The Team Around The Patient Flashcards
What are the members of the traditional primary healthcare team?
GP partners GP assistants and other salaried doctors GP registrars Practice nurses Practice managers Receptionist Community nurses Midwives Health visitors Nurse practicioners
Why are GP’s mostly required to provide adequate premises for practising and employing staff?
They are independent contractors to the NHS
What aspects of patient care may a practice nurse be involved in?
Obtaining blood samples ECGs Minor and complex wound management including leg ulcers Travel health advice Vaccinations Child immunisations and advice Family planning Smears Sexual health services Smoking cessation
What does a district nurse do?
They visit people in their own homes or in residential care homes, providing increasingly complex care for patients and supporting family members
Teach patients and carers about care
What do midwifes do?
Provide care during all stages of pregnancy, labour and early post-natal period
What is a health visitor?
Lead and deliver child and family health services (pregnancy through to 5 years)
What are the roles a Macmillan nurse?
Specialised pain and symptom control
Emotional support both for the patient and their family or carer
Care in a variety of settings – in hospital (both inpatient and outpatient), at home or from a local clinic
Information about cancer treatments and side effects
Advice to other members of the caring team, for example district nurses and Marie Curie nurses
Co-ordinated care between hospital and the patient’s home
Advice on other forms of support, including financial help.
List some phct allied professionals.
Physiotherpy OT Dietetics Podiatry Pharmacy Counselling
What is a pharmacist?
An expert in medicines and their use
Advise medical and nursing staff on selection and appropriate use of medication
What is dietetics?
Interpretation and communication of nutrition science
Working with people with special dietary needs
informing the general public about nutrition
offeringunbiased advice
evaluating and improving treatments
educatingpatients/clients, other healthcare professionals andcommunity groups.
What does a physiotherapist do?
Help and treat people with physical problems caused by illness, accident or ageing
See movement as central to health
Which areas do occupational therapists work in?
physical rehabilitation mental health services learning disability primary care paediatrics environmental adaptation care management equipment for daily living
What is a care manager?
Care managers are experts in working with individuals to identify their goals and locate the specific support services that enhance well-being
What are some factors which may affect the phct and premises?
Economic
Political
Growing older population
What is The Forum on Teamwork in Primary Healthcare?
Pretty self explanatory
Convened by Royal Pharmaceutical Society, BMA, Royal College of Nursing, National Pharmaceutical Association
and the Royal College of GP’s
