
  • From January, we are offering a free 30-minute PCN health check where we can discuss these matters as well as anything else you would like to chat about.

If this is of interest, please contact info@dkjsupportservices.co.uk

Pathfinder and The Single Assessment Framework

Over the last month as GP Practices gear up for the ‘new world’ of CQC inspections with the Single Assessment Framework, we have been demoing our CQC Assessment tool Pathfinder. Pathfinder includes all of the new Quality Statements, I & We Statements and is helping lots of practices prepare for their CQC assessment.

Take a look https://pathfindercqc.co.uk/ and please do get in touch if you would like a demo or want to know more about packages of support.

Digital and Transformation Managed Service for Primary Care Networks

We are thrilled to be delivering another service with our friends Redmoor Health – the PCN Digital and Transformation Managed Service.

Our PCN Digital and Transformation Managed Service (DMS) brings together a multi-disciplinary team of primary care specialists and digital technology experts to support your PCN with Digital Improvement and Transformation and PCN Management. So what do we do?

  • Support your PCN leadership team to understand current national and ICB asks
  • Hand hold you through the implementation of digital requirements and initiatives such as the Capacity and Access Improvement Plans
  • Guide and support staff and leaders to understand and make the most of the practice and PCN tools
  • Advising, guiding and training to shape your digital health provision roadmap
  • Complimentary access to the PCN Profiling tool, Digital Maturity Index
  • Provision of PCN Management including workforce planning and meeting contractual requirements, where required
    With funding options available through ARRS, Modern General Practice Transition or CAP funding, we can work flexibly to meet your local needs.

Fancy a chat about how we can support your PCN through this service? Get in touch info@dkjsupportservices.co.uk

 

Work with Us

Are you looking for project work and have worked in health and social care?

We are pleased to be looking for more Associates to work on national projects and provide interim support to primary care and social care organisations. We are especially keen to hear from experienced bid writers who have worked in the sector and would like to pick up some project work.

If you have experience working in primary or social care, we would love to hear from you and have a chat with you about how you can support us with our growing portfolio of work in these sectors.

If you are interested, please drop us your CV or a short personal statement to our Operations Manager at claire@dkjsupportservices.co.uk.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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