Conference - Epilepsy in Later Life:
Guiding Good Practice
The Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh is
holding a conference entitled 'Epilepsy in Later Life: Guiding Good
Practice' on 17th September 2008.
Chairs include Dr Aileen Keel, Scottish
Government Health Directorate. Feedback from this conference
will contribute to the content of a Good Practice Guide
regarding the diagnosis, referral and management of those with
epilepsy in later life.
Cost per ticket is £20. For more information, the
programme or registration form, please follow the link
below to the relevant section of the RCPE website.
RCPE
Conference Details
Alternatively contact c.gray@rcpe.ac.uk or
call 0131 247 3607.
RCGP Scotland RONIC letter
In July the College in Scotland wrote to the
Chief Nursing Officer regarding the progress of the Review of
Nursing in the Community (RONiC). The letter was co-signed by Dr.
Dean Marshall (SGPC Chair).
RCGP Scotland have recently recieved a response
to this letter which can be read in full via the link below:
RONiC response
letter
WALK THE TALK youth friendly services -
update
The Walk the Talk
project (led by NHS Health Scotland) enjoyed a busy year in
07-08 which culminated in the national conference targeting primary
care services for young people in March of this
year. Following the great success of the conference,
Walk the Talk members are keen to push forward with putting all the
great ideas unearthed at the event into practice.
While the Walk the Talk website already
contains an extensive resource section, including a self-audit for
practices, it is recognised that there are more needs to be
met. In order to achieve this as effectively as possible, the
WTT members have mapped out what it required and are eager to set
up professional multi-disciplinary resources development
steering groups to shape and mould these initial
concepts.
Seeking a rounded view of the needs
and desires of practice staff and GPs across Scotland to ensure the
resources are developing in line with an identified need, it is
envisioned that the group will have representation from: GPs,
Public Health officials, practice managers and other youth
organizations such as healthy respect and Youthlink.
If you have a keen interest in youth-friendly services and wish
to help shape how it can be delivered via representation on the
resource development steering groups, please contact Jo MacLennan
at NHS Health Scotland on Jo.MacLennan@health.scot.nhs.uk.
Also, if you haven't already signed up to join the
WTT
Network, then please do so now!
HOOLET
SURVEY 2008
Please tell us your views on RCGP Scotland's Hoolet magazine and
we'll enter you in a draw to win £100 of Marks
and Spencer vouchers! Simply click on the link above.
Dementia Questionnaire
RCGP Scotland would like encourage GPs to
participate in this
survey, run by Stirling University, on dementia. The
data will inform future provision of information to people
with dementia and their carers. To fill in the questionnaire simply
click on the link above.
The survey closes on the 8th August .
Council of RCGP Scotland - Call for
nominations
RCGP Scotland would like to hear from College
members with an interest in informing College views and policy in
Scotland. Four seats will become vacant on the College’s Scottish
Council in November 2008 (two seats for a 2 year term of office and
two seats for a 3 year term).
As a member of Council you will have the
opportunity to shape issues that affect general practice in
Scotland by participating in an effective and influential
Council. Meetings take place 4 times a year and are held in
Edinburgh (travel costs are reimbursed).
For further information please download the
Ballot Q&A.
In order to put yourself or a colleague
forward for membership, please download the Nomination Form.
Forms must be returned no later than
5pm on 15 August 2008.
If you would like to receive further
information please contact Paul Alexander, RCGP Scotland, 25 Queen
Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JX. Tel: 0131 260 6805, Email:palexander@rcgp-scotland.org.uk.
The popular annual GP Speciality Registrars
Day is being held this year on 25 September at the Stirling
Management Centre.
The day offers the opportunity to hear about
how to become a GP and the issues affecting General Practice today.
Talks will be given by Dr Colin Hunter, Dr Bill Reith and Dr Jim
Rodger who will share their knowledge, experiences and expertise,
giving a flavour of the challenges and opportunities for the
individual GP’s and for General Practice as a discipline.
To reserve your place contact Claire Godley
at cgodley@rcgp-scotland.org.uk
or call 0131 260 6821. You can also register online at
rcgp-scotland.org.uk.
Quality Practice Award (QPA) Information and
Study Days
RCGP Scotland will be holding an Information
Day on 11 September for those working towards QPA and Modular QPA.
There will also be a study day held on the 12 September, for
current or potential QPA assessors.
To book your place please contact Claire
Godley on 0131 260 6821 or e-mail Claire at cgodley@rcgp-scotland.org.uk
HOOLET
SURVEY 2008
Please tell us your views on RCGP Scotland's Hoolet magazine and
we'll enter you in a draw to win £100 of Marks
and Spencer vouchers! Simply click on the link above.
UK Consensus Conference on Acute Medicine - 13th & 14th
November 2008
The most recent definition of acute medicine as that part of
general (internal) medicine concerned with the immediate and early
specialist management of adult patients suffering from a wide range
of medical conditions who present to, or from within hospitals,
requiring urgent or emergency care comes from the Royal
Colleges. Does the service agree, and does the present delivery of
acute medicine meet this definition?
In an attempt to provoke discussion and develop a consensus on
these and other related issues, RCPE, SAM and RCGP Scotland would
encourage you to attend this Consensus Conference on Acute
Medicine. The Chair, Deputy Chair and the Immediate
Past Chair of RCGP Scotland (Dr Ken Lawton, Professor Trevor Gibbs
and Dr Mairi Scott respectively) are all involved in the delivery
of this Conference. Come and make sure your views are
known.
Ukraine Travelling Fellowship
Award
RCGP Scotland invites Scottish members of the Royal College of
General Practitioners to apply for our new award, the Ukraine
Travelling Fellowship Award.
RCGP Scotland established this award with the Ukraine
Association of Family Medicine, and the successful candidate will
be provided with financial support to take
forward previous work into the second phase of
development. For further details on this award and
the application process, please look here.
Modular Quality Practice Award
(mQPA)
The evolution of QPA sees the
development of a new modularised version which aims to encourage
non QPA GP practices to undertake a more manageable, modularised
approach to the award. Instead of having 18 months to
complete QPA, practices will have 5 years in which to complete six
modules. The Pilot is now officially launched!!!
If you wish to declare your interest in the mQPA please contact
Claire Godley on cgodley@rcgp-scotland.org.uk.
A letter
to members from RCGP Scotland Chair, Dr Ken Lawton on
the issue of the GMS Contract Negotiations was e-mailed on Tuesday
18th March.
RCGP Scotland Operational Plan 2008/2009
RCGP Scotland's Operational Plan for 2008/2009 is now available
to view. The plan is based upon the College's Strategic
Plan and is designed to complement it. Targeting the needs of
our members and key external stakeholders in Scotland as part of a
national UK organisation, the plan clearly maps the agreed
priorities and operational tasks to be delivered by RCGP
Scotland.
Front Line Community Health Services For Pandemic
Influenza: Recommendations for Scotland
In 2006 RCGP Scotland were commissioned by the previous Scottish
Executive Health Department (SEHD) to prepare a paper providing
recommendations for operational delivery of community based health
and care services during a flu pandemic. For
further information on how this document evolved, please look
here.
PG TIPS - Getting the most from
your Patient Participation Group
RCGP Scotland's patient group P3 have developed an online
resource to provide as much information on Patient Participation
Groups as possible. Including FAQ's, testimonials and a
resources page, the pages are intended to grow over time
to become a refreshing one-stop-shop for all your patient
group needs.
Remote and Rural Training Pathways General Practitioners'
Subgroup Report.
This work has been carried out as part of the tripartite
collaboration between the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and
Faculties in Scotland (The Academy), NHS Education for Scotland
(NES) and the Remote and Rural Steering Group on behalf of NHS
service requirements. The work has centred around the four key
medical specialties of Anaesthesia, General Practice, Medicine and
Surgery. The main focus of the work has been to design a
competency framework to train doctors for remote practice within
the context of the general training curricula for each
specialty.