Aggarwal Pritti, Fraser Adam, Ross Sally, Scallan Samantha
Senior Clinical Lead, Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight (HSIoW) Clinical Commissioning Group, Southampton, SO16 4GX, UK.
Deputy Director of Primary Medical Care, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
MedEdPublish (2016). 2022 Jul 11;12:51. doi: 10.12688/mep.17542.1. eCollection 2022.
Collaborative working across primary and secondary care is crucial to providing high quality patient care. There is still a lack of communication and understanding between primary and secondary care, which can impede collaborative working. The experience of observing colleagues in a different speciality can prompt insight, improve morale and promote collaborative working. The GP-Consultant Exchange Scheme aimed to improve professional understanding, foster deeper partnerships, and ignite opportunities for innovation and/or quality improvement (QI) with co-owned local solutions. This paper gives an overview of how the scheme works and sets out some of the outcomes reported by some 200 Consultants and GPs participants to date. Overall, the participants found the scheme an enjoyable way to reconnect clinicians and allowed them to learn about the challenges faced in different areas within the NHS. This low-cost intervention needs motivated individuals to drive the project forward and make it sustainable, but it can be replicated within any organisation or profession in the NHS.
初级保健和二级保健之间的协作对于提供高质量的患者护理至关重要。初级保健和二级保健之间仍然缺乏沟通和理解，这可能会阻碍协作。观察不同专业同事的经历可以激发洞察力、提高士气并促进协作。全科医生-顾问交流计划旨在增进专业理解、建立更深入的伙伴关系，并通过共同拥有的本地解决方案激发创新和/或质量改进（QI）的机会。本文概述了该计划的运作方式，并阐述了迄今为止约200名顾问和全科医生参与者报告的一些成果。总体而言，参与者认为该计划是重新联系临床医生的一种愉快方式，并让他们了解了国民保健服务体系（NHS）不同领域所面临的挑战。这种低成本的干预措施需要有积极性的个人推动项目前进并使其可持续发展，但它可以在NHS的任何组织或专业中复制。
