Fellowships for GPNs

Fellowships are 2-year long projects, designed to support new-to-practice GPs and nurses transition towards empowered and independent practice.

Fellowships are 2-year long projects, designed to support new-to-practice GPs and nurses transition towards empowered and independent practice.

Fellows identify local healthcare needs and work towards improving services in that area.

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This episode of the Primary Care UK Podcast is about the General Practice Fellowship Scheme that provides funding to allow GPs and GPNs to pursue interests. Developed by NHS England and further enhanced in areas, such as London: The SPIN-new-to-Practice offer: Munir Adam is joined by a variety of contributors to see how this plays out, the benefits, the challenges and even how AHPs, such as Pharmacists in Practice are benefitting from it.

If you are interested in becoming a fellow, please take a moment to read the Frequently Asked Questions before submitting an application.

FAQs

If you are interested in becoming a fellow, please take a moment to read the Frequently Asked Questions before submitting an application.

Easy-to-Guide

The Fellowship project is a 2-year journey. Here is an idea of what the 2 years may look like for you.

1. Plan your project

Remember, this is a 2 year project. You can reach out to your practice manager to discuss possible project ideas. You may also email the Fellowship Programme Director debbiebrown@nhs.net. Do some research into what has been done in the area before. Don't reinvent the wheel and remember to give credit! There are some example project ideas listed at the bottom of this section.

2. Select your cohort

You can ask someone at your practice to run a search on your system. Find out who your Health Security Agency (Public Health Team) is and contact them. If in doubt, you may contact your local Training Hub Nurse Lead (emails at the bottom of this section)

3. Establish a baseline

You can send out a questionnaire to your identified cohort to find out how they are affected. You can also find out service data such as wait times etc.

4. Implement your plan

Ideally, you should observe an improvement in the provision of the service and/or health outcomes to your cohort

5. Follow up on your baseline

How much did your project improve service delivery? You could send out follow-up questionnaires

6. Review and reflect

This is a great time to consolidate and share your work to hopefully further improve outcomes for a wider population!

Project Idea Examples

We know it can be difficult to come up with an idea. Here are some ideas to get you started – feel free to use one of these or come up with your own!

  • Is there a good uptake of NHS Health checks in the BME population? Why/why not? How can we improve it?
  • Pre-diabetes in women from Asian backgrounds
  • Inequalities in health
  • Gestational diabetes
  • Asthma checks for 14-18 year olds - do this age group attend? Do they comply with medication routines? How can we improve it?
  • Mammogram attendance in the BME population of women aged 50-60 years old.
  • Smear uptake by women of Asian backgrounds

Support available to you

GP Nurse Fellowship Programe Director - Debbie Brown debbiebrown@seltraininghub.co.uk

Local Training Hub Lead Nurses

Your Practice Manager, Care-coordinator(s), fellowship mentor, local health teams related to your project (eg respiratory team, cytology team etc.) are all great assets to have throughout your 2 year project. You are not alone - there are always people around to support you.

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