Islington CCG NHS 111 & GP Out-of-Hours Dr David Davies Clinical Lead
Introduction Focus : • Procurement of a combined NHS 111/Out of Hours (OOH) service, with other North Central London CCGs, by April 2016 What we will cover : Context – our urgent care review Explain the clinical model for NHS 111 and out of hours services Plans for re-procurement of NHS 111 and GP out of hours services An update on the engagement we are undertaking Next steps
Local Context • 2010: GP OOH delivered to C&I by Harmoni • 2012, November: Care UK take over from Harmoni providing OOH Service • 2013, April: LCW (not for profit) commence contract to provide 111 for C&I • 2013, October: Primary Care Foundation review of Harmoni/Care UK Out of Hours Service. The review found the service was clinically safe and provided good care. • 2014, March: Urgent Care Review Camden and Islington
Urgent Care Review: Community engagement • Engagement August to November 2013 • Through media and advertising; online survey; audit day; workshops with community groups People wanted: • Smooth and efficient links between NHS111 and OOH • A service that is easy to use and accessible • Staff operating NHS 111 have the right knowledge and skills • Easy referral into the necessary services • Everyone in the community will find the service easy to use • More local knowledge of NHS 111 and OOHs.
Urgent Care Review: Conclusions Requires High quality, safe care, 24/7, right care, right place, first time Easy to navigate and understand with equity of access A smooth patient pathway, with minimum number of organisations, repeated information gathering and handovers. Recommends Commission 111 across all of NCL Combined NHS 111, GP Out of Hours (OOH) service as a single whole system model (though not necessarily a single provider)
The 111 patient journey in London ACCESS NHS 111 call advisers NHS 111 call advisers ANSWER Locally commissioned call handling ASSESSMENT NHS Pathways Consistent assessment of clinical needs London directory of local skills and services (DoS) APPROPRIATE Contains information for a wide range of organisations in a locality, CARE including GP GP opening hours, referral criteria, and real-time capacity GP GP UCC Midwife 999 A&E NHS Direct in hours OOH Rapid response Palliative care Mental Health Pharmacy nursing services, hospices crisis services Integration with pan- London ‘Co -ordinate my Care’ (CMC) Register for end -of-life care
111, OOH and LAS data Nov 13-Dec14 • Population of 218,000 (JSNA 2014) • If every patient has four GP appointments per year, this amounts to approximately 880,000 appointments. • Circa 25,000 calls to NHS 111: • Circa 18,000 calls to GP out of hours services • Circa 22,000 attendances at UCLH Emergency Department • Circa 35,000 attendances at Whittington Emergency Department
Re-procurement features • Procurement is legally required by NHS England, current contracts end March 2016 • All the 5 NCL Boroughs, and across London re-procurement is being undertaken • It requires community engagement, not consultation • GP out of hours services providing telephone assessments, face to face visits, and home visits.
Re-procurement features re 111 • It is a national requirement for all CCGs • We aim that it will be across five boroughs, as now • It will be an integrated service – this does not necessarily mean a single provider for both services, partnership bids are encouraged • NHS 111 is a nationally mandated model, but we will adapt as much as we can to fit local need.
What’s possible? • One governance structure • Improved pathways for patients (avoiding patients repeating information) • Prescriptions available far earlier when a person calls. • Quicker access to specialist help for dental problems • Clinicians “in the room” enabling 111 staff to pass calls directly to a GP • Integrated IT: improving information flow and patient experience and safety • Direct booking of “in hours” GP appointments
GP out of hours • Regardless of the future provider, will continue to offer “traditional” service of telephone, face to face and home visits assessments. • Islington CCG Board committed to ensuring high quality service • Until now activity split 40%tel, 40% F2F, 20% Visits • By 2016- more telephone consultations from 111 GPs, and possibly more F2F consultations from local GPs (via the extended 8-8 GP working (seven days/week)
Engagement undertaken • Public engagement January to March • Community meetings undertaken with a wide range of groups • Survey Monkey questionnaire to all GP practice patient groups • Focusing on - Clinical Model & Procurement Process
Engagement plan Islington Borough User Group (iBUG) – mental health service users Drayton Park Women’s Crisis House Age UK Body & Soul (HIV) Elfrida Society (Learning Disabilities) Young Carers Disability Action Islington Joint meeting with Camden; open meeting, 23 February, 5.30pm – 7.30pm, St. Pancras Hospital Last Years of Life Group/Voices for Change, Bingfield Medical Centre Last Years of Life Group, Islington Carers Hub North Locality Patient Forum, Resource Centre, 19 March, 2.00pm – 5.00pm Central Locality Patient Forum, Venue tbc, 26 March, 5.30pm – 8.30pm South Locality Patient Forum, St Luke’s Centre, 31 March, 5.30pm – 8.30pm Community Members / Independent Patient Group Survey Monkey questionnaire to GP practice patient groups HealthWatch All GP practices in pan-Islington forum
Emerging themes GP OOH • Everyone wants a high quality service (Patients, CCG Board, GPs, patient community groups) • Some people think this should be run and/or delivered by Local GPs • Others have focused on the need for “high quality GPs” - who may or may not be local • Service needs to be responsive to diverse language needs and vulnerable groups • Service needs to minimise unnecessary referrals to A&E or 999
Emerging themes - PPG feedback • Following on from the December 14 PPG in South • Provided a set of FAQ for any patient • Sent a survey to all Islington PPG groups • Asked for the survey to go to all the practices “virtual patient groups” • Asked all the CCG to undertake the same exercise
Emerging themes – re 111 • Combining NHS111 and GP OOH is a good idea • NHS111 and GPOOH needs to be able to make good links with the local health system • NHS111 needs to be better at helping people with mental health needs • Service needs to be more responsive to diverse language needs and patients with a disability • Prescriptions, next day GP appointments, record sharing(with consent) – all well received. • NHS 111 needs more marketing
Next steps • This phase of the engagement finishes end of March • Report on the outcome of the engagement • Finalise on-going public involvement in the procurement process • End March commence tendering process • Finalise the service specification by the end of April ready for the second stage of the procurement • New service starts 1 April 2016
Involvement in the procurement Are you are interested in becoming involved in the procurement process? If so, please give your name to: Lizzie Stimson estimson@nhs.net
Questions
Questions • Have you used NHS 111 or GP OOH service in the last year? • How would you rate your experience of NHS111 and OOH? • When you call 111, how important would it be to you to be able to talk to the following healthcare professionals? • GP • Pharmacist • Nurse • Paramedic • Dentist • Mental health professional • Is there anyone else you’d like to be able to talk to? Please specify
Questions • Would you like the 111 or OOH service to be able to book an appointment at your GP practice the following day if it was thought necessary? • We want our OOH GPs to have a good understanding of what local services are available in Islington when your GP is closed. How important is this issue to you? • Is there anything else you would like us to consider?
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