Exeter Non-Principals Group
4th
March 2003
Appraisal 1
Education.. 1
Small Group.. 1
Virtual
Practice. 2
BNFs. 2
Wish List 2
Future
Speakers. 2
Committee. 2
This is
scheduled to start in September.
Revalidation for non-principals will not be required until later. Nick
Bradley at the PCT is the local lead on appraisal and Vik
is in correspondence with him to ensure that appraisal for non-principals is
appropriate and useful. Although some “appraisers” for non-principals have
already been approved, no one present at the meeting had been approached to act
in this role. Some members of the group expressed an interest in doing so and Vik will forward their names to Nick Bradley. Those wishing to be trained/assessed
as appraisers should be paid for their time.
The introduction
of formalised appraisal for us may be useful in convincing the LMC to put
pressure on practices to alter data-entry for locums so that we can audit our
work eg by logging on under our own names rather than
as LOCUM.
Principals are now
getting regular protected learning time with ISCADOC covering their patients so
that the practices can shut. There is no plan to provide similar educational
opportunities for non-principals. Vik has written to
David Kernick at Exeter PCT to remind them that our education
matters too! The group discussed the
possibility of arranging our own conferences. The opportunity-cost involved in
loss of income for days dedicated to study remains an obstacle for locums.
The small group
organised by Karen Scrimgeour to discuss problem
cases will meet at the Golf and Country Club on19th March. Anyone
interested in future meetings should contact Karen on 07967 114354.
There was more
information from Vik about what Devon Doctors is offering to do for the group if we ask them to act as a “ virtual practice manager” for us. This includes:
1.
Invoicing/pensions. In practice this would mean that they could pay us
and invoice the practices to get money back.
2.
Speeding
up payment for shifts worked for ISCADOC/Devon Docs and getting us better
access to information about shifts available for Devon Docs and possibly more choice of
shifts.
3.
Information
cascade/training facilitation.
The group was
not convinced that Devon Docs is in the best position to offer to pass on
information/education to us, as they wouldn’t currently receive the information
from higher up the cascade. Nor was there consensus that we would want or need
anyone to manage our finances/invoicing.
Vik will feed back to Devon Docs that we are keen for them to speed up payment for out-of-hours
work and to give us better access to booking shifts.
BNFs
David Price can help those still having difficulty in obtaining BNFs. Please fax him
on practice headed notepaper from one of your practices, stating your job-title
and home address. Fax to 01132 546342.
This is being distributed to local practices now. Peter Kennerly will take the list to the next LMC meeting to draw
it to the attention of the meeting.
Diane Baker still has PGEA certificates for those who have not collected
them for meetings up until October.
1st April Vik Mohan
will speak on Diving Medicine and we will discuss further business.
6th May To be arranged
3rd June Richard
Haig, Consultant Rheumatologist
1st July Dr
Alexander, Consultant in Genito-Urinary Medicine
It was noted that meetings have been drifting into starting later in the
evening. We meet from 7.00pm and will try to ensure that food is available promptly so that the
speaker can start at 8.00pm.
Dr Vik
Mohan Email: mohanvik@hotmail.com
Dr Sally McNabb
Email: mcnabb_sally@hotmail.com
Dr Diane
Baker Email: diane@belbury.freeserve.co.uk
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