Pilots to develop a toolkit to support GP federation-based care models for Children and Young People General Practice CYP Learning Needs Assessment

General Practice CYP Learning Needs Assessment Pilots to develop a toolkit to support GP federation-based care models for Children and Young People General Practice CYP Learning Needs Assessment CCGs were given the opportunity to express an interest in HLP supporting them to take part in a pilot to develop a toolkit to support GP federation based care models for children and young people. One of the key themes from the feedback from those that expressed an interest was the need to understand gaps in training for general practice staff around CYP. It was therefore decided that HLP would develop a learning needs assessment that could be used by GP Federations to understand gaps in knowledge better, and potentially provide recommendations for CCGs to develop a learning programme to meet the needs of Children and Young People.   Initial thinking was that the survey should aim to gauge: the level of training that general practice staff have had in paediatrics, the training they feel that would be useful to them, and; look for potential gaps in knowledge and training that staff members may be unaware of.

General Practice CYP Learning Needs Assessment Pilots to develop a toolkit to support GP federation-based care models for Children and Young People General Practice CYP Learning Needs Assessment First Draft of Survey The survey targeted at all general practice staff, both clinical and non-clinical, and was designed to restrict clinically based questions to clinical staff, and them be skipped automatically for Admin and Clerical staff. Questions relating to organisation and role allow for the survey to be filtered to provide specific results for each group Themes Covered in the survey  Clinical Staff Non-clinical Staff Common paediatric conditions Rare but serious paediatric conditions Chronic disease management Legal / safeguarding / clinical governance Preferred methods of learning Concerns and issues The first draft of survey was presented to the GP Leadership Forum for comment

General Practice CYP Learning Needs Assessment Pilots to develop a toolkit to support GP federation-based care models for Children and Young People General Practice CYP Learning Needs Assessment Feedback from the first draft of the survey 20mins to complete is too long, likely to abandon part way through Level of detail on specific training courses completed, staff are unlikely to know off the top of their heads More appropriate to understand confidence rather than whether staff had completed training Barriers to training and development should be included Next steps taken… The survey questions were cut down and amalgamated where appropriate resulting in the time to complete reducing from 20mins to 4mins Questions were reworded to ask how confident staff felt when treating x condition, rather than staff providing details of all training they have had for each condition Additional question added for staff that had stated that they didn’t feel confident, but had access to the specialist skills within their team Clarification was given at the start of the survey that participants were answering as someone at their level of expertise and within a community setting Open questions added to the end of the survey asking for main concerns around gaps in knowledge relating to CYP Organisations were clustered by type in the dropdown to make it easier for the respondent to complete