Vale Royal GP Alliance
The Sandbach Vale Royal GP alliance consists of 29 GP practices across the Cheshire area, all of which share a Lexacom database to provide seamless transfer of care for each patient across the district
Number of GPs
Years working with Accuro
Initially, three of the larger practices identified a need for outsourced transcription support as a result of a difficulty in recruiting support staff and larger than average patient cohorts.
The Requirement
Three practices, Ashfields Primary Care Centre, Rope Green Medical Practice and Hungerford Medical Centre initially identified a need for transcription support. As a result of an excellent service received, this was then recommended to a further eight practices in the GP alliance and they all use this service on a daily/weekly basis.
The Challenge
As each practice shares a Lexacom Database, Accuro alongside Lexacom had to complete further development in order to identify each practice. This was required as each practice holds clinics that are discipline specific (for example a respiratory clinic at Hungerford Medical Centre).
The Solution
Accuro designed an allocating matrix which would allow each practice to build themselves a close team of transcribers with experience in both general practice and a further discipline should the practice run discipline specific clinics. A constant feedback loop between Accuro, the practices and the Transcribers was created, this allowed the practices to benefit from an albeit virtual but personal secretarial team.
