Current Highlights
Next Meeting
LPC Contractors Meeting on Wednesday 16th July 2008 at 7.30pm
Pharmacy - White Paper and Update from Wandsworth PCT and Sutton & Merton PCT
(A hot buffet will be served from 7.00pm)
SM&W LPC urges all Community Pharmacists (including Pharmacy Managers and Locums) to attend this important meeting. There will be also a Q&A session with the LPC Committee members.
If you would like to attend the meeting please e mail to Dinesh Patel (Sec SM&WLPC) at dinesh.patel@smwlpc.org.uk
Next Stage Review Next Stage Review Next Stage Review Next Stage Review and Vision
The final report of the Our NHS, our future review and the vision for Primary and Community Care have been published
High Quality Care For All sets a new foundation for a health service that
empowers staff and gives patients choice. It ensures that health care will be
personalised and fair, include the most effective treatments within a safe
system, and help patients to stay healthy.
The report will give patients more say through initiatives such as care plans
for those with long term conditions, a guarantee that the most effective drugs
available to all and providing the right to chose care providers, including GPs.
Personal budgets will be piloted for 5000 patients with complex conditions.
People will be helped to stay healthy through the investment of record amounts
in well being and prevention services. The new “Reduce Your Risk” campaign to
raise awareness of free vascular checks for 40-74 year-olds.
Front line staff will be enabled to initiate and lead change that improves quality of care for patients. There will be no new targets from the centre, with service providers accountable to patients and the public. There will be a clinical voice at every level of the service, and investment in new programmes of clinical leadership.
A new workforce strategy will fully support NHS staff. The new independent body NHS Medical Education England will scrutinise workforce planning proposals for doctors and dentists. The investment in foundation periods for nurses will triple and a new tariff-based system for education funding will see funding follow the student, improving transparency and rewarding quality.
A summary of the report is available by clicking here.
The vision for Primary and Community Care - more information is available by clicking here.