Primary Care & Public Health SIG
The Primary Care and Public Health Special Interest Group was established in 2018 to provide a forum for public health clinicians, general practitioners, academics and anyone with an interest in primary care and public health collaboration to come together.
Vision and Aims
- Promote the greater collaboration of Primary Care and Public Health for the benefit of the populations we serve.
- Explore barriers and opportunities to improving place-based population health.
- Explore how health inequities can be addressed through community oriented primary care.
- Explore the translation of academic public health and primary care research into local public health policies.
- Advocate for GPs to access education and training in public health at all levels.
- Support each other and learn from each other.
- Collaborate on specific issues of policy, training, and education.
The Primary Care and Public Health Special Interest Group is chaired by Shamil Haroon. We run an active JISCMail group and hold regular online meetings and webinars. Please contact Shamil at s.haroon@bham.ac.uk.
The SIG reports to the Health Services Committee.
Join the SIG
FPH members can join this SIG by logging into their FPH members’ portal account, selecting the ‘Committees/SIGs’ button and choosing the correct SIG. You will then be asked to provide a few details, following which your application will be automatically approved. Further details on FPH membership are available here.
Workplan
Activity: Increase membership and communications between group members
Outcome: Increase membership to over 100; Increase traffic and sharing
Target date: Ongoing
Name lead: Kathrin Thomas
Outputs: Reduced membership in move form JISCMail to FPH early 2024
Activity: Webinar series
Outcome: Webinars delivered and well received
Target date: Ongoing
Name lead: Elizabeth Elmsley
Outputs: 6 webinars per year
Activity: Support members
Outcome: Members have good quality mentoring; guidance and advice from peers and more experienced members
Target date: Ongoing
Name lead: Kathrin Thomas and Eleanor Turner-Moss
Outputs: Number of one to one and group sessions
Activity: Engage with key stakeholders and other SIGs
Outcome: Engage with key stakeholders and other SIGs
Target date: Ongoing
Name lead: Kathrin Thomas
Outputs: RCGP engaged via Health Inequalities Standing Group and policy advisor
Activity: Publications on Primary Care and Public Health
Outcome: Greater visibility for public health and primary care collaboration
Target date: Ongoing
Name lead: Eleanor Turner-Moss
Outputs: At least one publication in a peer-reviewed journal; At least one presentation at a relevant conference e.g. WONCA
Activity: Policy position paper on primary care and public health
Outcome: FPH has a policy position to refer to re primary care and public health
Target date: July 2023
Name lead: Kathrin Thomas
Outputs: Policy paper published; Briefing on FPH website; Joint paper with RCGP on health inequities
Activity: Respond to ad hoc requests
Outcome: FPH is able to respond to relevant consultations or calls for evidence or topical issues
Target date: Ongoing
Name lead: Kathrin Thomas
Outputs: Press releases, statements and evidence papers
Activity: Dual accreditation: advocate for this as long-term goal
Outcome: Pilot scheme for dual CCT in place
Target date: May 2024
Name lead: Eleanor Turner-Moss
Progress to date: Participation in HEE working group
Outputs: Contribution to establishing HEE pilot scheme
Activity: Explore how Faculty could support competencies in the primary care workforce who are taking on strategic roles
Outcome: Resources and signposting aimed at primary care professionals
Target date: May 2024
Name lead: Kathrin Thomas
Progress to date: Co-Chair chairing the RCGP GPwER Task and Finish Group with support from several members of this SIG; Advocating for FPH seminar on primary care workforce roles
Outputs: Website resource; Online learning resources
Activity: Continue series of public health topics of relevance to PCNs for PULSE PCN
Outcome: Published articles in PULSE PCN
Target date: Ongoing
Name lead: Kathrin Thomas
Progress to date: Still to do:
- Inequalities in health: what can PCNs realistically do?
- How to effectively and realistically support inclusion health groups in primary care
- Community development
- Spatial planning and transport
- Work and health
Outputs: Articles produced by SIG members
Activity: International network
Outcome: leverage the skills, networks, and expertise of our members to support the development of equitable and effective health systems that are built on integrated primary care and population health services
Target date: Ongoing
Progress to date: No progress, lead stepped down during 2024
Outputs: Highlight global health issues for the wider SIG members; Short policy responses; Identify and share opportunities for our SIG members to contribute to international work; Identify overseas learning and opportunities that could influence our domestic practice
Webinar recordings
Faculty members can visit the FPH Members Portal to watch webinar recordings.
Further resources
Community Health Workers
- Link to the presentation - CHW Interim Report
- Link to the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) webinar on Community Health Workers (CHW)
- Leaflet produced by the NAPC to give an overview of the Community Health Worker model
- Link to video played in the 'Community Health Workers - Learning from the Brazilian Model' session
Online learning for GPs and GP trainees
- Fair Health
- Adversity in childhood is linked to mental and physical health throughout life, BMJ feature, November 2020
- ACEs connection
- Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
- Trajectories of childhood adversity and mortality in early adulthood: a population-based cohort study
Trauma and dissociation
ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences)
Trauma-informed YouTube list
Films
Non-fiction
- The Body Keeps The Score: Bessel Van de Kolk
- Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma: Peter Levine
- When the body says No: Gabor Mate
- In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Gabor Mate
- Trauma and Recovery: Judith Herman
Fiction
- Regeneration trilogy: Pat Barker
- Instrumental: James Rhodes
- Shuggie Bain: Douglas Stewart
- A Little Life: Hanya Yanagihara
