Abstract

Background
Lincolnshire is a rural community with high health inequality and known challenges relating to both access to services and retention of suitably qualified healthcare provision. This is particularly evident in Primary Care and community services where advanced practitioners are deployed at significantly higher rates than in other localities. The proposal introduces a novel approach to mitigating silo working and improving post-master's development by establishing a system wide rotational Fellowship supported by HEE Midlands ACP faculty funding.
Aims and objectives
Planning for delivery of a post-masters rotational Fellowship – service evaluation proposal. The service evaluation seeks to answer the questions
What are the barriers and enablers to establishing an effective ACP rotation?
When implemented what are the benefits and drawbacks to the rotation?
Methods
Qualitive service evaluation using semi structured interviews with thematic analysis following ethical approval
Results
Poster introducing proposal and outlining initial observations of barriers and enablers encountered during planning process prior to formal service evaluation to be submitted at this conference. A further follow-up poster will be submitted on completion of service evaluation.
Conclusions
The poster will outline key considerations in planning for operational implementation of such a fellowship up to the point of recruitment of fellows. A further poster will be submitted after 12 months presenting data from the completed service evaluation of the pilot project.