News and Updates

Board Director Vacancy

The North Staffordshire GP Federation are seeking expressions of interest from individuals interested in joining our Board of Directors.  The Board usually consists of up to 9 Directors, which includes a mix of GPs, Nurses and Practice Managers who assist in holding the Executive Directors and Management Team to account and help to develop and

Federation held it’s Annual General Meeting with Message from Matt Hancock MP

Last night the Federation held its Annual General Meeting, which included this message from Matt Hancock MP.

NSGPF GPN Training Scheme

  We are pleased to announce our 6 trainees who came into post on Monday 28th September 2020. Georgina Rowley – Madeley Practice Jodie Woolley – Wolstanton Medical Practice Laura Fitzjohn – Loomer Medical Chelsea Johnson -Edwards – Werrington Village Surgery Katie O’Reilly – Tunstall Primary Care Tamika Wilson – Furlong Medical Centre NSGPF have

Edward Myers Unit – Now Accepting Private Self Referrals

Edward Myers Unit (EMU) is a 14 bedded unit, delivering inpatient alcohol and drug detoxification services primarily for North Staffordshire & Stoke-On-Trent, but also receives patients from a wider geographical area, as part of North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. EMU provide a planned programme of medically supervised evaluation, care, and treatment of mental and

***NEW WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTS *** Supporting International Doctor Recruitment

In conjunction with North Staffordshire GP Federation and Staffordshire Training Hub, approval has been sought to support an ‘International Doctor Recruitment’.  International recruitment of qualified GPs in Staffordshire is very small as the NHSE campaign had very limited success and funding has subsequently ceased. Therefore, in order to follow the sentiment of supporting international doctors

Lack of patients sees opening hours slashed at Stoke-on-Trent coronavirus clinic

Lack of patients sees opening hours slashed at Stoke-on-Trent coronavirus clinic, which is great news! Now the hot clinic’s doctors, nurses and healthcare assistants have been nominated for an award – read more here.

One Health and Care – IS GOING LIVE IN AUGUST

‘One Health and Care’ is a new integrated care record for individuals registered at Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent GP practices that brings data together from the different organisations involved in health and social care. Completely confidential and secure, it’s designed to help doctors, nurses and other registered health and social care professionals directly involved in your

‘Hot Clinic’ Survey Results

The Federation launched the first COVID-19 specific ‘Hot Clinic’ in the country at the end March 2020.  After two successful months of operation, we surveyed our member practices to get their feedback on whether they felt it had been a success and how we can continue to help them going forward.  Download the Hot Clinic