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Suffolk GP Federation will deliver a new pain management service in partnership with West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (WSFT). The collaboration will see staff from both organisations working across primary, secondary and community care. They will offer support to patients to self-manage their condition, improve the choices those patients have in...

Suffolk GP Federation Newsletter – September 2017 Opportunity to work in Fed’s GP streaming service Update on community services NHS England GP+ audit Latest on out of hours and 111 bid Launch of Prescribing Support Service Nurse leadership programme Advice on employing Emergency Care Practitioners To read the newsletter, please...

The Virtual Ward is a collaborative approach that aims to help patients control their diabetes and where appropriate reduce the number of visits from community nurses. A Diabetes Specialist Nurse and Community Nurse supported by a Consultant meet monthly to discuss patients’ conditions and review medication. Since launching last year,...

Suffolk GP Federation is pleased to announce more details of planned improvements at the Christmas Maltings and Clements Practice in Haverhill. Since we took on the running of the practice in July we have established a new booking system to reduce patient waiting times and there has been a concentrated...

Patients who need a doctors’ appointment after work or at weekends now have access to a wider range of healthcare professionals. Suffolk GP Federation is expanding its GP+ service in Ipswich to include physiotherapists. We are also continuing to recruit additional GPs, Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Prescribers across all GP+...

Walton Surgery in Felixstowe has been rated as ‘Good’ in all areas by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). It is the first inspection the practice has received since being taken over by Suffolk GP Federation at the end of last year. Areas praised by inspectors included patient safety, service effectiveness...

Suffolk GP Federation Newsletter – July 2017 Update on supporting practices at scale Streaming service latest Prescribing Support Service GP+ news Diabetes funding Physios in primary care Staff survey results To read the newsletter, please click here.

The results of our 2017 staff survey have been very encouraging. In total, we had 96 responses including those working in GP+. Generally, Suffolk GP Federation compares very favourably with NHS organisations. Also, 89% ‘agreed’ or ‘strongly agreed’ that if a friend or relative needed treatment that they would be...

Suffolk GP Federation has now officially taken on the management of Christmas Maltings and Clements in Haverhill, which also includes a sister practice in Kedington. The surgery had faced an uncertain future due to problems recruiting new GPs and increasing patient demand. We now aim to stabilise the practice and...

Suffolk GP Federation Newsletter – June 2017 Tackling the impending crisis in practice nurses Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Urgent Care service bid (111 & Out of Hours) Update from Christmas Maltings and Clements Practice, Haverhill Update from Walton Surgery, Felixstowe Suffolk Primary Care (SPC) GP+ in the West...