DISCOVER THE VALUE OF VIDEO GROUP CLINICS IN PRIMARY CARE AND LEARN HOW TO RUN THEM IN YOUR PRACTICE!
Despite the enormous challenges that the pandemic has presented to clinicians and teams in General Practice, it has been heartening to see the considerable progress in offering patient populations virtual alternatives to face-to-face contact. This new way of working has helped minimise transmission of infection and clinicians report it is an approach welcomed by patients.
Virtual group video consultations – known as video group clinics (VGCs) – are a valuable clinical tool for maintaining continuity of care and ensuring the health and wellbeing for groups of patients – especially those living with a long-term condition.
GPs, practice nurses and allied health professionals across England and Wales have driven an expansion of virtual VGCs consultations to offer a safe way to continue supporting their patients and maintaining LTC reviews and care.
Video Group Clinics allow a variety of health professionals to spend longer with patients whilst seeing more patients. And feedback from patients shows that they truly value the opportunity of facilitated peer support that VGCs provide and appreciate spending more time with their clinician. Equally, they welcome the opportunity of making connections with others who have the same concerns and needs.
Clinicians and practice teams who are deploying and leading VGCs in their surgeries report that they save time compared to one-to-one video consultations and say that they can review up to eight times as many people in an hour of clinic time.
How VGCs will help you improve care:
✅VGCs help you to cope with rising demand, maintain routine care, and to improve access
✅VGCs support your high-risk and vulnerable patient groups to self-manage and make lifestyle change – e.g., people with Type 2 Diabetes
✅VGCs help overcome loneliness and anxiety; build a sense of community and resilience by connecting your patients with the same health needs and concerns
✅VGCs make better use of clinician time
✅VGCs support retention and flexible working from home
✅VGCs future-proof your practice
Discover how to maximise the benefits of VGCs in your practice or PCN. Sign up to one of our upcoming VGC training sessions by visiting the link below
