We would be very grateful for your help in completing this short survey to help the CCG and LMC obtain an up to date picture of practice vacancies and plan a strategy to attract the  number and type of staff we need to work in Primary Care in Somerset.

We appreciate that practices adapt and use whatever staff are available and do not always fill vacancies by replacing staff like for like. For this survey we are interested in the  staff that you consider critical to maintaining core services,  which may include skill mixing  or  other changes from your traditional configuration.

We  will share with practices an overall and anonymised summary of the survey results.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

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* 1. Practice name:

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* 2. Practice Code:

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* 3. GP Partners (needed to hold the contract)

  Number
Current number of GP partners
GP Partners expected to retire or leave within the next 12 months 
Minimum number of GP Partners (not all GPs) needed to be viable (e.g. named GMS/PMS contract holders, mortgage or lease commitments)

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* 4. How many vacancies do you urgently need to fill now to maintain the service?

  Number required
GP sessions per week (partner or salaried)
Nurse Practitioner (whole time equivalent WTE)
Nurse (WTE)
Paramedic/Primary Care Practitioner (WTE)

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* 5. How many vacancies do you anticipate needing to fill in the next 12 months?

  Number required
GP sessions per week (partner or salaried)
Nurse Practitioner (WTE)
Nurse (WTE)
Paramedic/Primary Care Practitioner (WTE)

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* 6. Are there any other clinical staff you would like to recruit in the next 12 months?

  Replacing existing Replacing other clinician  New post Not planning to recruit
HCA
Pharmacist 
Physio/MSK specialist 
RMN/Mental Health Worker 
Physician Assistant 
Health Coach 

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* 7. Are you experiencing any particular barriers to recruiting the staff you need, if so, please describe these

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* 8. Would the practice be interested in employing GPs recruited through NHS England's International Recruitment programme?

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* 9. It is possible that a new registered nurse degree course will start in Somerset in 2019. Would the practice have any interest, in principle, in being the home practical training location for one or more student nurses?

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* 10. Would you like to make any other comments about recruiting and retaining the workforce you need?

Please feel free to discuss your answers with Andy Hill, Head of Primary Care Development, Somerset CCG. Tel: 01935 384096, email: Andrew.Hill6@nhs.net

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