Abstract Background. Mental health services for older people in South Tyneside (UK) have adopted a person-centred service model that is ‘needs-led’. This service model uses Local Authority ‘Fair Access to Care Services’ (FACS) eligibility criteria to ensure fair and equal access to...
This paper describes the local assessment methods developed by two PCTs.Methods Gateshead and South Tyneside PCTs have jointly developed methods to locally assess whether GPs are underperforming. The methods involve lay, clinical and management representatives and employ a variety of tools including case...
To compare pharmacist- with general practitioner-managed anticoagulation in the community.Design: Included in the study were all patients who had been managed by general practitioners (GPs) and subsequently referred to the pharmacist-led outreach service within Gateshead & South Tyneside Health Authority...
Anna Louise McCarronDepartment of Clinical Psychology South Tyneside Hospital South Shields, UKSue Ridgwayformerly Educational Psychology Department Newcastle Local Education Authority, UKAnne WilliamsNorth Tyneside & Northumberland Mental Health NHS Trust UKJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdChild Abuse Review...
Gateshead and South Tyneside PCTs have jointly developed local arrangements to deal with concerns about GPs' performance, to protect patients and to support doctors. The structures have strong lay and professional involvement and comprise one supra PCT assessment advisory group (AAG) and one decision ...