WaMH in PC's blog

Our Managing Dementia in Primary Care Training package is designed to support primary care teams in delivering the best quality care to patients with dementia and their carers.

Dementia is a hugely important topic as it's becoming more common in our communities so together with practice staff we need to develop services to tackle this problem.

The training package has been produced with the help of the Alzheimer’s Society and many others and is an online version of the content which was distributed to all Practice Managers in Wales courtesy of the Business Service Centres (BSCs) in November 2013.

The BSCs' package contained the ‘Managing Dementia in Primary Care’ DVD and a hard copy of the Facilitators Workbook but you can also find this content on the following links on our website:

• Managing Dementia in Primary Care - Training Package
• Managing Dementia in Primary Care - Training Videos
• Managing Dementia in Primary Care - Training Materials
• Managing Dementia in Primary Care - Additional Resources -  Including Useful Telephone Numbers

The core training lasts for 2 hours and is aimed at the whole practice with an additional training section for clinical staff on Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care which takes an additional 15 minutes.

Over the course of the coming weeks we'll be producing a series of blog posts highlight each of our dementia training sections so please keep an eye on our News & Events section for updates.

If you have any questions about the training package WaMH in PC's work with dementia in Wales please contact us via email at lhills@rcgp.org.uk or on 029 2050 4516.

This year's WaMH in PC ‘Really Useful Conference’ will be held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Wednesday 9 October looking at innovative approaches in primary care mental health.

You can download the full agenda on the following link - 2013 Conference Agenda - and the afternoon session will be split up into a series of workshops including the following session entitled 'Mental Health Promotion in Primary Care - Why Bother?':

Workshop: Mental Health Promotion in Primary Care - Why Bother?

The aim of this workshop is to provide a brief overview of mental health promotion, its relevance in the primary care setting and benefits for patients and staff and will:

• Introduce participants to concepts of mental health and mental illness and the differences between them
• Provide evidence on the effectiveness of mental health promotion on mental and physical health and the benefits to the primary care team of the promotion of mental health among the practice population.
• Consider the 'New Economics Foundation Five Ways to Wellbeing' as an approach that can assist in promoting mental health within primary care settings

Run in conjunction with primhe (Primary Care Mental Health and Education), our conference is focussed on bringing mental health professionals and organisations together in a collaborative setting.

Delegate fees are £125 per person for the event with free CPR training available on a first-come-first-served basis. To book your place please download and fill in our Registration Form.

Fees are payable by cheque to "RCGP Wales" or by invoice upon request with further details available from our Project Manager Lesley Hills via email at lhills@rcgp.org.uk or on 029 2050 4516.

This year's WaMH in PC ‘Really Useful Conference’ will be held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Wednesday 9 October looking at innovative approaches in primary care mental health.

You can download the full agenda on the following link - 2013 Conference Agenda - and the afternoon session will be split up into a series of workshops including the following session on the 'BATHE Technique':

Workshop: The BATHE Technique
Speaker: Chair of Primhe and GP in Tipton Dr Ian Walton MB, BS & MRCGP and South London GP Dr Henk Parmentier MD & DFFP

The BATHE technique effectively turns a physical consultation into a mind-body one, allowing a patient to get in touch with their feelings and then focus on the most pressing problem. 

They then show the practitioner how to hand the problem back to the patient, whilst still showing them human love and understanding, all in a primary care consultation time.

The simple but incredibly effective sequence the technique is named after is:

• Background - What is going on in your life?
• Affect - How do you feel about that?
• Trouble - What troubles you most about that?
• Handling - How are you handling that?
• Empathy - That must be very difficult for you?

Run in conjunction with primhe (Primary Care Mental Health and Education), our conference is focussed on bringing mental health professionals and organisations together in a collaborative setting.

Delegate fees are £125 per person for the event with free CPR training available on a first-come-first-served basis. To book your place please download and fill in our Registration Form.

Fees are payable by cheque to "RCGP Wales" or by invoice upon request with further details available from our Project Manager Lesley Hills via email at lhills@rcgp.org.uk or on 029 2050 4516.