Salus Medical Services
GP Federation in NE Hampshire & Farnham
Clinical Service Updates
October
Aldershot Paramedics get top marks from Practices
A survey by the paramedic practitioners gave Practice staff a chance to say how well they feel the service is going. Scores were 95% top or next to top for positive impact on their daily routine and for accuracy and conciseness of clinical data provided; and 84% top or next to top for ease of arranging a home visit. This lower score was due to a flexible arrangement aimed at ensuring fairness of home visit allocations across practices not being fully understood, but the popularity of the service also had an impact. The wider Paramedic team will be growing and working flexibly over the coming months to ensure service is consistent across the patch.
June
Pharmacist new/revised Review Clinic Protocols
A new protocol has been set up for the clinical pharmacists to deliver Asthma reviews, and the existing Hypertension, Primary Prevention Lipid Modification and Management of Vitamin D Deficiency Protocols have all been updated. If you need a copy, contact the Senior Pharmacist, Rachel Nilsen.
May
A message from the Clinical Pharmacists, updating practices on what they can provide.
Pharmacist COPD review clinic protocol
A new protocol has been set up for the clinical pharmacists to deliver COPD reviews. If you need a copy, contact the Senior Pharmacist, Rachel Nilsen.
(Note that all Salus protocols and policies will be available for Salus staff shortly on the SharePoint document management site)
January 2018
A new Health Coach Service is being set up in Aldershot
Find out more about the objectives here.
August
GP Practices and Patients collaborate to make Mental Health discussions easier and more effective
See the video of the workshop and its findings on YouTube here.
July
As part of our work to develop staff skills, Salus has agreed three protocols for clinics covering Hypertension, Primary prevention - modification of blood lipids, and Vitamin D deficiency. Find out more about the protocols here.
June
Our quarterly newsletter for Salus Staff and GP Federation members. In this issue we cover BLS training, Salus new starters and other locality updates, and announce the Salus Medical Services AGM.