Teaching PCTs ; All you ever wanted to know…..

1. Teaching PCTs ; All you ever wanted to know….. Stephanie Carson Head of College Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

2. Outline • Who and what are Teaching PCTs • About Tees and Durham • Getting started - systems and processes • Keeping going- what are we doing? • Where do we go next? Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

3. Who are we? Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

4. What are Teaching PCTs? • Recruitment and retention difficulties • Areas of high health and social care need • Education and development Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

5. Teaching PCT…. • ‘Live’ from 1 April 2002 • Key posts filled summer 2002 • College steering group August 2002 • Development of workstreams from September 2002 • Full core team in place May 2003 Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

6. Tees Valley and County Durham • 10 PCTs – circa 167 practices • Four higher education providers including… • Post Grad Institute – medical and dental input • 6 Social Services Departments • Co-terminous with Workforce Development Confederation and Strategic Health Authority Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

7. Where are we? Tyne & Wear Derwentside Durham Darlington Stockton Durham & Tees

8. Tees Valley & County Durham Newcastle Upon Tyne Sunderland Teaching PCT

9. An early definition Learning is derived from …….. ‘Leornung’ a Northumbrian verb used by St Cuthbert, Holy Island in the 8th Century [from work now in Durham Cathedral] Learning Culture Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

10. Organisational Learning ‘An organisation’s rate of learning should be equal to, or greater than, the rate of change in their environment.’ Reg Revans What does this mean for PCTs? Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

11. Drivers for learning organisations • Workforce demands • Technology • Policy • Ability to work through change • Improved performance • Leadership • Client/User/Carer as the centre Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

12. Values and Ethos • Value & recognise the needs of front line staff • Integrate teaching and learning in the workplace • Research, develop & share good practice • Provide better care • Develop a vibrant health economy • Support lifelong learning-- Student to retirement and beyond! Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

13. PCTs WDC Higher and Further Education - NHSU Local Authority Prisons Patient /carer Learning Skills Councils NHS Direct Ambulance Acute Trusts NatPaCT Learning Alliance Voluntary sector PALS ….for starters Partnerships…. Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

14. Links with NatPaCT & WDC

15. How does it work? • Systems and processes – less emphasis on structure initially • Networking model – small core team • College – steering group • Sub groups for some workstreams established • Lead PCTs to play increasing role Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

16. Systems and Processes • Criteria • Project Management • Evaluation culture • Teaching PCT competencies • Assessment – CHI • Funding & Planning • COMMUNICATION Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

17. Criteria • The PCTs regard the work as a priority ( fits with their strategic direction) • Resources can be identified to support the project • The work can be evaluated – and tansferable/adaptable to other PCTs Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

18. Competencies for TPCTs • Clarify governance arrangements • Partnership working - agreements pan PCT • Seeking out external funding for projects • Strategic approach to recruitment and retention - with WDC • Develop links with Library Alliance network to support education/EBP • Workforce development and commissioning- putting primary care on the WDC map Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

19. Using Action Learning….. Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

20. Developing the Learning Network • PCT engagement • Influencing proposals • Feedback and evaluation • Partnership with Workforce Development Confederation • Funding streams Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

21. Communication…… communication…..communication • Key stakeholder events • Themed seminars • Roadshows • Executive Committees • Existing meetings –practice managers • Leaflets ; Q&A • Speakers packs • Website Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

22. What have we started? Workbased learning Identify resources/baselines accessible recognition Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

23. Recruitment & Retention • Toolkit for practices • Telephone survey • Seminars • Linking initiatives – international recruitment ( WDC) • Retention essential – retirement a focus • Impact of GMS contract & appraisal Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

24. Learning Survey - NHSU • What resources do we have? • What learning activities are people undertaking? • When does most learning take place • …….. And where? • How do people prefer to learn? Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

25. Learning centre - NVQs • Need to develop the infrastructure – SKILLED assessors, protected learning time • Increase access and awareness • Use Learning Accounts funding to better effect • Skills escalator – Stockton Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

26. Prison Healthcare • PCTs commissioning prison healthcare • PCTs talking to each other • Awareness of need to develop continuity of care – family – cycle of health problems • How to improve the links across health and Home Office Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

27. …..and the rest • First Contact testbed site link with Emergency Care See & Treat • Higher Professional Education • Intermediate care ( Health & Social Care NVQ) • GP Appraisal Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

28. Where to next? Work with regeneration schemes – community involvement Careering into the NHS Skills escalator E-learning Influence commissioning & curriculum design NSHU Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham

29. Create time to reflect …… On our career choice Career development Our future Primary Care College – Tees Valley & Durham