Urgent Care Centres
Are you Minor Illness' Trained?
A&E… SDEC… MAU… SAU… GP.
These are all acronyms describing distinct services that are bundled under “urgent and unscheduled care.” The level of integration and cross-referrals between these specialties has been well known but it is only recently that the NHS has sought to restructure exactly how we can ensure between flow of patients in unscheduled care settings.
Having worked in all of the services listed above, the discharge burden is high as well as the pressure to make quick decisions. Clinicians are required to competently take focused histories in order to make timely referrals. The idea is to place skilled clinicians in various specialty services together in a single building as opposed to a traditional hospital set up. This is so that clinicians can get advice quickly as well as refer to the appropriate specialty.
Now what does this mean for staff? As a GP trainee, I’ve already been asked to sign assessment specifically focused on clinical examination skills and topics surrounding acute/unscheduled care. As well as being up to date in Basic Life Support (BLS, we are also encouraged to obtain further qualifications in unscheduled care and discharge decision making.
We are Pareto work tirelessly to provide educational content that is most relevant to YOU. We are well aware of the minor/acute illness competencies our fellow MDT members need to obtain on a regular basis so we’ve decided to launch our Minor Illness’ Masterclass. Whether you’re primary or secondary care based, minor illness’ CPD is a requirement for us all.
This is an online, full day lecture series covering a number of topics. We aim to update your knowledge on the key minor illness’ as per the QoF criteria as well as giving you tips and tricks, by way of clinical scenarios as to how to recognise and treat minor illness’. We will cover respiratory, gastroenterology, ENT, ophthalmology, infectious diseases, MSK and more.
For only £49.99 you really don’t want to miss out! You can book here:
Can You Take a Good Mental Health History?
If you haven’t seen but we are growing on YouTube due to the success of our OSCE history taking videos. Myself and Kameel try to take the more commonly examined and encountered clinical scenarios and enact them for students and qualified professions to learn from. Our latest one is about how to effectively take a low mood history. Be sure to check it out, like and subscribe to our YouTube channel!
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