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Pacesetter projects 2020-2022

 

Health Board

Title of project

Description of project

Aneurin Bevan
Health Board
The Academy - a joint primary care initiative working with  Nursing and Pharmacy. The academy has two parts, nursing and pharmacy that work collectively to address the resource issues across primary care.
Betsi Cadwaladr
Health Board
Advanced Practice Paramedics: Developing the Primary Care Rotation The Project will look to address the viability of an extended rotational approach to the delivery of care using a WAST Advanced Paramedic Practitioner (APP) based within primary care.
Betsi Cadwaladr
Health Board
Primary & Community Care Academy Creating a skilled workforce to meet the needs of the population
Cardiff & Vale
Health Board
Embedding Quality Improvement in Primary Care The scheme will provide operational support to the GP CD Lead for Quality Improvement (currently being recruited to in Cardiff and Vale)to further embed quality improvement within Primary Care settings across Cardiff and Vale UHB. 
Cardiff & Vales
Health Board
Primary Care Academy The scheme aims to support qualified MDT professionals to transition to a primary care setting, through the transfer of existing knowledge, experience and skills (gained in a nonprimary care setting) through a robust training and mentorship programme for a period of a year within a GMS practice.
Cwm Taf
Health Board
Advanced Training Practice Hub & Spoke Model There are two elements of this scheme, the first concentrates on providing exposure to primary care for pre-registration student nurses.
Hywel Dda
Health Board
Dental Fellowship Programme (post-Dental Foundation) Recruitment and retention of NHS dentists, particularly in some of the more rural areas of HDUHB, is proving to be challenging and is impacting on overall access rates, despite best efforts to improve access by commissioning additional activity.
Hywel Dda 
Health Board
Embedding Quality Improvement in Primary Care The scheme will provide four sessions each week for a Clinical Lead for Quality Improvement to further embed quality improvement within primary care settings across Hywel Dda UHB. 
Hywel Dda
Health Board
Pharmacy Academy A cohort of 2 qualified pharmacists will be recruited at band seven, these staff will undertake a two year programme when they will rotate between secondary care, community pharmacy and primary care and also complete the Independent Prescribers qualification.
Hywel Dda
Health Board
Pharmacy Delivery Driver Enhanced Service To monitor and offer low level support and signposting for patients who are vulnerable, housebound, with limited mobility who live in their own homes, and have their prescribed medication delivered to their homes as part of Community Pharmacy service provision.
Hywel Dda
Health Board
Physician Associate Primary Care Development Programme The scheme: Physician Associate Academy will enable Physician Associates to engage in Primary and Secondary Care practice through different lenses: clinician, educator and service improver depending on their own stage of development.
Powys Teaching
Health Board
Extended Anticipatory Care Planning for Remote Rural Areas To provide an equitable assessment and appropriate care package to elderly patients living independently in remote rural areas to reduce escalation to Virtual Ward, reduce acute episodes of urgent care being presented at general practice and reduce emergency admissions to hospitals.
Powys Teaching
Health Board
Physician Associate Primary Care Development Programme The intention is to establish a development programme to support Physician Associates wishing to work in a Primary Care setting.
Swansea Bay Health Board (working with 1000 Lives and Public Health Wales) Primary Care Improvement Facilitation Improving healthcare quality is about making healthcare safer, more effective, person-centred, timely, efficient and equitable.
Swansea Bay Health Board (working with 1000 Lives and Public Health Wales) PCC ANP and GPN Internship Programme This new SBUHB PCC ANP Internship would act to target newly qualified ANPs or those ANPs currently attached to Secondary Care who wish to pursue a career in Primary Care and Community Services.