We know that Matt Hancock is a passionate advocate of technology enabled care. His tech plan, published in 2018, outlined aims for the use of digital technology in health and social care, including the removal of outdated and obstructive NHS IT systems and promotion of “open standards, secure identity and interoperability”. So it was interesting…
There is only one week to go now until the winners are revealed! And as finalists in the ‘Digitising Patient Services’ category, we are getting excited! We wish all the finalists the best of luck! We are incredibly proud that our work with the NHS England and Improvement General Practice Nurse Ten Point Plan Team…
We’re getting lots of interest from NHS clinicians across the UK wanting to learn how to deploy Microsoft Teams to support person centred digital care. It’s perfect for delivering support for care home teams and for primary care teams to run video group clinics in their practice to maintain continuity of care for groups of…
The Video Group Clinics programme across all three sectors of the NHS in Wales is designed to help maintain continuity of care and support for high risk patients in Wales. This person centred care pathway really empowers those with chronic long term health conditions, such as diabetes and asthma, helping to self-manage and make lifestyle…
Our ‘making the most of video group clinics’ webinars are proving popular with primary care teams – and we regularly receive very positive feedback! Cath McLennan of Bay Medical Group attended yesterday’s VGCs webinar, which had a focus on Long Covid, and has sent us this great feedback. “The invite from you was very self-explanatory…
Video Group Clinics (VGCs) are an exciting new remote consultation model that enables clinicians to build community and connections with and between patients; especially those living with long term conditions. They are also very time efficient, realising up to 80% clinician time efficiency gains. If you or your teams would like to understand more about…
We are delighted to announce the two sessions we have been working on to support the system wide introduction of Video Group Clinics (VGCs) went live last week through the HEE e-Learning for Health Platform. Click on the link below to access and for more information: This joint Nursing Directorate (General Practice Nursing Ten Point…
Interesting survey by Ipsos MORI on patients’ views and experiences of remote consultations during the pandemic. Overall, patients still felt listened to and treated with care and concern when seen remotely. Of those who had a remote appointment, 83% felt they were given enough time, 85% felt they were treated with care and concern, and…
As a ‘digital first’ approach accelerates across the NHS, we are supporting GPs, practice teams and CCGs across England with comprehensive technical support and training to run person-centred Video Group Clinics. VGCs make it possible for practice teams to keep in contact with and support clinically extremely vulnerable patients and those with chronic long term…
Our free one hour primary care webinar on Tuesday 23 February (12.30pm-1.30pm) has a focus on how person-centred video group clinics are helping GP practice teams to provide support for groups of patients, their carers, and families to manage Long Covid symptoms. More information and to register here: bit.ly/3mUQ3Tl