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GP shifts in MIIUs

GP shifts in MIIUs. Dr Joyce Meikle Medical Director Tayside OOH . PPP. OOH model in Angus and Perthshire. Angus – PCEC at Arbroath and MIIUs in Montrose, Forfar and Brechin Perthshire – PCEC at Perth and MIIUs in Blairgowrie, Crieff and Pitlochry

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GP shifts in MIIUs

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  1. GP shifts in MIIUs Dr Joyce Meikle Medical Director Tayside OOH PPP

  2. OOH model in Angus and Perthshire • Angus – PCEC at Arbroath and MIIUs in Montrose, Forfar and Brechin • Perthshire – PCEC at Perth and MIIUs in Blairgowrie, Crieff and Pitlochry • GPs doing home visits see patients in MIIUs when required

  3. Issues: • Cover four days on consecutive weeks • Home visiting in a rural community is resource heavy. • Requirement to also see patients in MIIUs results in additional strain on resources. • Patients can’t see a GP locally over festive periods.

  4. Solution: GP shifts based in MIIUs between 11am and 3pm on 26th, 27th and 28th December and 2nd, 3rd and 4th January.

  5. MIIU based GP duties: Patients referred from NHS 24 Walk in patients In-patients in attached community hospital

  6. Informing the public: • Adverts were placed in all Tayside local papers during the weeks prior to Christmas and New Year • Leaflets distributed at PPG road shows throughout Tayside in December.

  7. Information contained in ads: • GP present at MIIUs • Which days – 26th, 27th and 28th Dec and 2nd, 3rd and 4th Jan. • Hours of opening – 11.00 – 15.00 • Access without contacting NHS 24

  8. Patients Pa Total 21 37 31 89

  9. Total 47 40 31 118

  10. Benefits: • Provided an improved service for patients in rural Angus and Perthshire • Reduced strain on home visiting in these localities. • Pharmacies aligned their opening hours to the MIIU clinic times • Eliminated some phone calls to NHS 24

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