What care co-ordinators do
- Patient searches and data gathering to identify people who may benefit from care, for example those with high blood pressure who are not on the hypertension register
- Organising patient appointments and recalls for long term conditions
- Supporting practices to meet requirements from NHS England and the ICB
- Running vaccination programmes, from ordering vaccine to running clinics
- Supporting the enhanced access service with IT, rotas and clinic co-ordination
- Helping new services such as spirometry and the mental health practitioner service
- Writing and running reports for practices, the ICB and NHS England
