This page contains resources from the past ST2-A and ST2-B Programmes.
How Primary Care Works
Local Organisations
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Prescribing
- GMMMG (Greater Manchester Medicines Management Group)
Shared Care
Shared care requires the agreement of all parties, including the patient. If you recommend that a colleague…prescribes a particular medicine for a patient, you must consider their competence to do so. You should provide both the GP and the patient with sufficient information to permit the safe management of the patient’s condition. You should be willing to answer their questions and otherwise assist them in caring for the patient, as required.
GMC; Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices
- NHS England guide to Shared Care
- Approved Shared Care Protocols (GMMMG)
- GMC Guidance on Shared Care
- Primary & Secondary Care interface (BMA)
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Introduction Session/How to AKT
- MRCGP AKT Pages: https://www.rcgp.org.uk/mrcgp-exams/applied-knowledge-test
- Bradford VTS: https://www.bradfordvts.co.uk/mrcgp/akt/
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Case Discussions in GP
Links
- Breast Screening
- NHS Population Screening Programmes: Breast (gov.uk)
- Bolton Breast Screening
- Central Lancashire Breast Screening
- Cancer Research UK guide
- British Journal of Cancer 126, pages 533–550 (2022): The current status of risk-stratified breast screening
- Cochrane Review 2013: Screening for breast cancer with mammography (text and audio)
Fit Note
Ear Wax
Bolton FT Audiology
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Common and Chronic Illness
- Exercise leaflets: https://www.csp.org.uk/public-patient/rehabilitation-exercises
- “Cake” Pool Video Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNxibMu-6gc
- “When Doctors and Patients Talk”: https://www.health.org.uk/publications/when-doctors-and-patients-talk-making-sense-of-the-consultation
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Primary Care Paediatrics
- Breast Feeding
- Mapping Uncertainty in Medicine
- What 0-18: Healthier Together
- Child Development & Parenting
- Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy
- Constipation
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Genomics
RCGP Genomics Toolkit: https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/mod/book/view.php?id=12892
Genomics Education in Health Education England
ManGen
- Gateway C: https://www.gatewayc.org.uk/
- Cancer Maps: https://www.gatewayc.org.uk/the-cancer-maps/
- Heart UK Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: https://www.heartuk.org.uk/fh/what-is-fh
- Heart UK Learning Recources for Healthcare Professionals: https://www.heartuk.org.uk/health-professionals/home
- Pharmacogenomics in Greater Manchester:
- Newborn Screening Programme
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Skin
- https://www.pcds.org.uk/
- https://www.bad.org.uk/guidelines-and-standards/clinical-guidelines/
- https://dermnetnz.org/
- https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/mod/book/view.php?id=12891&chapterid=493
- https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/cebd/resources/skin-of-colour/index.aspx
- URTICARIA & RCH GUIDELINES: https://www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Urticaria/
Alasdair Munro Tweetorial on viral exanthems:
- EMOLLIENT LADDER: https://gmmmg.nhs.uk/download/?file_id=190
- STEROID LADDER: https://gmmmg.nhs.uk/download/?file_id=196
School/Nursery Exclusion Advice & poster
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-protection-in-schools-and-other-childcare-facilities/managing-specific-infectious-diseases-a-to-z
- https://www.oldham.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/6562/guidance_on_infection_control_on_schools_and_other_childcare_facilities.pd
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Functional Illness & Chronic Pain
- British Pain Society
- NHS Scotland Chronic Pain: Information for Patients
- GMMMF CNS & Pain prescribing guidance
- Understanding Chronic Pain (Curable)
- Understanding Pain & Chronic Pain (Northern Pain Centre, Australia)
Communicating with healthcare professionals about chronic pain (HealthTalk)
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Palliative Medicine
- RCGP End-of-Life and Palliative Toolkit
- Association of Palliative Medicine
- Bolton Hospice Professional Resources
- NHS North West Palliative & End of Life Resources
- St Ann’s Hospice: Symptom Management guidance
Presentations by Dr Laura Edwards
The following presentations are not for redistributions without the express consent of the author
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Learning Disability
Facts and Statistics
- Learning Disabilities: applying All Our Health (gov.uk)
- Health Inequalities in Learning Disability (mencap)
- NICE impact people with a learning disability
Autism
“My inner feelings are unlimited, but my mind only lets me express extremes or nothing.”
Ethan Lisi@ethan_lisi
What Does it Feel Like to Have Autism? | Autism Awareness | Operation Ouch
The Party: a virtual experience of autism – 360 film – this video is greatly enhanced by wearing headphones
Language and Communication
- Making information and the words we use accessible (NHS England)
- Communication Tips (National Autistic Society)
- Makaton
- PDF of common Makaton signs from University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS
Neurodiversity
- Skill Boosters: What is neurodiversity?: https://youtu.be/GLGLLylcDvM
- RCGP Autistic Spectrum Disorders toolkit
Down’s Syndrome
(BBC Three) Things People With Down’s Syndrome are Tired of Hearing: https://youtu.be/AAPmGW-GDHA
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Men’s Health
- Mens Health Forum charity promoting men’s health
- British Society of Sexual Medicine with guidance on ED, Testosterone
- LUTS
- PSA Screening
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Mental Health
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Women’s Health
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
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LGBT Health
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Asylum Seeker & Refugee Patients
- Bolton based:
- Bolton Befriending Refugees & Asylum Seekers(BRASS): https://brassbolton.org/wp/
- Bolton UCAN centres: https://www.boltonathome.org.uk/ucan/
- IRIS Project: Fort Alice: https://fortalice.org.uk/iris-project/
- Greater Manchester Organisations
- Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit: https://gmiau.org/
- Salford Asylum Seeker Mental Health Consultation Service: https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/asylum-seeker-mental-health-consultation-service
- UK wide
- Migrant Help UK: https://www.migranthelpuk.org/
- Refugee Council UK: https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/
- RCGP Policy & Link page: https://www.rcgp.org.uk/representing-you/policy-areas/asylum-seekers
- Refugee Doctors
- REACHE supporting refugee and asylum-seeking doctors and nurses into NHS employment: https://www.reache.org.uk/
- GMC: https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/join-our-registers/before-you-apply-guide-for-doctors/help-for-refugee-doctors
- NHS Health Entitlements and Costs
- Help with Health Costs (NHS UK): https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/help-with-health-costs/
- HC1/HC2/HC3 Application: https://apply-for-help-with-nhs-costs.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/apply-online
- NHS Entitlement (GOV UK): https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-entitlements-migrant-health-guide
- BMA Guide to NHS entitlement: https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/ethics/refugees-overseas-visitors-and-vulnerable-migrants/refugee-and-asylum-seeker-patient-health-toolkit/refugees-and-asylum-seekers-entitlement-to-nhs-care
- Bee Network Disability Pass eligibility criteria: https://tfgm.com/tickets-and-passes/discounted-and-free-travel/disabled-people/travel-pass-for-disabled-people
- Section 4(2) Form to provide evidence of a medical barrier preventing departure from the UK (GOV UK): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-42-medical-declaration
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Page last reviewed: 3 June, 2025