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1. Supporting Respiratory MDT working in primary care 

Led by: Dave Anderson, National Clinical Lead for Respiratory, Scottish Government and Consultant in Respiratory, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. 

2. Person-centred Respiratory care – Quality Prescribing Respiratory Guide

Led by: Alpana Mair, Head of Effective Prescribing and Therapeutics, Scottish Government. 

Resources: 

• Greener Practice: A network of people encouraging action on sustainability in primary care 
• National Therapeutic Indicators: A visualisation of information set of prescribing indicators that are used for quality improvement work 
• Polypharmacy: Information and tools to support healthcare professionals, patients and carers in making decisions about taking multiple medicines.
  
  

3. Implementing Community Respiratory Teams (CRT) to enable patients to manage COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) at home 

Led by: Claire Yerramasu, Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner and Team Lead, NHS Lothian.

Resources:  

• COPD patient says specialist home care is making 'such a difference' to her life: A BBC News article featuring the work of Claire and her MCRT team
• BBC news item: This segment aired on BBC news which compliments the news article
  
  

4. How 'sing to breathe' can help with improving respiratory conditions especially during winter times 

Led by: Anne Ritchie, co-founder and co-ordinator, the Cheyne Gang.  

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1. Supporting Mental Health MDT working in primary care

Led by: Alastair Cook, Principal Medical Officer for Mental Health, Scottish Government.


2. Person-centered care – insights into people with lived experience of accessing mental health services in primary care

Led by: Gordon Johnston, Public Partner, Healthcare Improvement Scotland.


3. Workforce Specialist Service – National Wellbeing Resources 

See the resources mentioned by Kirsten Woolley, Professional Advisor for Health and Social Care Workforce Wellbeing, Scottish Government, Scottish Clinical Lead for Workforce Specialist Service and GP, NHS Lothian, in her presentation. 

• The Workforce Specialist Service: a primary care-led, multidisciplinary mental health service with expertise in confidentially treating regulated health and social services professionals. 
• National Wellbeing Hub Poster: a poster outlining the wellbeing resources and support services available to everyone who works in health, social care and social work in Scotland.

4. Integrating Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and Primary Care Multi-Disciplinary Team (PCMDT) professionals in a primary care setting 

Led by: Karen Darroch, Integrated Service Manager in Mental Health and Substance Use, Midlothian HSCP (NHS Lothian)


5. Establishing and embedding Mental Health services within North Angus hub 

Led by: Gail Forrest, Lead Officer, Angus Adult Integrated Mental Health Services and James Kennedy, Nursing Team Leader, Community Mental Health Team North Angus Hub, Angus HSCP

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1. Supporting MDT working in primary care

See the resources mentioned by Claire McManus, GP Contract Implementation Team Lead, Scottish Government, in her presentation. 

• Scottish practices access to MDT services: a summary report of the current progress towards implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Scottish Government, the SGPC, Integration Authorities and NHS Boards.

2. Embedding MDT staff in General Practice

See the resources mentioned by Helen Moores-Poole, Allied Health Professions Advisor (Primary Care), Scottish Government and Kathy Kenmuir, Professional Nurse Advisor, Scottish Government, in their presentation. 

• How to build effective teams in general practice: a guide written by The King’s Fund on creating and sustaining effective teams within general practice with resources and case studies.
• System leadership: resources on system leadership and leading across organisational boundaries produced by The King’s Fund.
• The Expanded General Practice Team. NHS Forth Valley’s Approach to Primary Care Reform and Pandemic Recovery: NHS Forth Valley’s presentation at NHS Scotland Event 2022 on their experience of the expanded GP team and how the multidisciplinary teams have embedded, strengthened and evolved through the experience of the pandemic.
• Multidisciplinary team working in a general practice setting 2020: a guide and resource produced by RCGP Wales and RPS Wales on supporting the development of MDT working approaches in a general practice setting.
• Additional Role Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) Report: a report by an Occupational Therapist on strengthening and mobilizing ARRS roles to unlock the capability and potential of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in primary care.
• Strengthening & mobilising ARRS roles to unlock capability & potential video: YouTube presentation on strengthening and mobilizing ARRS roles to unlock capability and potential of AHPs in primary care.
• First contact physiotherapy: guidance and resources by Chartered Society Physiotherapy to plan and implement First Contact Physiotherapists in primary care.
• Occupational therapy in primary care: Royal College of Occupational Therapists resources and information on the role descriptors of OTs in primary care to increase GPs understanding of OTs and how they provide support to people in primary care.
• Understanding the role of the paramedic in primary care: a realist review: a review article in BMC Medicine journal to understand the ways in which paramedic roles have an impact on the primary care workforce.​
• Dietitians in Primary Care: resources by British Dietetic Association on the role of dietitians in supporting primary care services for conditions relating to diet and nutrition.

3. Optimising impact of pharmacists working in GP practice

Led by: Dr Duncan McNab, Assistant GP Director, Safety and Quality, NHS Education for Scotland.

4. Embedding Occupational Therapists in GP Practice

Led by: Judith Cain, Senior Improvement Advisor, NHS Lanarkshire.

5. A bit about me and my journey as a nurse in primary care 

Led by: Andrea Davidson, General Practice Nurse, NHS Forth Valley.

6. Implementing Care Navigation in GP practice 

Led by: Denise Mellon, Practice Manager, NHS Ayrshire and Arran.

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1. Primary care and climate change

See the resources mentioned by Katie McCafferty, Senior Policy Manager, General Practice Policy and Strategy, the Scottish Government, in her presentation. 

• Business Energy Scotland: Free impartial support and access to funding to help businesses save energy, money and carbon
• Business Energy Scotland SME loan: Scottish Government funding to help you pay for your energy efficiency projects
• Energy Saving Trust, eBikes grants and loans: Interest-free eBike Business Loan available to businesses in Scotland

2. Climate and health

See the resources mentioned by Dr Munro Stewart, RCGP Climate Emergency advisory Group Chair and General Practitioner (GP), NHS Tayside, in his presentation. 

• Greener Practice: A network of people encouraging action on sustainability in primary care
• Centre for Sustainable Healthcare: Information on sustainable healthcare research and practice to support Scotland’s national and local programmes
• Green Impact for Health: Practical advice and tips to general practices across the UK to improve their sustainability

3. Reducing pharmaceutical waste on inhalers to avoid unnecessary environmental harm

See the resources mentioned by Dr Peter Cawston, GP, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Sandra Cahill, Pharmacist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, in their presentation.

• Greener Prescribing Inhaler Toolkit and Greener Prescribing inhaler recycling poster: NHS GGC resources for greener prescribing inhaler toolkit and recycling poster
• Greener Practice Asthma Toolkit: Greener Practice’s Asthma Toolkit has been designed to help UK general practices improve asthma outcomes whilst also reducing carbon emissions
• Greener Practice Asthma Education Video: Greener Practice’s Asthma Toolkit have six educational videos including one on device choice and one on disposal educational videos
• Greener Practice’s Special Interest Group WhatsApp Group: Connecting people and sharing resources via Greener Practice Special Interest Groups
• PrescQIPP Bulletin 295- Inhaler carbon footprint: This bulletin contains multiple resources that can help NHS organisation to lower their inhaler carbon footprint. 

4. Want to ditch the car? 

See the resources mentioned by Dr Katie Walter, GP, NHS Highland, in her presentation.

• Highland Carers: Information for professionals and patients to set up ebikes in their practices in Highland

5. How can Near Me benefit the environment? 

See the resources mentioned by Marc Beswick, National Lead, Near Me Networks, TEC Scotland in his presentation. 

• NHS Near me: Website where you can find information about NHSNear Me, a video consulting service widely used across NHS Scotland that enables people to attend appointments from home or wherever is convenient
• nss.nearme@nhs.scot: NHS Near Me email address
• @NHSNearMe: NHS Near Me Twitter handle
• @marcbeswickahp: Marc Beswick Twitter handle
• Edgehealth: A report on video consultations in secondary care by Edgehealth which highlights the benefits of video consultations to patients
• NHS Scotland Climate Emergency Sustainability Strategy 2022 - 2026: NHS Scotland policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and impact on environment
• TEC Scotland: Scottish government Digital Health and care Directorate TEC programme
  
  

Learning from participants

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1. Managing access to General Practice and Primary Care Services in post COVID recovery
   Led by: Fiona Duff, Primary Care Senior Advisor, The Scottish Government
2. Patient Participation Group (PPG) contribution in improving GP practice access
   Led by: Dr Kate Dawson, General Practitioner, NHS Western Isles
3. Understanding home visit demand and activity in General Practice
   Led by: Dr Scott Jamieson, General Practitioner, NHS Tayside and RCGP Scottish Council
4. How to set up a new appointment booking system to manage patient demand
   Led by: Lynne Martin, Practice Manager, NHS Tayside
5. Understand clinical demand and time in general practice using data collection tools
   Led by: Anne Ribet, Practice Manager, NHS Shetland
   
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1. SIGN Guidelines and right decision tool
   Led by: Dr Moray Nairn, Programme Manager, SIGN, Healthcare Improvement Scotland
2. Implementation Support Note on managing the long-term effects of COVID-19
   Led by: Dr Nafees Ahmad, Clinical Leadership Fellow at Scottish Government 2021-22
3. Respiratory perspective
   Led by: Dr Tom Fardon, Respiratory Consultant, NHS Tayside
4. Occupational therapy perspective
   Led by: Shonaid McCabe, Project Lead Occupational Therapy – Primary Care, NHS Lanarkshire
5. Neurological/neuropsychiatric perspective
   Led by: Prof Alan Carson, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist and Honorary Professor at the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh

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1. Infection prevention - how do we manage day to day appointments in keeping other patients safe from i.e. respiratory viruses?
   Led by: Kathy Kenmuir, Primary Care Cell Co-Lead at Public Health Scotland
2. How they are triaging patients in the current context
   Led by: Wendy Calder, Practice Manager, Annat Bank and Townhead Practice in Links Health Centre, Montrose, NHS Tayside
3. Experience of using Medlink for long-term conditions
   Led by: Dr Nico Grunenberg, GP, CQL, NHS Tayside and Primary Care Quality Improvement Faculty Member, Healthcare Improvement Scotland
4. Experience of using e-Consult
   Led by: Dr Paul Bailey, Newbattle Medical Group, NHS Lothian
5. Experience of using AskMyGP
   Led by: Adam Czarnobay, Practice Manager, Lerwick Health Centre, NHS Shetland

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1. Highlighting the importance of care planning and having 'What Matters to You' conversation
   Led by: Shaun Maher, Principal Education, NHS Education for Scotland
2. The evolving role of the multidisciplinary team in care planning conversations in primary care
   Led by: Jan Beattie, Allied Health Professional Advisor in Primary Care at Scottish Government
3. A 4-step process to anticipatory care planning, and ways to review the KIS
   Led by: Dr Paul Baughan, GP and Primary Care Quality Improvement Faculty Member, Healthcare Improvement Scotland
4. The difference ACP makes (care story) - how information recorded on KIS can make a difference
   Led by: Raymond Rose, Hospital Ambulance Liaison Officer (Palliative and End of Life Care), West Region, Scottish Ambulance Service
5. ACP and Care Homes
   Led by: Dr Judith Marshall, GP and Lead for Anticipatory Care Planning, Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership

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1. "Silver Livings" - the potential of interface working for ensuring quality care
   Led by: Dr Carey Lunan, Chair, RCGP Scotland
2. Example of interface working between primary and secondary care - Reviewing the orthopaedic patient pathway
   Led by: Lech Rymaszewski, Clinical Advisor, Modernising Patient Pathways Programme, Scottish Government
3. Supporting primary care interface working – where it’s working well and why
   Led by: Dr Elaine Turner, Clinical Lead for Interface, RCGP Scotland
4. Example of interface working between primary and secondary care – OOH Interface working in Highland 
   Led by: Dr Lorien Cameron-Ross, Clinical Director (Out of Hours), NHS Highland

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1. A General Practice perspective on managing long-term conditions
   Led by: Dr Nico Grunenberg, GP, Cluster Quality Lead, NHS Tayside and Primary Care Quality Improvement Faculty Member, Healthcare Improvement Scotland
2. What are the roles that the multidisciplinary team play in supporting people to manage their long-term condition?
   Led by: Lynne Innes, GPN and National Coordinator for General Practice Nursing, NHS Education for Scotland
3. Person-centred care, health literacy and putting the person at the centre of collaborative care planning – House of Care approach
   Led by: Graham Kramer, GP, steering group member of Health Literacy UK and Clinical Lead for Scotland's House of Care
4. Our experience of using House of Care for person-centred care planning
   Led by: Alison Hannan, Advanced Public Health Practitioner and House of Care Project Lead, NHS Grampian
5. The Links Approach in Supporting People with Long-Term Conditions
   Led by: Chris Flynn, Senior Community Links Practitioner, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland
6. Group consultations for supporting people with long term conditions
   Led by: Dr Joanna Smail, GP Partner, NHS Lothian, Brian McKinstry, GP and Professor of Primary Care eHealth, University of Edinburgh
7. Telemedicine and remote monitoring to support the self-management of long-term conditions
   Led by: Brian McKinstry, GP and Professor of Primary Care eHealth, University of Edinburgh

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1. Scene Setting: Medicines in Primary Care
   Led by: Jill Gillies, Primary Care Improvement Portfolio Lead, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Alison Strath, Principal Pharmaceutical Officer, Scottish Government
2. Launch of NHS Pharmacy First Scotland service
   Led by: Dr Michelle Watts, Medical Adviser (Primary Care Division), Scottish Government, Amanda Rae, Head of Policy and Development, Community Pharmacy Scotland, Catherine Aglen, Pharmacy and Medicines Division,­ Scottish Government and Senior Specialist Tutor, NHS Education for Scotland, Jonathan Burton, Chair, Scottish Pharmacy Board, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
3. Pharmacotherapy
   Led by: Dr Scott Jamieson, Executive Officer (Quality Improvement), Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland, Amy Robinson, Locality Prescribing Advisor, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, Alison Strath, Principal Pharmaceutical Officer, Scottish Government

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1. The interface between health and social care: How to build relationships and collaborations between primary care services and care homes in Scotland?
   Led by: Dr Scott Jamieson, Executive Officer (Quality Improvement), Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland, Dr Donald Macaskill, Chief Executive, Scottish Care, Dr Alasdair Forbes, Deputy Chair (Policy), Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland
2. Primary care recovery – refocusing and adapting to the current context
   Led by: Dr Michelle Watts, Medical Adviser (Primary Care Division), Scottish Government, Dr Andrew Buist, Chair, Scottish GP Committee, British Medical Association

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1. What have we learned from managing patient care with technology? How should we move forward?
   Led by: Dr Scott Jamieson, Executive Officer (Quality Improvement), RCGP Scotland and Clare Morrison, National Near Me Lead
2. How have primary care services responded to COVID-19 and how can we learn from this?
   Led by: Dr Michelle Watts, Medical Adviser (Primary Care Division), Scottish Government

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