Health Education England, together with South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit, has developed an easy-to-use tool to support clinicians, managers and commissioners in their efforts to forecast and monitor the impacts of MSK self-referral to first contact practitioners (FCP).
It is called the MSK First Point of Contact Model.
The model would be useful for anyone considering:
- Writing a business case for a first contact practitioner service
- Evaluating the impact of an already established FCP service
- Planning a service improvement initiative within a MSK health system
You can find and download the model from ARMA’s Network Resources page.
The video of the latest webinar in the MSK Webinar Series is up on our site.
As part of the Institute of Osteopathy’s partnership with the National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (NASS), two refresher seminars held for osteopaths and chiropractors at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath.
Guest blog by David Albury, Board Director Innovation Unit
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