GP lead: Niall McGreevyCommissioner lead: Linda Moore

WORKINGTON BETTER TOGETHER

Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group

Workington

Our hospital provides a point of focus for the town and is an excellent platform to provide local access to a wide range of services

Workington Community Hospital

• High levels of deprivation, unemployment and low levels of household income and educational attainment

• Health outcomes of a lower standard than are aspired to

• People in Workington die 14 years earlier than people in other parts of Allerdale and a quarter of the population have long term illnesses

• As elsewhere the health needs of our population are changing. People are living longer and there are increasing numbers with multiple long term conditions.

• More than half of our GPs are over 50 years old and it is likely that many of these will retire before they are 60. Recruitment is difficult.

• Patient surveys indicate high levels of dissatisfaction with access.

Challenges

Prime Minister’s Challenge FundOur Project Aims • Improve access to primary care

• Improve long term condition management and care of frail elderly

• Act as a pathfinder for Primary Care Communities for the whole of Cumbria

• Redesign our minor injuries service in the community hospital and open a new Primary Care Access Centre

• Open 7 days a week, 8am – 8pm

• The centre will manage ‘same-day’ urgent appointments on behalf of the 5 GP Practices

• Continue to offer open access minor injury service

Improve Access to Primary Care

Improve Long Term Condition Management & Care of the Frail Elderly

• Redesigning management of ‘same-day’ appointments releasing capacity within practices to focus on primary prevention & delivery of proactive, planned care

• Chronic Disease specialist nurse practitioners working on a town-wide basis

• Specialist nurse practitioner for our care homes, supported by GPs working to improve LTC management & end-of-life care through care planning, medication reviews, etc

Pathfinder for Primary Care Communities in Cumbria

A primary care community is where health and social care come together to deliver a highly organised approach to improving population health.