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2. 24/7 Model

Outputs & Products

Description Date
Launched

2023-2024

Primary Care and Community Nursing Framework release notice

The Primary Care and Community Nursing Framework has been developed by primary care and community nurses and outlines how they will contribute to achieving the ambitions of A Healthier Wales and the Primary Care Model for Wales.

February 2024

Primary Care Community Nursing Framework Short Read 

The Primary Care and Community Nursing Framework has been developed by primary care and community nurses and outlines how they will contribute to achieving the ambitions of A Healthier Wales and the Primary Care Model for Wales.

February 2024

Urgent Primary Care Centre Final Report 

UPC - Development Matrix

This is a summary of the Urgent Primary Care Centre Programme Final Report Sept 2020- March 2023.This paper reviews impact and lessons learned during the All-Wales National Urgent Primary Care Centre Programme (UPCC).

October 2023

Multi-Professional Framework for Integrated Working


Multi-Professional Framework for Integrated Working - Summary paper 

Development Matrix for Multi-Professional Working

This paper by the Strategic Programme for Primary Care is the culmination of many months of engagement and significant discussion with all stakeholders.

 

This paper presents a Once for Wales agreed definition, core standards with underpinning quality statements, and evaluation tool for Multi Professional working.  The purpose is to support organisations to deliver joined up, person-centred, outcome focused community services.

August 2023

Enhanced Community Care [summary paper]

Enhanced Community Care 

The paper by the Strategic Programme for Primary Care provides the Once for Wales agreed definition, core standards and underpinning quality statements, of an Enhanced Community Care (formerly virtual ward) model of care and support. Providing a base from which community based services can deliver high-quality evidence-based care to people and populations requiring enhanced community care. 

This updated paper outlines the ECC Evaluation Framework which includes a set of measures and outcomes. This enables services to demonstrate the value and effectiveness of their ECC model of care and support in a consistent way across Wales. Ensuring people receive safe person-centred care regardless of the population the ECC focuses on, and an opportunity to share learning from this way of working in a consistent way across Wales.

August 2023

7 Minute Briefing: Primary Care and Community Nursing Feedback Workshops 

Overview of the Primary Care and Community Nursing Feedback Workshops held in April and May 2023. 

June 2023

Developing a Nursing Home Immunisation Model

Release Note - Developing a Nursing Home Immunisation Model
 

This document outlines;

  1. Why immunisation by nursing home nurses should be promoted and enabled

  2. What needs to be considered when developing a nursing home immunisation model for residents and staff

  3. Developing a Peer to Peer Model

  4. Testing Nursing Home Immunisations Model for Residents

  5. Learning and outcomes from the testing of the model

  6. Discussion of learning from nursing home pilot

  7. Next steps

  8. Recommendations for future development of this work

 

Release Note for the Developing a Nursing Home Immunisation Model

May 2023

Phase 1 Enhanced Community Care

Release Note - Phase 1 Enhanced Community Care
 

This paper by the Strategic Programme for Primary Care is the culmination of many months of engagement and significant discussion with all stakeholders, and provides the Once for Wales agreed definition, core standards and underpinning quality statements, of an Enhanced Community Care (formerly virtual ward) model of care and support.

May 2023

National Framework for Urgent Primary Care

 

 


Release Note: National Framework for Urgent Primary Care Centres 

The aim of the Urgent Primary Care Centre (UPCC) Programme is to provide seamless care, delivered at a local level consistently regardless of organisational boundaries. The programme has sought to design and deliver a new model of urgent care for the population of Wales that have an urgent primary care need providing a service for people within eight hours of contacting their local Health Board


Release notice for the National Framework for Urgent Primary Care Centres 

May 2023

2022-2023

7 Minute Briefing: Enhanced Community Care (Virtual Wards) Workshop

Overview of the Enhanced Community Care (Virtual Wards) workshop held on 8 February 2023

March 2023

National Community Nursing Specification: Overarching principles, characteristics, and functions of Community Nursing in Wales

The National Community Nursing specification outlines at 
a strategic level the overarching principles, characteristics, 
and functions of Community Nursing in Wales for individuals aged 16 and over. The experience of individuals and families using or accessing community nursing services are at its centre, via the use of core principles focused on providing person centred, preventative, safe and effective services. 

January 2023

Urgent Primary Care Centres Final Report – Phase 2

This evaluation report provides an overview of progress during the implementation Phase 2 of the Urgent Primary Care Centre (UPCC) Programme April 2021 – March 2022, notes the work carried out, learning, challenges and next steps. This report builds on the early findings documented in the Phase 1 December 2020 – March 2021 Urgent Primary Care Centres Pathfinder report.

December 2022

 

Plan on a Page – Urgent Primary Care Centres Phase 3

Phase 3 is designed to build on the foundations of the UPCC Pathfinder (Phase 1) and the Implementation Stage (Phase 2)

December 2022

 

 

Release Note – Urgent Primary Care Centres Toolkit

The Urgent Primary Care Centres (UPCC) toolkit is a collection of information and resources for stakeholders who may be supporting and driving forward the Urgent Primary Care Centres or for colleagues who have in interest in the work being carried out

November 2022

 

Release Note -Community Infrastructure
Toolkit

The Community Infrastructure (CI) Toolkit is a collection of information, and resources, designed for anyone (inclusive of profession, area, or level of practice) supporting the delivery of place-based care, regardless of setting

November 2022

 

Community Infrastructure Programme – What Good Looks Like 

A one page infographic that outlines ‘what good looks like’ in the Community Infrastructure Programme

October 2022

Community Infrastructure Programme – Process Plan  

A one page infographic that outlines the process plan of the Community Infrastructure Programme 

October 2022

Regional Facilitated Workshops – Professional Collaboratives for Nursing

 

National report overview of the regional Nursing workshops  

October 2022

Regional Facilitated Workshops – Professional Collaboratives for Allied Health Professionals

National overview of the regional AHP workshops

September 2022

Plan on a Page -  District Nursing - Scheduling Dashboard

This plan on a page details SPPC’s plan to investigate and develop a national dashboard for scheduling and visit data for DN services across Wales. This project will examine and will complement other work relating to district nursing being done by DHCW

October 2022

Plan on a Page – Urgent Primary Care Centres Phase 2

The proposed new structure for the national unscheduled care programme will see primary care as one of the key pillars of urgent and emergency care.  This is a significant step forward and will support the alignment of the urgent primary care work with developments such as ‘Think 111’ and facilitate an integrated whole pathway approach

April 2022

2021- 2022

Urgent Primary Care Centres Pathfinder - Phase 1

The transformational model for primary and community care, which is a whole system approach to sustainable and accessible local health and wellbeing care, supports the vision set out in A Healthier Wales and is now adopted as the Primary Care Model for Wales.

March 2022

Evaluation Framework Development for Urgent Primary Care Centre Pathfinders in Wales

Evaluation framework development for urgent primary care centre pathfinders in Wales

March 2022

Annex A

Urgent primary care development matrix for national urgent primary care pathfinder panel

March 2022

Annex B

Literature review to support the definition of urgent primary care and urgent care centre

March 2022

Annex C

Developing the national core dataset for urgent primary care centre pathways in Wales.  A group concept mapping study with UPCC staff in Wales Report for National Urgent Primary Care Pathfinder Panel

March 2022

Urgent Primary Care Centres Pathfinder

Developing the 24/7 Urgent Care Model - Phase 1 (December 2020 - March 2021) report

March 2022

UPCC Plan on Page – Phase 1

A one page overview of the scope, deliverables and outcomes for UPCC – Phase 1

January 2022

Urgent Primary Care Digital Leaflet

UPC aims to is to provide a multidisciplinary primary care offering, enabling better management of demand, avoiding hand-offs and multiple entry points for a seamless, safe and positive experience for people

November 2021

Primary Care Model for Wales-Accelerated Cluster Development Digital leaflet

Describes how care will be delivered locally, now & in the future, as part of a whole system approach to deliver A Healthier Wales

November 2021

Community Infrastructure Program Digital Leaflet

CIP aims to create collaborative working across community professions & organisations to support recovery & build resilience

October 2021

Fact Sheet 1 - Policy

The Strategic Programme for Primary Care 24/7 Group (with system-wide representation) has identified the design of a 24/7 Urgent Care model as one of its priorities. This aligns to goals 1 - 3 of the six goals.

October 2021

Fact Sheet 2 - Definitions

The need for clarity informed the deliberations of the national pathfinder groups in refining the definitions of urgent primary care and emergency care.

October 2021

Fact Sheet 3 - Workforce

This Fact Sheet from the Strategic Programme for Primary Care (SPPC) presents a summary of key workforce observations from the initial implementation phase of the Urgent Primary Care Centre (UPCC) Pathfinder, along with a series of recommendations and required actions for its next phase of implementation. 

October 2021

Fact Sheet 4 - Impact and Value

The Urgent Primary Care Centre (UPCC) Pathfinder is part of Strategic Programme for Primary Care (SPPC).

October 2021

Fact Sheet 5 - Summary

 

October 2021

BCS Toolkit Bundle A Sub-Acute Final          

BCS Toolkit Bundle B Rehabilitation Final

BCS Toolkit Bundle C D2RA Final       

BCS Toolkit Bundle D Palliative and EOL Care Final

BCS Toolkit E Step Up Care Final      

BCS Toolkit Core Bundle Final           

Bedded Community Facilities Mini Test Outputs v1

The Delivery Unit was commissioned by the Strategic Programme for Primary Care 24/7 work stream to review bedded community facilities. In doing so these toolkits were designed to assist Health Boards to:

• Review their current bedded community facilities;

• Look at where they could apply this resource in regard to D2RA pathways 2 and 3;

• Optimise use being made of the facilities for patients; and

• Consider the flow of patients through these complex systems to the best effect.

The toolkits were “road tested within three Health Boards, a summary of the feedback from those mini pilots, has been included in this publication.

July 2021

2020-2021

All Wales Care Home Framework. Self-assessment checklist for Health Boards

This checklist is supplementary to the All Wales Care Home Framework

October 2020

All-Wales Care Home Framework

Supporting All-Wales Care Homes checklist

Supporting All-Wales Care Homes checklist (word doc)

This document provides Health Boards with a consistent framework to support the planning and provision of primary and community health care services and the implications for the care home sector.

October 2020

Dental Toolkit to Support COVID-19
 

This toolkit compiles information that has so far been released and offers guidance and supporting information to enable the continuity of services by dentists at this unprecedented time of pressure. The bulk of the information used in this toolkit is contained in the “Red Alert Phase Escalation” document provided by the All Wales Clinical Dental Leads COVID-19 Group v1.01 03.04.2020 which has been adapted into the toolkit format.

April 2020

Release of Primary Care Dental Services
COVID-19 Toolkit

Optometry Toolkit to Support  COVID-19

This toolkit compiles published information and offers guidance and supporting information to enable the continuity of services by optometry practices throughout COVID-19.

April 2020
Release of Optometry Practice Services
COVID-19 Toolkit

Community Pharmacy
Toolkit to

Support COVID-19

This toolkit compiles information in relation to Welsh Government objectives for pharmacy, throughout COVID-19. It offers guidance and supporting information to enable the continuity of services, along with practical tips and templates to help contractors navigate their way through the process.

April 2020
Release of Community Pharmacy Contractor
COVID-19 Toolkit

2019-2020

Winter planning Framework 2019-20 Framework
Template

This work is a co-ordinated consensus view from across all Directors of Primary Care on the key themes to improve winter planning. 

Issued via a letter from Simon Dean and Albert Heaney, 2 September 2019.