GP
General Practitioners play an important role in looking after patients in the community. They would typically, promote, prevent, initiate treatment and refer patients into secondary care. GP's look after patients with chronic illnesses with an aim to keep them in their own home and ensure that they are as well as possible. This is where GPs can come to find out information about what offers, funding and development opportunities the Training Hub currently has on offer.
On this page you can find a list of training and development opportunities available to GPs. If you are looking for specific support available to you depending on the stage of your career, you will find links to these areas at the bottom of this page.
Wise 5 initiatives for late career GPs, click here for more information
Find out more: NHS England » GP Retention Scheme guidance and resources
Support and initiatives available for First5 GPs, click here for more information
Diadem tool for GPs – GPs diagnosing advanced dementia in care homes
There are some Herts care home residents with advanced dementia whom have never had a formal diagnosis.
In these cases, a referral to memory services is rarely desirable. It is likely to be distressing for the individual and is usually unnecessary. These referrals are also putting added pressure onto the memory clinic.
People with advanced dementia, their families and staff caring for them, still benefit from a formal diagnosis. It enables access to appropriate care to meet individual needs and prompts staff to consider MCA and DOLs issues where appropriate.
Please use the Diadem tool for diagnosing advanced dementia in care homes: Diagnosing-mental-health-in-care-homes-DiADeM-tool.pdf
Then add clinical coding to the patient record.
For useful YouTube videos about Diadem please see here- Advanced Dementia Mandate - YouTube
Training and Development Opportunities:
Please see below a list of Hospice's across Hertfordshire and West Essex which offer an education programme. Please use the links under each hospice to find out more.
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