{"id":183234,"date":"2014-06-04T13:54:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T13:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oxfordhealth-it.co.uk\/library\/?page_id=183234"},"modified":"2022-03-16T18:27:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T18:27:05","slug":"key-contacts-in-thames-valley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/library\/cpd-zone\/key-contacts-in-thames-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Contacts in Thames Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Make the most of\u00a0 people, services and organisations that can help you; they are just an email or a telephone call away.<\/p>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details nhsuk-expander\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">School of General Practice<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxforddeanery.nhs.uk\/specialty_schools\/school_general_practice.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GP School,<\/a> part of\u00a0the Oxford Deanery, focuses on:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #444444\">\n<li>the training and development of a general practice w<span style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #000000\">orkforce fit for the future<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #000000\">and the promotion of generalism and the role of primary care\u00a0in the local\u00a0NHS<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #000000\">The\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #114488\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oxforddeanery.nhs.uk\/specialty_schools\/school_general_practice\/programme_contacts.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact page <\/a>includes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;color: #000000\">\u00a0the VTS Directors and\u00a0CPD tutors.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details nhsuk-expander\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Dental School<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<p class=\"entry-title\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/thamesvalley.hee.nhs.uk\/dental\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thames Valley and Wessex Dental Directorate<\/a> works across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to deliver high quality evidence-informed dental education and training for all dental care professionals.<\/p>\n<p>You can book training courses on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxcourse.co.uk\/heetvw\/guestHome.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">maxcourse booking system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details nhsuk-expander\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Primary Care Training Hubs<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<p>Read about Primary Care <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/library\/cpd-zone\/cepns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Training Hubs across Thames Valley.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details nhsuk-expander\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Clinical Commissioning Groups<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<p>Responsible for around 60% of the total NHS budget, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) took control in April 2013 as part of the reforms introduced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/health-and-social-care-act-2012-fact-sheets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Health and Social Care Act 2012<\/a>\u00a0. They commission the majority of health services, including emergency care, elective hospital care, maternity services, and community and mental health services.<\/p>\n<p>Clinical Commissioning Groups in Thames Valley are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkshirewestccg.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHS Berkshire West CCG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buckinghamshireccg.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHS Buckinghamshire CCG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastberkshireccg.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHS East Berkshire CCG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miltonkeynesccg.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHS Milton Keynes CCG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordshireccg.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHS Oxfordshire CCG<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CCGs are working in collaboration with other organisations to form <a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/integratedcare\/integrated-care-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Integrated Care Systems<\/a>\u00a0(ICSs).<\/p>\n<p>Contact <a href=\"Rebecca.Tyrrell@hee.nhs.uk\">Rebecca Tyrrell,<\/a> Primary and Community Care Workforce Transformation lead, to find out about the work of the Thames Valley ICSs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\"><\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<details class=\"nhsuk-details nhsuk-expander\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Local Medical Committees<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<div>\n<p>Local Medical Committees (LMCs) are the professional organisation representing individual GPs and GP Practices as a whole. Find out about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbolmc.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire LMCs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\"><details class=\"nhsuk-details nhsuk-expander\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Thames Valley Professional Support and Wellbeing Unit<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<p>Health Education England Thames Valley\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxforddeanerypsu.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Professional Support and Wellbeing Unit<\/a> \u00a0is dedicated to helping doctors, dentists and pharmacists across the Thames Valley fulfill their career potential. It offers personal coaching and mentoring, workshops, and information designed to enable doctors and dentists across Thames Valley to fulfil their career potential, supporting career choices and addressing performance improvement needs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\"><\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\"><details class=\"nhsuk-details nhsuk-expander\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">NHS South East Leadership Academy<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\">\n<p>Kent Surrey and Sussex and Thames Valley and Wessex Leadership Academies came together on 1st April 2020, forming the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #444444\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvwleadershipacademy.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHS South East Leadership Academy<\/a>.\u00a0The Academy is part of the wider national Leadership and Lifelong Learning function (NHS Leadership Academy) within the NHS England and Improvement People Directorate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\"><\/div>\n                <\/details>\n<p class=\"ohft-toggle-container \"><b>Don&#8217;t forget your local NHS library &#8211; use the <\/b><a style=\"font-weight: bold\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hlisd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Health Library\u00a0and Information\u00a0Services Directory<\/a><b> to find your nearest\u00a0NHS library.<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make the most of\u00a0 people, services and organisations that can help you; they are just an email or a telephone call away. 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