Northumbria Healthcare GP Update
      9 October 2026  
  Dear colleague
October is here and we're officially into the autumn season. Here are your updates for this month.
 
  Northumbria Clinical Interface meeting
Northumbria interface meeting is held on the 4th Wednesday of the Month 13.00 -13.45. ...more
 
  Changes to ESR and CRP requesting
Many GP’s are aware in most acute medical settings, CRP has largely superseded ESR because it is faster, more sensitive to change, and less affected by confounding factors. ...more
 
  GP Excellence Through Collaboration
We are pleased to let you know that registration for our upcoming GP Excellence Through Collaboration event on Wednesday 11 November 2026 is now open. ...more
 
  Northumbria’s sensory processing service is expanding its offer
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s Children’s Occupational Therapy Service is now able to extend its sensory processing offer to support children and young people in North Tyneside too.

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  Home first – how we help people stay at home and out of hospital
As we move into winter, we wanted to reiterate the different community pathways we have in place to support patients where they live. ...more
 
  Single Point of Access Evaluation
The Northumbria Outpatient Transformation Programme is evaluating the Single Point of Access (SPoA) model, which combined the advice and guidance (A&G) and referral assessment service (RAS). ...more
 
  What Diabetes training would be most useful to you?
The Northumbria Diabetes Service are currently planning a 2027 Diabetes training programme, and we want to make sure it focuses on the topics that will genuinely support you in practice. ...more
 
  Contact us
If you have a query or if there is something that you would like to be included in future editions of this newsletter please email emily.lavin@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

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