Welcome to the December edition of the HNY PCWTH Information Collation. Find below a collection of recent communications, news, updates and information to share with practices and primary care colleagues across HNY.

Please click to expand each item for details. Happy Reading!

We would also like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

*You can also find the latest monthly Workforce Bulletin for HNY in the ICB Newsletter here*

OPEN NOW: Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner NHSE Funding Applications 2025/26

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The application process for organisations within North East and Yorkshire to apply for the NHS England support to train advanced practitioners in 2025/26 has now opened until 28th March 2025.

To apply for the NHS England Advanced Practitioner support, please click here.

More information on the offer, including details of the training grant, can be found in the North East and Yorkshire Faculty for Advancing Practice handbook as well as the clinical salary support guidance.

 

Key Points:

  • The North East & Yorkshire Faculty Handbook contains details about the funding offer from NHS England, employers’ responsibilities/commitments and how to apply. If after reading these you still have questions, please email england.neyadvancedpractice@nhs.net
  • Please note the document is a live document and may have updates added as and when.
  • The deadline to apply is 28th March 2025 (dependent on numbers received)
  • Each organisation applying must nominate a single contact to lead on the Advanced Practitioner process and act as a key liaison for all enquiries relating to Advanced Practitioners. All applications must be approved and submitted by the same lead contact.
  • You will be required to submit a job description and/or job plan for your trainee Advanced Practitioner(s) upon applying, to ensure your application is considered. Please note applications that are not completed in full or do not provide a JD/PS will be returned.
  • If you require any support completing the form or have any issues accessing the form, please email: england.neyadvancedpractice@nhs.net
  • We aim to notify your organisation of the outcome within 6 weeks of submitting your full application.
  • Please note once funding is confirmed, organisations need to apply to their preferred HEI and follow their application process.

 

If you are a large organisation who will be submitting multiple applications and would prefer to submit your applications via a secure live spreadsheet, please let us know by emailing: england.neyadvancedpractice@nhs.net

For additional support within general practice, please contact the local training hub: hnyicb.traininghub@nhs.net

 

Best wishes,

The North East and Yorkshire Faculty for Advancing Practice

Email: england.neyadvancedpractice@nhs.net

Click here for the NEY Faculty for Advancing Practice website

SURVEY: Trainee ACP Clinical Salary Support Evaluation

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Dear Advanced Practice Leads/Colleagues,

The North East Yorkshire Regional Faculty for Advancing Practice is undertaking an anonymous exercise to better understand how clinical salary support (CSS) / the training grant is used and gather examples of innovative practice. The aim is to listen and learn with a view to working out how we can more effectively assist you and your organisation with this aspect of having trainees in the future. We are keen to hear all your experiences, whether positive or more challenging, and welcome any suggestions you may have regarding what we could constructively offer.  Please be assured contributions cannot be identified and that this work is about looking to the future and developing a meaningful CSS based support offer for employers, so whilst most questions focus on understanding the current situation, the awareness they generate will be used as a springboard for Faculty based improvement work. We look forward to collaborating with you on this project.

Click here to fill in the survey: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=slTDN7CF9UeyIge0jXdO4_YupWCsqEhEr1e6OzfH7PpUQzgxVTEySDI3WTBHU1NEWTRFWk45RlBBNi4u

 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at england.neyadvancedpractice@nhs.net

Please complete by 17th January 2025.

Many thanks

Regional Faculty of Advancing Practice

NHS England – North East and Yorkshire

REMINDER: CPD Funded Training 2024/25 - For Nurses, NAs & AHPs

CPD Funded offers are continuing to be available to access for eligible individuals (nurses, nursing associates, and allied health professionals), in general practice in Humber and North Yorkshire.

Please see document with full details of 2024/25 available funded training, and FAQs here. Details can also be found on the website here: HNY CPD Funded Training

Brief summary of included offers:

BiteSize CPD webinars:

  • For details and bookings visit: BiteSize CPD Webinars
  • NEW UPCOMING: 19/02/2025 – 12.30-14.30 – Basic Female Health and Gynaecological Conditions |⇒BOOK HERE⇐|
  • More dates and topics will be released shortly, we’re prioritising the topics that have been most requested. Subscribe here to be kept informed of latest dates/topics available to book: CPD Webinar Subscription

NB Plus subscription

  • The initial subscription window has now passed, however we hope to open up a second round in the spring for anyone who missed the first window.

Rotherham Respiratory courses

Haxby Group Training courses

 

For full information on CPD funded training please see document with full details of available funded training and FAQs. Details can also be found on the website here: HNY CPD Funded Training. Please share with all relevant colleagues, don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any queries.

Cover 100% of Apprenticeship Fees: NHSE regional levy transfer service for primary care employers

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See flyer here

NHS England in the North East and Yorkshire offer a service to facilitate the transfer of apprenticeship levy funds from levy paying employers to non-levy paying employers to pay for apprenticeship training in primary and community care.

Non-levy paying employers (such as GP practices, Dental practices, Care Homes, etc) can use these funds to cover 100% of apprenticeship training costs, rather than paying the 5% co-investment. We know that paying this co-investment is often a barrier to a small organisation in enrolling their staff on an apprenticeship and developing their workforce. GP practices are the biggest users of the service, often enrolling their healthcare assistants on the Nursing Associate or Nurse Degree apprenticeships.

Levy contributions made by levy paying organisations (such as NHS Trusts) expire after two years back to HM Treasury. By facilitating transfers, we can limit the amount that expires and reinvest that funding back into the North East and Yorkshire NHS system. In the current financial year to date, we have facilitated £6.5 Million worth of levy transfers enabling 600 apprentices to enrol on their programmes.

Contact details for both those organisations transferring and those requesting a transfer are on the attached Flyer.

For any queries, please contact: ben.park1@nhs.net
Website: www.england.nhs.uk

FCP Sharing Best Practice Webinar 03/12/24 - Recording/Slides for Reference

Developing First Contact Practitioner (FCP) roles as part of ARRS has been an area that has rapidly evolved over recent years.

On 3rd Dec 2024, in collaboration, Humber and North Yorkshire (HNY) ICB, the HNY Primary Care Workforce and Training Hub, and local primary care colleagues hosted a webinar for HNY PCNs/practices to facilitate sharing of best practice around supporting FCPs and similar roles.

If you were unable to make the session, the slides and recording can be found here for reference, along with other FCP information links and resources:

First Contact Practitioner Supervision and Support – Training Hub

AHP First Contact Practitioner Short Courses

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For information on all NHSE commissioned providers of FCP courses, please see here

 

The University of Hertfordshire is running the AHP First Contact Practitioner short courses, commencing March 2025.

The deadline for initial applications is 31st January 2025 for Dietetics, Occupational Therapy and Paramedic Science. There is limited availability for Musculoskeletal Practitioners, so the deadline for MSK is 10th January 2025, however, we will continue to take enquiries for this profession.

The links below will take you to the Wozzad application pages.

Dietetics

https://www.applycpd.com/HERTS/courses/117452?courseId=117452&tabId=3

Musculoskeletal Practitioners

https://www.applycpd.com/HERTS/courses/117453?courseId=117453&tabId=3

Occupational Therapy

https://www.applycpd.com/HERTS/courses/117454?courseId=117454&tabId=3

Paramedic Science

https://www.applycpd.com/HERTS/courses/117455?courseId=117455&tabId=3

 

Free System Leadership Development Programmes - Launching in HNY 2025

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We are delighted to tell you about three new system leadership development programmes due to launch in January 2025

These programmes are specifically tailored to develop system leaders – so if you’re interested in working across the system, this is the programme for you.

To thrive as a system, there is an ongoing need to share talent by creating a system-wide, inclusive and co-ordinated talent management approach which is what we are aiming to provide.

These programmes are intended to encourage colleagues from across Humber and North Yorkshire to discover their own strengths and fulfil their ambitions of becoming future system leaders, with a key focus on addressing the lack of diversity we see from middle to senior management.

Each programme is designed to prepare participants for the next step of their career journey, equipping them with the skills to truly transform health and care across our system.

There are three programmes to share:

Programme 1: Leading from the middle 

  • 12-month programme
  • Aimed at those in a middle management role, who have had previous experience of management (3+ years) or have previously undertaken a management development programme
  • Opportunity to enhance self-development through psychometric tools, career coaching and working with a senior sponsor
  • Core learning – both face-to-face and online workshops (leading change and transformation, system theory, successful systems leadership, from analogue to digital, political astuteness, population health, effective decision making etc)
  • 6-week placement
  • Closes with a celebration event

Programme 2: Senior System Leaders

  • 12-month programme
  • Aimed at those ready to step into an executive role (existing senior leaders)
  • Access to networking opportunities, peer-to-peer support and networking sessions
  • Guest speaker sessions
  • Masterclasses
  • Career management support

Programme 3: Advancing international talent

  • Specifically designed for internationally educated colleagues – people who have trained and worked in healthcare in another country and have since moved to Humber and North Yorkshire
  • Career management support addressing the barriers people may face
  • Focus on securing future roles and value of diverse lived experience to creating a health and care system that works for all

 

All three programme are available to colleagues across the system in all health and care organisations in Humber and North Yorkshire. We will strongly encourage and champion applications from minoritised colleagues. Find out more and express an interest by completing the expression of interest form or contact us if you’d like us to come and share more information with your team/organisation/department and please feel free to share this information widely.

 

Get involved and how you can support

  • Co-design (advancing international talent)
    To be involved in the co-design for the advancing international talent programme, please contact Ola Fagbohun (she/her) by emailing hnyicb-nel.talent@nhs.net
  • Offer a six-week placement
    Could you offer a six-week placement in your department or team to a middle leader? Or could someone in your organisation? If so, please contact Emma Marshall (she/her) by emailing hnyicb-nel.talent@nhs.net
  • Offer to be a speaker or support a programme session
    Please email hnyicb-nel.talent@nhs.net

GP Forum "Neurology" - free study day - 29/01/25 Hull

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Please see invitation to attend the next GP Forum primary care CPD study day to be held in Hull – Wednesday 29 January 2025 on the topic of “Neurology”

Open to GPs, nurses and all other primary care clinicians. The meeting is free of charge and carries 3 hours CPD points. A certificate of attendance will be available on the day.

To book a place  please email info@gpforum.com

Free Asthma and Diabetes Webinars

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Free events can be found below, click the date links on each for more information/booking:

 

Type 2 Diabetes – becoming metabolically well through diet (Free)

Are you looking to support your patients to improve their health and well-being by managing your Type 2 Diabetes through diet? Join us for an informative online event where we will discuss practical tips and strategies for becoming metabolically well through dietary changes.

5th February 2025

 

The importance of the relationship between Diabetes and CKD (Free)

Join us for an insightful discussion on how Diabetes can impact kidney health and the importance of managing both conditions effectively. 

12 February 2025

 

Real World Asthma Management (Free)

Welcome to the Real world asthma management, from the guidelines into practice webinar Join us  to learn practical tips on managing asthma based on the latest guidelines in the UK

30 January 2025

 

For queries please contact: https://www.dovetail-medical-events.co.uk/contact/

Free Updated Safe Surgeries E-Learning Course

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We are excited to announce the launch of our updated Safe Surgeries e-learning course, designed to support GP practice staff in understanding and improving access to primary care for everyone in the community.

This free course is flexible, taking approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour to complete, and is suitable for all GP practice staff, particularly frontline reception staff and practice managers. It can also be included as part of the induction process for new staff. The course offers clear guidance on becoming a Safe Surgery and aligns with NHS England guidance on GP registration.

The course includes information on:

  • Understanding inclusion health and barriers to accessing healthcare
  • Guidance on registering patients, including information on NHSE guidance and best practice
  • Supporting patients beyond registration and useful resources

You can access the course via the following link https://training.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/catalog/info/id:131  (registration required).

We encourage you to share this important resource with your colleagues and your networks, as it is an essential tool for committing to improving healthcare access and health outcomes.

If you have any questions or need further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at safesurgeries@doctorsoftheworld.org.uk. More information on Safe Surgeries and resources can be found here.

 

The Clinician's Survival Guide - Free Weekly Podcast

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See flyer here for details

Check out the weekly podcast The Clinician’s Survival Guide produced by NHS clinicians for NHS clinicians.   Each episode looks at a challenge or issue that affects the day-to-day life of many working clinicians and offers solutions.  It is a ‘how to’ guide.

This really is a must-have for all clinicians, it is of course completely free and easily accessed on pretty much all podcast apps. Topics such as:

  • How to find the right job
  • How to deal with complaints
  • Managing demanding patients
  • How to decide which educational event to attend.
  • Etc.

Every Tuesday, and always 15 minutes or less.

 

 

Pharmacy Education Resources

A collection of pharmacy education resources can now be found here: Pharmacy Education – Training Hub

Pharmacy Education Update Briefing - December 2024

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>December 2024 -Pharmacy Education Update Briefing – December 2024<

 

As we reflect on 2024, we would like to thank all our stakeholders for your engagement and hard work in supporting workforce development. We wish you all a happy festive season and New Year and look forward to working with you in 2025.

In this month’s briefing from the School of Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation team, you will find information about upcoming important news around workforce, training and education, for all pharmacy sectors.

 

Section Information/News items in this briefing Of particular interest for:
1 Foundation Trainee Pharmacists All ICB leads and employers
2 Early Careers Pharmacist Education and Career – Survey to complete

 

All
3 Pharmacist Independent prescribing training

 

 

ALL pharmacists (non-IP)
4 Independent prescribing supervision development and support

 

ALL pharmacists IP qualified/eligible DPP

 

5. Leadership Development

 

All
6. Chief Pharmaceutical Officer Inclusive Pharmacy Practice
Talent Management Resource Tool 
All
7. Pharmacy Services Assistant Apprenticeship Review

 

All employers
8. Clinical Skills in Community and Primary Care – Survey to complete South Yorkshire ICB, Primary Care and Community
9. CPPE All

Breakthrough HNY Colleague News Release – December 2024

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BREAKTHROUGH HNY COLLEAGUE NEWS RELEASE – DECEMBER 2024

Did you know that colleagues across Humber and North Yorkshire are working together on important workforce issues through our Breakthrough HNY transformation programme?

Through Breakthrough, we’re working together to improve attraction, recruitment, training and retention of the people we need in our health and care workforce, now and in the future.  Some ways you can get involved right now include:

  • Become an Ally: Supporting your organisation’s staff networks as they work as part of our ground-breaking Inclusion Assembly to promote allyship training, launching February – find out more from your organisation’s network chairs
  • Inspire the workforce of the future: Can you and your team help provide careers experiences for young people in HNY? Contact melanie.drayton3@nhs.net to find out more
  • Develop your system leadership skills: Find out about our three new system-focused talent schemes for middle and senior leaders and for internationally educated colleagues. Email hnyicb-talent@nhs.net for more details

Read more about this month’s updates in our December Leaders Briefing.

We want to build our 2025/26 programme around workforce issues that matter to you. Look out for our January news to find out more about how you can be involved.

Humber and North Yorkshire Monthly Workforce Bulletin

You can access this month’s Humber and North Yorkshire ICB Workforce Bulletin by clicking here