18 February 2009

PRIMARY CARE

Practitioners with Special Interest (PwSI) Guidance (4th February 2009)
A series of 18 new and updated guides for practitioners with special interests (PwSIs) in general practice and pharmacy is now available from NHS Primary Care Contracting. Further guides are also expected to appear shortly.
Guides

Primary Medical Services (Directed Enhanced Services) (England) (Amendment) Directions 2009 (5th February 2009)
The Primary Medical Services (Directed Enhanced Services) (Amendment) (England) Directions 2009 were signed on 29 January 2009 and make changes to, but do not replace, the existing Primary Medical Services (Directed Enhanced Services) (England) Directions 2008. They introduce five new clinical directed enhanced services:
  • Alcohol
  • Ethnicity and first language recording
  • Learning difficulties
  • Heart failure
  • Osteoporosis
Directions
Learning disability DES guidance


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