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OCCG Weekly Bulletin
Wednesday 3 January 2018
Included in this bulletin:
  • New Community Based Integrated Cardiology Service
  • PLEASE NOTE: Rapid Accessto Community Endoscopy across Oxfordshire
  • CAMHS for GP Practices
  • Request for Information – Gender Dysphoria Patients

Information for Practices
New Community Based Integrated Cardiology Service:
OCCG is commissioning a new community based integrated cardiology service. This is being rolled out in sections - all GP practices from the North, North East and West localities, and 3 practices from the City locality will be the first wave to go live, on 3 January 2018. Please see the attached document here for full information including referrals.
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PLEASE NOTE: Rapid Access to Community Endoscopy across Oxfordshire:
Reference paragraph featured in GP Bulletin 29 November 2017 - InHealth Endoscopy has been providing high quality community endoscopy services to the local population of West Oxfordshire for over 5 years. It is delighted to be expanding this service, under a new contract with Oxfordshire CCG, which will launch initially for routine referrals on 1December 2017. A new 2 week wait cancer pathwaywill follow shortly afterwards(future date to de advised).
A number of practices have been referring to the InHealth Endoscopy Service via the 2 week wait proforma.
Please note that the 2 week wait cancer pathway is NOT currently available with this provider and a further update will be sent out advising the start date.
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CAMHS for GP Practices:
Issues with email have now been resolved. Please use this email address to make referrals to the team.Our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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Request for Information – Gender Dysphoria Patients:
The CCG is aware that we currently have a pathway issue around GP prescribing and managing the off-licence medication required for Gender Dysphoria patients post treatment.
At the moment I am trying to scope out whether we would be able to commission a small service where this management and prescription was handled by one location for all patients falling under this cohort.
To help with this I need to understand what the size of this cohort, and so I am asking for all practices to email the primary care email address ith an aggregate number of patients they have. If you have any comments regarding your issues/concerns about the current management of these patients I would welcome this as well.
The read code for this is;
Read Code: ZV62A
Concept ID: SNOMED CT – 93461009
Description ID: SNOMED CT –154707011
Please could you respond to Zoe Kaveney, Senior Commissioning Manager – by Friday 19 January 2018.
Thank you.
Zoe
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