1. Clinical Commissioning Group Greater Manchester/Trafford Update
PCT Learning Event - AGENDA
Wednesday 25th April 2012 – REGUS Manchester Business Park (Airport) M22 5TG  (Map on back page)
Morning Session - Practice Management
Time
Subject
Speaker
Notes
Clinical Commissioning Group
Trafford
Nigel Guest
PM Board Members
Information regarding role of Shadow Commissioning Consortium
Summary of direction of travel
Reorganisation in
Greater Manchester/Trafford Update
Sharon Woodward
Transitional changes in Management of Primary Care Team Enhanced Services Review
Neighbouring PCT Practice Boundary Pilots and Outer Boundary Issues
Public Health
Julian Hannah
Changes to Public Health in the pipeline
Review of Screening Programmes in Trafford with practice specific data.
Coffee
QOF
Gail Sampson
Chris Valchero
Alison Overton
Jamie Lewin
Summary of changes-thresholds and prevalence ratings
QOF productivity indicators-codes & actions for practices
Lunch available 12 noon to 1.30pm
Thanks to : Takeda, Novartis, Lilly, MSD, Pfizer, Servier, GSK, Sanofi Aventis, Boehringer Ingelheim, Galderma, Chiesi, Almirall
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2. Clinical Afternoon Sessions :choose sessions to attend PLEASE NOTE DIFFERING TIMES
Subject
Speakers
Content OR
Palliative Care
Dr Lomax
Palliative Care Consultant
St Anne Hospice
The end of life care pathway –gain a better understanding of how best to
use opioids in the community (switching drugs and routes of administration
Be more confident recognising and treating common scenarios in the last
months of life, such as: Breathlessness, Constipation, Spinal cord
compression, SVC obstruction, Hypercalcaemia
Be more aware of sources of support for patients:
Hospice at Home/ Palliative Care Co-ordination Service
Know when to refer your patient to a specialist
Dermatology
Dr Farzana Nayeemuddin
Consultant Dermatologist
CMFT (Trafford)
A look at Dermatology referral patterns in Trafford and outcome of recent
pilot of guidelines
***Introduction of Trafford Dermatology Guidelines***
Interactive discussion of guidelines and common presentations
Scope of Community Paediatric Nursing Team in supporting
management of children with Eczema and Allergies
Alcohol
Dependency
Dr Jack Leach
Medical Director Turning Point
Sara MacGregor
Phoenix Futures
Overview of recovery from Alcohol Dependence:
Reasons for Hope and Optimism
Dealing with common presentations of Alcohol Dependence in Primary care
and strategies for handling crisis presentations
When should patients with Alcohol Dependence be able to access a
medical detox? Issues around Librium prescribing.
Review of inpatient detox criteria v community detox criteria
Local support available for dependent patients pre/during and post detox.
Minimizing Risk in patients who do not engage with services
ONLY
Heart Failure
Carol Crosby
Heart Failure Nurse Specialist
Trafford
What to look out for at annual rv of IHD patients with respect to signs and
symptoms of heart failure
Significance of left ventricular systolic dysfunction
Assessing fluid overload and how patient can self monitor
Titrating up ACE inhibitors and Beta Blockers in LVSD
Discussion of other drugs which can be added in
Classifying heart failure on a symptom score-NYHA classification
Which patients benefit from Pacemakers and defibrillator devices
Common co existing co-morbidities with heart failure
Session suitable for all practice nurses involved in
CHRONIC DISEASE MONITORING INCLUDING COPD
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3. Information Fair Any Questions or queries please contact
Trafford Community Acute Oncology Pilot in conjunction with The Christie
Proactive management of Patients undergoing Cancer treatment- how to register with The Christie EPR to enable better access to latest patient treatment plans
Liz Perry Acute Oncology Specialist Nurse The Christie
Musculoskeletal Skeletal Self Management Programme
Angel & Bowden
End of Life
Emma Norton - Hospice at home / Gaynor Wakefield – Trafford PCT
Smoking Cessation
Trafford Stop Smoking Service
Marion Jacobs
Any Questions or queries please contact
Thanks to : Takeda, Novartis, Lilly, MSD, Pfizer, Servier, GSK, Sanofi Aventis, Boehringer Ingelheim, Galderma, Chiesi, Almirall
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