Working in Partnership Programme

'''Working in Partnership Programme''' ('''WiPP''')<ref name=WIPP>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipp.nhs.uk|title=Website of the Working in Partnership Programme|publisher=}}</ref> was launched in England in 2004 under the new general medical services (nGMS) contract to support doctors in general practice by providing them with innovative ideas on how to improve services for the public.

==Initiatives== The GMS contract provided the funds, while the initiatives are being implemented by a number of different agencies including primary care trusts as well as non-government organisations in England. The WiPP website provides several resources for this program.<ref name=links>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipp.nhs.uk/wipp-initiatives|title=Webpage of WiPP Initiatives|publisher=}}</ref> The programme has several initiatives. # Self Care Support<ref name=SCS>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipp.nhs.uk/self-care|title=Self Care Support initiatives|publisher=}}</ref> for people and professionals # Self Care Support in Schools—Making Sense of Health<ref name=makingsense>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipp.nhs.uk/self-care-for-schools|title=Making Sense of Health|publisher=}}</ref> project # Database of Good Practice<ref name=database>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipp.nhs.uk/db.php|title=Database of Good Practice|publisher=}}</ref>—identifies, reviews and signposts existing good examples in general practice in England # Sickness Absence Management<ref name=sicknessabsence>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipp.nhs.uk/sickness-absence-management|title=Sickness Absence Management|publisher=}}</ref> # Workload Analysis Tool<ref name=workload>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipp.nhs.uk/workload-analysis-tool|title=Workload Analysis Tool from the WiPP website with links to resources and techniques, such as online training courses and best practice guides|publisher=}}</ref> to help analyse workload data in general practices and other primary care organisations # Improving the Management of Repeat Medicines<ref name=repeatmedicines>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipp.nhs.uk/repeat-medication|title=Management of Repeat Medicines|publisher=}}</ref> in Primary Care # Minor Illness Management<ref name=minorillness>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipp.nhs.uk/401|title=Minor Illness Management|publisher=}}</ref> # Primary Care Management Development Programme<ref name=PC>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipp.nhs.uk/280|title=Primary Care Management Development Programme|publisher=}}</ref> resources # General Practice Nursing<ref name=GPN>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipp.nhs.uk/hca-gpn|title=General Practice Nursing|publisher=}}</ref>—Getting it Right for Patients and Public Health # Health Care Assistants<ref name=HCA>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipp.nhs.uk/hca-gpn|title=Health Care Assistants|publisher=}}</ref>—facilitating their employment, training, development and integration # Vocational Training Scheme<ref name=vocational>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipp.nhs.uk/practice-management|title=Vocational Training Scheme|publisher=}}</ref> for General Practice managers # National Primary Care Mental Health Collaborative<ref name=MH>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipp.nhs.uk/mental-health-collaborative|title=Mental Health Collaborative|publisher=}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.wipp.nhs.uk The official website of the programme]

Category:Health policy in the United Kingdom Category:National Health Service (England)