Shropshire Sessional GP Network

The attached letter is important for anyone who takes cervical smears in their day to day practice. The service is changing over to primary HPV testing and anyone who takes smears needs to complete the training as detailed in the letter:

August 2019

 Please cascade to all cervical screening sample takers in the following:

• Cannock Chase CCG
• North Staffordshire CCG
• Shropshire CCG
• South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula CCG
• Staffordshire & Surrounds CCG
• Stoke on Trent CCG
• Telford and Wrekin CCG
• Colposcopy clinics
• Sexual Health Services
• MOD
• HMP YOI Drake Hall

 Dear colleague(s),

Cervical Screening Programme Conversion to HPV Primary Screening

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Cervical Screening programme will be implementing the change from Liquid Based Cytology (LBC) to High Risk Human Papilloma Virus (hrHPV) as of  23^rd September 2019 .… (Continue Reading)

Hi All

Dear All

Message issued on behalf of Dr Julian Povey, Chair of NHS Shropshire CCG, and Dr Jo Leahy, Chair of NHS Telford & Wrekin

 Results of the GP Membership Vote

Dear Colleague

As many of you may be aware, today [Tuesday 17th September] there has been a GP Membership Vote on the move to a single strategic commissioning organisation.… (Continue Reading)

Please see the attached flyer for the Annual public health conference, which also focusses on perinatal mental health:

Annual Public Health Conference Flyer – 12 September 2019

The new perinatal mental health service is launching on 30th September. Referral forms will be embedded in EMIS from this date. Please see the attached document for details of what the service can offer. Dr Caroline Freeman, Shropshire’s perinatal mental health champion, will be coming to talk to us about this subject in October.… (Continue Reading)

Please see below details of the local programme to improve suicide awareness and prevention, and the Z card scheme:

A new Suicide Prevention wallet sized Zcard designed by the Shropshire and Telford Suicide Prevention Network will be launched on Sunday 8^th September 2019, aimed at people of all ages who are experiencing suicidal thoughts or who are concerned for others. … (Continue Reading)

Dear All

Message sent on behalf of Dr Jess Sokolov, CCG Medical Director  

Dear all

As you may know, there is a system wide piece of work underway looking at redesigning the MSK services.  This intends to encompass primary, community and secondary based care, covering orthopaedics, rheumatology and everything in between…

Whilst there is clinical representation from rheumatology, orthopaedics, podiatry, physio and extended scope physio, there is no GP representation as yet, and this is clearly something that needs addressing.… (Continue Reading)

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