aims
To promote and coordinate the provision of primary care services within member practices.
Represent practices in planning and delivery forums.
Develop plans and proposals in response to the needs of patients where primary care at scale is required.
Deliver services though individual practices, specialist network-wide services as patient needs dictate
education
&TRAINING
We provide the following education & training programs. If you would like more information please contact us.
Locum Bank
new to nursing
The New to Nursing Program is a fully funded HENCEL project brought into Barking and Dagenham. Currently, 12 nurses wishing to become practice nurses are working 2.5 days in General Practice and spending 2.5 days in training across Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge.
Clinical Pharmacists
in GP Practices
improving
access
Evening
and Weekend
GP service
There are two ‘out of hours’ access hubs in Barking & Dagenham which enable patients to be seen after the surgery closes.
A minimum of two local GPs work at each access hub and patients are offered a booked appointment during the evening or weekend. Please note only Barking Hospital is open at weekends.
If you would like to see a GP over the weekend at one of our hubs, you may prefer to pre-book your appointment from Thursday onwards.
Patients from all over the borough are seen at one of two locations. The call centre staff offer the patient the most convenient hub although the patient has the choice of either site.
Booking times are
Monday to Friday: 14:00-21:00
Saturday: 09:00-17:00
Sunday: 09:00-16:00
Bank Holidays: 09.00-15.00
Experienced call handlers are ready to take your call
Opening times are
Monday to Friday: 18:30-22:00
Saturday: 08:00-20:00*
Sunday: 08:00-20:00*
*Barking Hospital Only
Patients can book an appointment by calling:
020-3770 1888
quality
improvement
With the publication of the latest reports from NHS England – General Practice Forward View, and the Understanding Pressures in general practice survey by the Kings Fund , it is clear that we need to find new ways of doing things in primary care.
- We need to maintain and motivate our staff and build stronger MDT teams.
- We need to maximise income, and identify savings where-ever we can.
- We need to address the shortage of staff within the local health economy and ensure that we continue to provide high quality service to our patients.
At Together First, we strongly believe that we can respond to these needs by working collaboratively together, across member practices to share experiences and solutions to the current system pressures
service
development
We support service development in the following ways. If you would like more information please contact us.
NHS Health Checks
Together First is working closely with Public Health Barking and Dagenham to support practices in delivering the NHS Health Checks. We are delighted to be able to work with local practices, to develop this service for patients. The project provides a combination of administration and clinical support working with the practice team and requires no additional work for the practice If you want more information on how we can help practices please contact together.first@nhs.net
