Supporting GP Recruitment

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Supporting GP Recruitment Retention in
Nottinghamshire

• Tanya Wainwright, Project Facilitator,
• Nottinghamshire Teaching PCT

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AIM

• To raise awareness and share the work we have
  done and our future plans in relation to
  supporting GP Recruitment Retention

• OBJECTIVES
• Explain why action was needed
• Describe our approach what we did and how we
  did it, a summary of our findings and our future
  plans

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Why was action needed?

• The White Paper Our Health, Our Care, Our Say
• Relationship between under doctored areas and
  significant deprivation
• Top priority for the Department of Health

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Our ApproachWhat we did and how we did it

• Developed and undertook a national postal survey
  and literature review in Autumn 2005
• Commissioned an independent Management Consultant
  to analyse the findings of the survey /
  literature review and to develop a model to
  optimise GP Recruitment and Retention in
  Nottinghamshire

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Summary of Findings

• The survey achieved a 39 response rate (117 /
  303 PCTs responding to the survey)
• 67 PCTs (over half) reporting that there were no
  known initiatives schemes in place to support GP
  Recruitment and Retention
• Overall the survey / literature search yielded
  some useful information in relation to various
  initiatives and schemes, but lacked evidence of
  their success

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Major causes of the GP Deficit
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Addressing the GP Workforce Deficit
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Nottinghamshire Partnership Model Optimising GP
Recruitment Retention
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Future Plans

• Establish a multi-agency partnership including
  MPD, GPs, GP Recruitment Leads to ensure a
  coherent and inclusive approach across the county
• Develop a GP Workforce Toolkit to support
  practices and PCTs in undertaking the various
  initiatives / schemes based on good practice
• Pilot the Toolkit and Model with a cohort of
  practices March 07
• Nottinghamshire Teaching PCT to oversee the pilot
  project and evaluate the schemes to inform the
  future development of the model
• Evaluate the pilot and review and refine the
  Toolkit and Model before dissemination

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Questions

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Nottinghamshire Teaching PCT

• Tanya Wainwright Project Facilitator
• Email tanya.wainwright_at_mansfield-pct.nhs.uk
• Tel [phone] Ext 4509