BHRUT weekly update - 28 July 2021

This week's edition announces the launch of the Rapid Diagnostic Centre, completing 51 hip and knee replacements in five days.

Ophthalmology education series of 1 hour webinars for Summer 2021.

Moorfields Education in conjunction with Moorfields Private Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and are proud to invite you to this new series of free webinars for Summer 2021.

Infection prevention control guidelines to remain in place

The highest priority for the NHS remains the safety of staff, patients and visitors.

Elective Access Policy for BHRUT

The Trust will be working in partnership with CCG colleagues to review and update the Elective Access Policy for BHRUT.

Axial Spondyloarthritis APPG meeting postponement

Unfortunately having to postpone our next Axial Spondyloarthritis APPG meeting, which was due to take place in the evening of Tuesday 20 July.

BHRUT Covid-19 AG hot clinic contact update

GP Practice Expression of Interest : Participation in Community Pharmacy Pilot for Physical Health Checks for People with Severe Mental Illnesses

CCGs are required to report quarterly to NHS England on the delivery of physical health checks for people on the GP SMI (Severe Mental Illness) Quality and Outcomes (QOF) register in any setting.

GP mental health support

Kooth plc, the nation's leading digital mental health provider, are running 3 separate webinars for GP's during the month of August to highlight the benefits of Kooth.com and Qwell.io.

Live demo of Data Management Dashboard Friday 9th July at 11am

The BHR Health and Care Academy are holding a LIVE DEMO of their DATA MANAGEMENT DASHBOARD Friday 9th July, 11am. You can read the new FAQs (insert link to attached) based on questions from Primary Care. If you would like to attend, please email ben.tunstall@nhs.net for a place.

Pressure in our system

We are working hard to direct more people, where appropriate to do so, to our pharmacies to alleviate the pressure on our system, including on our General Practice and UTC’s.

Bugs, babies and basics GP training event

We are resuming the BHR Academy GP Updates from BHRUT and will hold the next event which will be virtual on 17th July (Saturday) via MS Teams (9.00am -12.15)

Help us fill the London Stadium

This Saturday 19 June we are running a mass vaccination event at the London Stadium in the Olympic Park.