Primary Care Incentive Scheme PCIS

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Primary Care Incentive Scheme (PCIS)

• What is it and how can we make it work?
• Rachel Exell PCRN(SW) Network Manager
• Dr Jenny Baverstock PCRN (SW) East Hub Locality
  Manager

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What is it?

• Increase the number of patients involved in
  clinical trials and well designed primary care
  studies
• To enable practices to get established systems in
  order to engage in NIHR studies
• Initial funded time to meet with PCRN staff in
  order to get Research embedded into your Practice
  
• Practice time to get your Practice staff engaged
• Funding in order to attend today the Good
  Clinical Practice session 21 May 2009

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Level 1 - 1,500

• Consider studies on a regular basis
• Hold 12 meetings a year with the local network
  facilitator
• Then
• recruiting patients either by GPs or Nurses in
  routine consultations or in dedicated clinics
• Host up to 3 NIHR studies per year
• To consider at least one potential commercial
  study, if requested to do so

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Level 2 - 4,000

• As level 1 plus
• 4 or more NIHR studies per year
• Undertake feasibility assessments i.e. database
  searches
• Maintain validated registers in the disease areas
  of the Topic Clinical Research Networks
• Lead clinician to have Good Clinical Practice
  (GCP) training in the last year (or by end of
  first year)

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Primary Care Incentive Scheme Practices

• PCRN (SW) total practices 1019
• PCRN (SW) East Hub total practices 414 (40)
• East Hub PCIS practices 41 (10)
• Level 1, 38 (92) PCIS practices
• Level 2, 3 (8) PCIS practices

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Primary Care Incentive Scheme Practices
Level 1 Practices
Level 2 Practices
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Dorset PCT Primary Care Incentive Scheme
Practices
Total practices 60 PCIS level 1 6 (10)
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Bournemouth Poole PCT Primary Care Incentive
Scheme Practices
Total practices 43 PCIS level 1 Practices 2
(5)
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Hampshire PCT Primary Care Incentive Scheme
Practices
Total practices 164 PCIS Level 1 practices 11
(7) PCIS Level 2 practices 2 (1)
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Isle of Wight PCT Primary Care Incentive Scheme
Practices
Total practices 17 PCIS Level 1 practices 1
(6)
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Wiltshire PCT Primary Care Incentive Scheme
Practices
Total practices 60 PCIS level 1 practices 12
(20) PCIS level 2 practices 1 (2)
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Southampton City PCT Primary Care Incentive
Scheme Practices
Total practices 39 PCIS level 1 practices 4
(10)
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Portsmouth PCT Primary Care Incentive Scheme
Practices
Total practices 31 PCIS level 1 practices 2
(6)
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What we do

• Practice visits
• Portfolio Studies
• Facilitating involvement of staff and patients in
  clinical studies
• Research Ready
• Help and advice

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Practice Visits

• A visit from a Research Officer can provide
  information on
• what the network offers and how the network can
  support
• you in taking part in research.
• A visit is an opportunity
• For us to find out how you would like to be
  involved in primary care research and the support
  you need.
• For you to find out more about portfolio studies
  and taking part in particular studies.
• For us to capture practice profile/staff and
  characteristics so we can then offer you studies
  most suited to your interests and practice.
• For you to learn about related accreditation
  schemes (RCGP research ready scheme) and training
  ( GCP training).

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East Hub team

• Megan Liddiard Research Officer supporting
  Hampshire, Portsmouth and Wiltshire PCTs
• Jackie Seely Research Officer supporting
  Southampton and Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole
• Tricia Worby Data Manager supporting Dorset
  region for visits
• Jessica Price MHRN staff supporting primary
  care half time. Hampshire region.

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Conclusion

• Increase the number of patients involved in
  clinical trials and well designed primary care
  studies
• Provide facilitation in order to optimise on
  studies on offer to Practices within the NIHR
  Portfolio
• Provide training to increase the level of
  expertise in General Practice to engage in
  research
• Assist practices to be research active!