Guest guest Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 thankyou sarah and judy we are currently developing our service and your programme is helping us with every aspect as we are at the very early stage. comments from sarah very helpful today. we are trying to do this also, as well as produce evidence for higher staffing ratio, (ha ha). our area has massively grown in population. GP's have managed to secure 3 more partners because of it. we are still working with 1 full time and 1 part-time HV. 1 ft NNurse. has anyone got any ideas around a good tool to demonstrate workload/staffing ratio/skill mix for our HV team?? maybe a workload tool! mgt holtz Cowley <sarah@...> wrote: Judy, I think you and your colleagues are to be congratulated on the ADP plan you have put together to try and update your services. My comments and questions may be too late to be helpful, but thought I would make them anyway! Mostly, they are questions, because I do not have the guidance that you have followed, so please ignore anything that seems irrelevant.1. Under the heading 'project description,' I expected to find something that told me who would be involved staffwise, and which sectors of the population they would be serving. I know from assessing similar applications that it is common for referees to be asked to comment, or grade, each separate heading according to criteria set out for each one. It is reasonable to refer back and forth to information under other headings to avoid duplication2. Definition of Scope: will those assessing the application be familiar with all the jargon terms you have used here, like 'continuum of health visiting and school nursing' etc? A couple of years ago, we had a lengthy discussion in Senate about the scope of practice for health visitors and there was no consensus. Do you include ill and well children? home and school and surgery and hospital? Also, the tendency these days is to describe services by a title that describes the users/those for whom the service is provided, rather than the professionals delivering it, so it may be worth trying to think of a new descriptor to replace 'health visiting and school nursing services'. "Improving life chances for all children" is a useful phrase from the 2003-2006 planning and priorities document, or from the 'Emerging findings' of the children's NSF: "healthy children and families."3. Objectives: likewise, avoid unexplained jargon (what is a 'school pyramid?' I don't know). The space gives you an opportunity to explain your vision (more awful jargon terms!)As a general rule of thumb, if you are allowed space to explain a project, use it! It is good to have an idea of who will be assessing the application so you can tailor your explanations to them. Thank you for sharing your plans and experiences; good luck with it and do keep us up to date with your progress. kind regards . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 We would be very interested in anything out there to do the same in Enfield. Likewise I am covering a huge new housing development of mixed accommodation. It started with i fulltime GP since Jan this year has 2 fulltime GP. They are a PMS surgery. Apparently this money cannot be used for community nursing. Can anyone explain this logic??? I am running around like a headless chicken not even touching the surface of whaT MIGHT BE OUT THERE! Kathy Soderquist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 Kathy, Try checking the caseload for priority families then begin to work out suitable group activities and natural allies to run these groups. Ruth Re: workload tool We would be very interested in anything out there to do the same in Enfield. Likewise I am covering a huge new housing development of mixed accommodation. It started with i fulltime GP since Jan this year has 2 fulltime GP. They are a PMS surgery. Apparently this money cannot be used for community nursing. Can anyone explain this logic??? I am running around like a headless chicken not even touching the surface of whaT MIGHT BE OUT THERE! Kathy Soderquist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 many thanks for the tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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