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What if nurses were trained to perform some exercise/ rehabilitation routines and physiotherapists taught how to carry out observations or write a care plan? Could this help us to deliver the best and most effective treatment and ultimately result in our patients benefitting from a more joined-up experience of care?
With the proposed implementation of these new models, together with an ageing population and the continual need for more and more staff in the NHS, perhaps the answer to dealing with a fast-changing NHS lies in increasing our knowledge and expanding our skill sets?
I think there will definitely have to be an overlap (or blurring) of our roles in the future, especially within community and primary care settings. I am not necessarily against this idea, and, done in the correct way, it could end up benefitting us all. JCN
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
As healthcare professionals we all have a shared core knowledge and understanding of anatomy and physiology. However, if nurses only perform nursing duties and physiotherapists only perform physiotherapists’ duties, for example, the need for more staff will surely only increase. The challenge is that currently, we do not have the staff to meet these needs.
Put simply, the PCH and MCP models will see primary, community and social care services working as one to ensure patients experience a more joined-up approach, as everyone including GPs, community nurses, allied health professionals, social care workers and mental health workers will hold regular joint meetings to discuss and plan patient care together.
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Earlier this month I attended a meeting where the future plans for a large healthcare provider were discussed. During the meeting several acronyms were used and I realised many of those attending did not understand what they stood for and, most importantly, their meaning. Hands up if you know what a PCH is? Or what about an STP? Even an MCP? And do you know how these three acronyms will affect you?
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s primary and community care look set to play an even bigger role in the future of the NHS, do we know what changes we can expect, how these changes will be delivered and how they will affect the way we work?
PCH stands for ‘primary care home’. In brief, the PCH model enables primary care, community health and social care professionals to work in partnership with specialists to provide out-of-hospital care. Finally, MCP, stands for multispeciality community provider.
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Alex Munro is a registered nurse with a background in unscheduled care as a nurse practitioner. He is the co-founder and clinical director of Hallam Medical, the primary care recruitment specialist
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Blurring our roles may not be such a bad thing...
STP stands for ‘sustainability and transformation plan’. The STP demonstrates how local services will change to become more sustainable
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As the NHS shapes itself for the future, the way nurses work will change. It is therefore vitally important we not only know what these three acronyms — STP, PCH and MCP — stand for, but also that we understand them, as they will define the way new services will be expected to work.
The word: clarity in communication is vital to the future of the NHS.
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