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EHC Training Sessions - 30th April & 2nd July- Quality Hotel Boldon

5/4/2019

Working with our colleagues at Gateshead Council Public Health we have arranged 2 EHC training sessions which will be run on the 30th April 2019 and 2nd July 2019 for pharmacists in Gateshead & South Tyneside. The training will be held at the Clarion Hotel in Boldon. Refreshments will be avialble from 6.30pm with the training starting at 7pm

The workshop will be run by Dr Janet Gallagher (Associate Specialist Sexual Health Services) and will provide an :-

Introduction to sexual health services available in South Tyneside & Gateshead
Introduction of pharmacy to sexual health signposting and referral pathways
Understanding of the accredited EHC provider programme
Introduction to core roles and responsibilities of pharmacies and sexual health service
Introduction to EHC PGD and professional obligations

The training will cover you for face to face training requirements in Gateshead and South Tyneside EHC Service. Booking early will avoid disappointment as EHC sessions tend to get booked up very quickly.

You can book on to either session using the forms below. Both sessions are exactly the same.

30th April 2019

2nd July 2019

GP2 Pharmacy - Clinical Skills and PGD Training - 28th April or 8th May

5/4/2019

The next training event for the GP2Pharmacy Service are now confirmed. The content of the events is such that a full day training is required. We have arranged two events. Both will be run at the Clarion hotel in Boldon. You only need to attend one of the sessions. The number of places is limited and so we are restricting this training to just pharmacists working in Pharmacies in South Tyneside area offering GP2Pharmacy.

Dates: Sunday 28th April or Wednesday 8th May
Venue: Clarion Hotel Bolden
Times: 10:00 to 16:00

The training event will be based around Clinical Skills Updating including ear testing and chest examination skills.
CPPE trainers and a GP will be supporting the training event.

Sunday 28th April 2019

Wednesday 8th May 2019

Pharmacy Blood Pressure Testing Service in Gateshead

5/4/2019

The LPC has been working with Newcastle City Council and Newcastle Gateshead CCG to develop a blood pressure testing service to identify patients with untreated hypertension, following an award of funding from the British Heart Foundation.

The service will be provided by 20 pharmacies in Gateshead, targeting areas of multiple deprivation. The service will only be available to patients registered with a Gateshead GP practice.

Your health champion and any other appropriate member of staff will be trained as a blood pressure champion and will deliver the service. Blood pressure meters will be provided to the pharmacy. Patients identified in the pharmacy as potentially being hypertensive will be provided with a blood pressure meter to use at home for seven days and then return to the pharmacy for the results to be reviewed. All information will be recorded in PharmOutcomes and if necessary, a referral letter will be sent to the patient's GP practice and an appointment made for them.

Training will take place on Wednesday 24th April at the Clarion Hotel Bolden (6.30-7pm start)

Fees
You will be paid £10 for each patient given a home blood pressure meter, following an abnormal blood pressure reading and £10 for each patient referred to their GP.

There is no funding for a normal Blood Pressure reading.
All Healthy Living Pharmacies within Gateshead CCG are invited to express an interest in providing the Blood Pressure Testing service. In determining which pharmacies will participate in the service the CCGs will apply the following selection criteria:

Ease of access for residents within the locality
Location within the Gateshead CCG area with respect to other pharmacy providers
Location within the Gateshead CCG area with respect to identified gaps in estimated prevalence of hypertension and Quality Outcomes Framework disease register for Hypertension
Pharmacy team including locums fully aware and committed to providing the service at the time of expression
Pharmacy willing to participate in evaluation of the service and use of PharmOutcomes to collect data

Please use the link below to book yourself on the training and express interest for your pharmacy to take part. If the service is oversubscribed the council will look at the areas and decide which pharmacies will be able to take part.

EHC Training Sessions - 30th April & 2nd July- Quality Hotel Boldon

30th April 2019

2nd July 2019

GP2 Pharmacy - Clinical Skills and PGD Training - 28th April or 8th May

Sunday 28th April 2019

Wednesday 8th May 2019

Pharmacy Blood Pressure Testing Service in Gateshead

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