Core Plus Services < Back Core Plus Services What is Core + The Core+ scheme is designed to improve outcomes and reduce variation across the whole of the Rochdale borough, covering a population approximately 241,953 registered patients. Core + is delivered by ALL practices across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale., Core+ consists of themes, with each theme containing sub indicators which must be achieved. The majority of the targets are boroughwide targets. The themes are as follows: Access A range of factors contribute to improving access for patients. This is intended to minimise variation and improve overall satisfaction with General Practice access Integration The aim of this theme is to support greater collaboration between health and social care providers to ensure patients’ needs are met. It means moving away from episodic care to a more holistic approach to health, care and support needs, that puts the needs and experience of people at the centre of how services are organised and delivered. Workforce Transformation The workforce represents the greatest resource in delivering greater outcomes and integrated care. Transformation of our Workforce will enable HMR to attract, recruit and retain a high quality effective workforce with core skills, competencies, knowledge, behaviours and values to meet patient needs to deliver person-centred care. Boroughwide Enhanced and Clinical Services The boroughwide services are designed to ensure equity of access and provision for all HMR registered patients. All patients have access to the following services in a primary care setting. Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Testing Gonadorelin Analogue Treatment Near Patient Testing (NPT) Ring Pessary Minor Surgery Special Allocation Service Health Checks and South Asian Health Checks Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Screening & immunisation - supporting increased uptake to key immunisation and screening areas such as influneza, bowel, breast and cervical cytology Homeless Alliance Response Team (HART) Performance and Quality This theme focuses on driving up quality in key areas, such as where appropriate patients have all the relevant checks and tests for at the intervals required and support practices to review processes that will help them to audit, review and improve services. This theme focuses on reducing variation between practices and increasing uptake of the borough in key areas such as health prevention and promotion i.e. cervical, breast and bowel screening; flu uptake and reducing inappropriate use of A&E.

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6365c480-9aea-4781-a145-5bd8335fe99e < Back Yorkshire Street Surgery Yorkshire Street, Rochdale OL16 2DN, UK 01706 390243 Visit website Primary Care Network: Rochdale North

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14 Back St Leonard’s Church A few miles south of Rochdale proper, but still in the borough, Middleton’s parish church is also a Grade I monument and merits a closer look. Most of St Leonard’s is from the 1520s, with a few earlier remnants like the south arcade, south porch and tower from the 1410s, and the priest’s door dating back a century before that. The church was completed in a Perpendicular Gothic style by Sir Richard Assheton as thanks for the knighthood he received for his role in the Battle of Flodden in 1513. Make sure to see the Flodden Window in the sanctuary, thought to be the UK’s oldest war memorial. St Leonard’s also has a tremendous array of monumental brasses from the 1500s and 1600s, among which is the only brass depicting a Civil War officer in full armour. Previous Next

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Primary Care Network Support < Back Primary Care Network Support RHA hosts the employment of the following staff on behalf of Primary Care Networks Social Prescribing Linkworkers Clinical Pharmacists Pharmacy Technicians Paramedics Care Coordinators GP Assistants

Rochdale Health Alliance Senior Management Team < Back Mary Chadwick Rochdale Health Alliance Senior Management Team Management Consultant As a nurse with decades of clinical experience, the latter in Senior Management, I joined RHA in 2017 following retirement. I’m still here working 2 days per week supporting the initiatives to benefit Primary Care in Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale. Having an MSc in Management underpinned by my significant clinical and managerial experience at a very senior level hopefully has assisted in evolving the organisation to its current status.

11e532fc-1f36-44ca-850c-2a4b5d611683 < Back The Strand Medical The Strand, Rochdale OL11 2JG, UK 01706 861616 Visit website Primary Care Network: The Bridge

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