Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) at Cranbrook Medical Practice to NHS Devon Integrated Care Board

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To have patient-centred and modern design and delivery of primary medical services such that services are accessible, patient experience is good and patients do not, from their experience, see reason to seek re-registration with another practice. This will include (though not exclusively):\no\tContinuity of Care and Long-Term Conditions (routine) - services will be designed and delivered to accommodate a rising, ageing population and the associated increased need for continuity, balancing against those patients requiring less continuity but still requiring timely access to care.\no\tOn the Day care - services will be designed to accommodate those who are generally in good health, digitally aware - happy to have online responses and continuity is less of a priority.  The provided will need to facilitate, and support, scaled-up on the day access for General Practice where needed.\no\tPreventative care - the Contractor will design and support innovative preventative care for its population.\n·\tMulti-disciplinary working across adult and children social care; community mental health teams; community nursing teams and other health and social care teams\n·\tPositive collaboration with the ICB to design and deliver the right services at the right time\n·\tActive participation within a PCN within the Eastern Locality - and as such a stakeholder via PCN representation at the Eastern Collaborative Board\n·\tThe Contractor will implement Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs) which should evolve from the PCN and Devon ICS.\n·\tThe Contractor will explore ways of working towards becoming a provider of first resort when it comes to other struggling practices in the rest of the system. \n·\tIt works with NHS Devon and its partners to help deliver the NHS Devon Strategic Framework for Primary Care (General Practice).\n·\tAnd demonstrate, within timeframes, how the practice will enable the service delivered to be appropriate for the list size through the period of the contract.\n·\tIt will use Population Health Management data to proactively manage high risk patients and undertake regular (weekly) MDT meetings with Integrated Neighbourhood Teams or as the Devon model of Neighbourhood working requires.  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