Please see below the latest Primary Care Bulletin:
Primary Care Bulletin, 14th March 2024
Updated guidance is now available to support the implementation of the ‘No Wrong Doors for Young Carers’ Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help local authorities, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and other system partners ensure they are complying with their statutory duties relating to young carers and young adult carers.
The guidance provides further detail, practice examples and links to relevant legislation, policy and resources, including a template that local systems can adapt to meet their local context.
Patient choice materials
Patient-facing materials have now been produced to promote the benefits of patient choice. Patients have a legal right to choose which hospital they are referred to for their first outpatient appointment when they are being referred for treatment by a healthcare professional.
Call out for examples of good practice in patients with COPD
NHS England is developing a practical approach to supporting patients with COPD at risk of exacerbation in winter and beyond. In many areas in England, work has been undertaken to identify rising risk respiratory patients and optimise their care ahead of winter.
