Videos

Category: Primary Care


MISSION COPD - an innovative approach to respiratory care (full version)

MISSION COPD: Modern Innovative Solutions to Improve Outcomes in COPD aims to combine the expertise of primary and secondary care to improve patients’ symptom control and quality of life, with the aim to reduce the need for unplanned COPD care and emergency admissions. Duration: 6 mins 44 secs.


MISSION COPD - an innovative approach to respiratory care

MISSION COPD: Modern Innovative Solutions to Improve Outcomes in COPD aims to combine the expertise of primary and secondary care to improve patients’ symptom control and quality of life, with the aim to reduce the need for unplanned COPD care and emergency admissions. Duration: 3 mins 41 secs.


Repeat Dispensing for General Practice

A short video featuring real members of staff from both GP surgeries and community pharmacies, offering advice and describing their experiences of implementing a successful community pharmacy repeat dispensing service.

This podcast is intended for use as an information resource by general practice staff.


PRIMIS: Primary care audit tool to reduce prescribing errors

PINCER is an audit process for use in general practice to identify patients who are at risk of common prescribing errors.

Wessex AHSN invited one of the PINCER Trial researchers, Dr Sarah Roberts, to speak to Wessex CCG and GP practice staff about the trial. Alan McGurk from PRIMIS explained how to use the audit tool.

This video is a summary of the workshop which was supported by Boehringer Ingelheim.


Inhaler Technique Improvement Project

The Inhaler Technique Improvement Programme teaches healthcare staff and inhaler users an improved technique for taking metered dose medication and increasing the benefit of prescribed medication. Studies have shown that poor technique leads to most of the inhaled medication being swallowed instead of inhaled, lessening the effectiveness of the drug.


iSPACE (captioned): Making GP Surgeries Dementia Friendly

This edition of the iSPACE film contains subtitles and is suitable for large screen display in practice waiting areas.

The ‘iSPACE’ project has been introduced as an innovative, cost effective solution to enhance services in primary care for people with dementia.