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

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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
• Monies in order to attend today the Good
  Clinical Practice session

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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) West Hub (Peninsula) total practices
  260 (26)
• West Hub PCIS practices 63 (24)
• Level 1, 49 (78) practices
• Level 2, 14 (22) practices

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Primary Care Incentive Scheme Practices
Level 1 Practices
Level 2 Practices
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Devon PCT Primary Care Incentive Scheme Practices
Devon PCT 114 practices PCIS practices 43
(38) PCIS Level 1, 29 (67) PCIS Level 2, 14
(33)
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Cornwall Isles of Scilly PCT Primary Care
Incentive Scheme Practices
Cornwall Isle of Scilly PCT 75 practices PCIS
practices 9 (12) PCIS Level 1, 9 (100) PCIS
Level 2, 0
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Plymouth Teaching PCT Primary Care Incentive
Scheme Practices
Plymouth PCT 46 practices PCIS practices 4
(9) PCIS Level 1, 4 (100) PCIS Level 2, 0
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Torbay Care Trust Primary Care Incentive Scheme
Practices
Torbay Care Trust 25 practices PCIS practices 7
(28) PCIS Level 1, 7 (100) PCIS Level 2, 0
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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!