2021
2020
January
- Movement Disorders and Parkinson's
- Headaches
- Neck Lumps
- Prevent
March
- PLEASE NOTE: This event will NOT take place. The topic and speakers will be re-scheduled for later this year
May
This event has been postponed, there will be no BEST event in May 2020. Speakers will be rescheduled for later in the year.
- Personality Disorders
- Drug seeking behaviour
- Street drugs
July
- PLEASE NOTE: This event will NOT take place. The topic and speakers will be re-scheduled.
September
If you would like to join this event please email michelle.thompson26@nhs.net
November
Palliative Care Formulary Changes
Dermatology
Children and young people’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing
Access to Adult Mental Health Services
2019
January
EPaCCS
End of Life Care
Cancer
February
Primary Care Network / Localities
March
Endocrinology
Inherited Cardiac Conditions
Primary Care Workforce
April
Primary Care Network / Localities
May
Mental Health Overview
Perinatal Mental Health
IBD Service
June
Primary Care Networks June 2019
July
Paediatric Asthma
Haematology
September
Primary Care Networks September 2019
September
Gynaecology
Contraception
Gram Negative Bacteraemia
Teledermatology
Biochemistry
October
Primary Care Networks October 2019
November
Balance disorders
Suicide risk assessment
Antipsychotic Monitoring in Primary Care
December
Primary Care Networks December 2019
2018
January
Cancer
- Early Diagnosis
- Lung Cancer Pathway
- Primary Care Safety Netting
- Vague symptoms
- Screening Programmes
- Living with and Beyond Cancer
- End of Life
February
- Locality meetings
March
- Diabetes Update
- E.coli Blood Stream Infections
- MSK Service
April
Useful information for April
- Hep C pathway
- Oxygen Assessment
- Bowel Cancer Screening
- Fire risks of paraffin skin products
E-learning recommendations for April
- Sepsis e-learning
- TB RCGP e-learning
- Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)
May
- Bruising in Children
- Hoarding and Self Neglect in Adults
- Allegations Against Staff and Carers
- Children's Neglect Strategy
- Early Help / Prevention
June
- Locality meetings
July
- HIV Testing/ Syphilis
- Hepatitis C
- Advice & Guidance
- FIT
August
- Locality meetings
- e- learning module
Suicide prevention- Save a Life
- Locality meetings
September
- Sepsis
- Respiratory update
- Ear Disorders
October
How to navigate and make best use of the BEST website - useful video's
- Week 5 - Diagnostic Tool HOME PAGE - Top Tabs
- Week 4 - The Care Navigation First Port of Call
- Week 3 - Contact numbers on the HOME page
- Week 2 - Appraisal Page
- Week 1 - BMJ e-learning modules
November
Occupational Lung Disease
Acute Eye Conditions / Optometry First
Improving the health of people with learning disabilities
December
2017
January
Neurology
- Headaches
- Movement disorders
- Loss of Consciousness
February
- Clinical Thresholds for Referral
- BEST Website Developments
March
Rheumatology update
- Early inflammatory arthritis
- Current DMARD/biologics/shared care
- Rheumatology Occupational Therapy/physo
- Fibromyalgia
- PMR / GCA
- Acute monoarthritis management / gout
April
Gastrointestinal Update
- Dyspepsia
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Constipation
- Lower GI colonoscopy
May
- Polypharmacy
- Mental Health Assessment
- Dementia
June
- Falls
- Frailty
- Osteoporosis
July
- A&E Admissions
- Biochemistry
- ECG Interpretations
September
- Respiratory
- COPD Services
- Smoking Cessation
- Flu Vaccination
- GP Forward View and Workforce
- Physician Associates
- Developing Person Centred Care in General Practice
- Clinical Thresholds Wave 2
October
Localities meetings
November
- Human Trafficking
- Early Intervention for psychosis pathway
- Peri natal mental health
- IAPT
- CAMHS pathways
- MindSpace
December
Locality meetings
2016
January
- Sexually transmitted diseases / HIV
- Domestic abuse
- Cervical Cancer / smears Update
February
Paediatrics
- Asthma
- Milk / Food allergies
March
Peadiatrics
- Acutely Ill Children
- Cancer in Children
April
- Eye problems in the Elderly
- Gall Stones & Kidney Stones
- Anal & Perianal Problems
- Urology - community services – the future …
May
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- ADHD and Autism in children and adults
- Emotional well being in children - school and community services
- Adoption medicals
June
Cancer
- Cancer 2 week wait
- NICE Guidelines
- BHNFT Specialist referral forms
- Cancer UK research
July
Palliative Care
- NICE Guidelines - hydration/advanced care plans
- Hospice/Macmillan/Community Matron/Continuing Health Care -Referral Guidance
- DNACPR forms
- Pre-emptive Drug forms
- Bluebell Wood - Children's Hospice
September
Diabetes & Cardiology
- Diabetes New NICE Guidelines
- Cardiology Top Tips
October
Barnsley Cardiology
- Guidelines
- Services
November
ENT
- Management of all common ENT conditions
December
Speed Reading for GP's
- Could you do with an extra hour a day?
- Speed Reading could save you many valuable hours!
2015
January
- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men
- PSA Interpretation
- Continence Services
- Prostate Cancer
- Prostate cancer/ colorectal cancer Follow up
February
- Childrens Safeguarding
- Barnsley Sexual Abuse & Rape Crisis Service (BSARCS)
- Mental Capacity Act
March
COPD/ COPD Community Services
- TB in Barnsley
April
Mental Health Services
- Anxiety and Depression -management in Primary Care
- Single Point of Access SPA/ Mental Health Access Team MHAT
- MIND
May
Haematology blood tests
- New DVT Pathway
- Oral Anticoagulants and NOACS
June
Diabetes Mellitus!
- Barnsley Diabetic Services
- Community Diabetic Nurses (and Insulin)
- Diet and Diabetes
- The Diabetic Foot (and pathway)
July
Substance misuse
- Alcohol abuse
- Phoenix Futures
- Illicit drugs
- Legal highs
- Prescription drug abuse
September
Women's health
- Benign breast disease
- Genetics of breast cancer
- Gynecology - prolapse / perineum pathology
October
Antibiotics use in Primary Care
- Reduce Antibiotic Prescribing
- Urinary Tract Infection in the Elderly
November
- Hematuria NICE Guidelines
- Chronic kidney disease
December
NEWS, AKI, IBD & IDA
- Recognising sepsis
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Iron deficiency service- new capsule endoscopy service
- Role of GI Nurses / L sided Colitis
2014
September
The Obesity Epidemic
- Obesity
- Weight loss
- Bariatric Surgery
October
Paediatrics
- 6 week Neonatal Examination
- GI problems in Children
- Cow Milk Protein Allergy
- Enuresis Pathway
November
Dermatology
- Skin Cancer
- Leg Ulcer Management
- Emollients
- Psoriasis
December
- Abnormal Liver Function Tests
- Iron Deficiency Anaemia
BEST Portal
- Contact numbers
Top telephone numbers directory of all contact numbers
Hospitals
- Barnsley Hospital
01226 771912 - Barnsley Hospice
01226 244244 - Kendray Hospital
01226 434228 - Northern General/Sheffield Hallam
0114 243 4343 - Sheffield Children's hospital
0114 271 70 00
Admissions/Advice
- 2 week wait help desk
01226 432000 - A&E
01226 432371 - Ambulance Control
01709 828829 - AMAC
01226 431345 - Cancer Nurse Specialists
Link to contacts - Children's Assessment Unit
01226 432664 - Community MSK Service
01226 644858 - COPD BREATHE Service
01226 431381
01226 431673 - Diabetes services SPA
01226 240086 - DVT/ Thrombosis referrals
01226 431333 - Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit
01226 433972 - Gastro Consultant advice
01226 436156 - PallCall (out of hours hospice)
01226 244244 - Rheumatology advice
Rheumatology tel numbers - Right Care
01226 431333 - Spectrum: Genitourinary Medicine
08000556442
Laboratories/Radiology
- Biochemistry
01226 432733 - Biochem Consultant Advice
01226 432772 - Haematology (consultant advice via switchboard)
01226 432862 - Microbiology ( consultant advice via switchboard)
01226 432687 - Xray/CT/MRI/US/ Appointments/results
01226 434340
Community Nursing Services
- Diabetes/Heart Failure/ Parkinsons Nurses
01226 645180 - District Nurses/Community Matrons
01226 644575 - Health Visitors/School Nurses
0800 6126221 - Macmillan Nurses
01226 645280 - Pulmonary rehab
01226719789 - Rapid Response
0774 7794698
Self Referral Services/ Care Navigation-First Port of Call
- British Pregnancy Advisory Clinic (Terminations)
03457 304030 - Continence services
01226 645057
Mental Health / Referral information
- CAMHS- SPA Single point of Access- children
01226 644829 - DISC-Substance Misuse
01226 779066 - MHAT
01226 644900 - IAPT
01226 644900 - SPA- Single Point of Access- Adults
01226 645000 - TADS- self referral-children
01226 872120
SAFE GUARDING
- Adults BMBC
01226 775832 - Adults Safeguarding Nurse
01226 433747 - Children safeguarding
01226 438831 - Safeguarding Emergency Duty Team (out-of-hours)
01226 787789 - IDVA-Domestic Abuse
01226 320112
Adult Social Services
- BMBC
01226 773300
Other
- 2 week wait help desk
01226 431536 - 2ww patient transport
03331300514 - Barnsley CCG Hilder House
01226 433756 - Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
01302 566124 - Infection Prevention and Control
0114 2734004 - Coroners Office / further info
01226 736031 - IT Help desk
0114 3051030 - Medicine information service
01226 432857 - Medicines Management
01226 433798 - Optical Emergencies BHNFT
01226 432155 - Public Health- infectious disease reporting
01226 787416 - Screening & Imm Coordinator
0113 8253415
If you can't find a number above try the service directory.
- Barnsley Hospital
- Diagnostic tools
Top diagnostic tools directory of all diagnostic tools.
General
- Alcohol Units
- Bristol Stool score
- BH Lab service / path blood table
- Diabetes Diagnosis- WHO Criteria
- Diabetes - HbA1c targets in Type 2 Diabetes in Adults
- Diabetic Footcare Pathway
- Children and Young People with Suspected Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes
- EPaCCS Electronic Palliative Care System
- Family History recording sheet
- Height -Weight conversion Adults / BMIchart
- Height-weight conversion Children
- NEWS -National Early warning Score
- Sepsis tools - children / adults
- Oral Fluids for Child with vomitting
- Optometry First
- Paeds: Traffic Lights identifying risk/ vital signs normal range
- Vague Symptoms
- SYB Commissioning for Outcomes ( old clinical thresholds)
- Suspected Cancer-referral criteria
- Screening guide - Adults andchildren / Bowel Cancer Screening /
Antenatal & Newborn
Biochem/Haematology
- Blood transfusion thresholds
- Hypercalcaemia / Hyperkalaemia
- Hypocalcaemia / Hypokalaemia / Hyponatraemia
- hyperlipidaemia/Sheffield hyper cholesterol lipid clinic / Simon Broome Criteria
- Rotherham Haematology Top Tips
Neuro/Mental Health
ENT/Respiratory
- Asthma Adult Control test
- Asthma Peak Flow Monitor chart
- COPD CATest
- CENTOR Score/Fever SCORE
- Epworth sleepiness score
- MRC Dyspnoea Scale Questions
- Pneumonia -CURB Score
- URTI- evidence based on RTI
- Spirometry interpretation
- Well's Criteria for PE Pulmonary Embolism
If you can't find a tool above, try the directory of all diagnostic tools.
Cardiovascular
- CHA2DS2 VASC /HAS BLED
- Familial Hypercholesterolaemia- Simon Broome Criteria/ referral criteria
- Heart Failure pathway
- Hypertension diagnosis and treatment/ Home Blood Pressure monitoring
- QRISK
- Well's Criteria for DVT / DVT Pathway/ Wells Score for PE
Gastro
- Abnormal LFT Barnsley / FIB4
- Bristol Stool score / Laxative guidelines
- Dyspepsia
- IBS Diagnostic pathway / IBS treatment
- Iron deficiency Anaemia
Renal/Urology
Gynae /Pregnancy
Derm/MSK/Rheumatology
- Prescribing guidelines
Prescribing guidelines directory of all prescribing guidelines.
Most popular
- Antibiotic Guidelines/ UTI algorithm
- Antidepressants- switching and withdrawal guidance
- Management of Influenza-like illness in care homes / influenza outbreak care homes
- Barnsley Formulary
- Diabetes Guidelines / Diabetes treatment algorithm /HbA1C treatment targets
- Emollients / Skin Barrier Protection
- LUTS pathway /OAB in women
- Sick day rules
- UKMEC 2016 contraceptive summary table /UKMEC guidelines
- Vitamin D Summary
Eyes/ENT
Respiratory
Cardiovascular
If you can't find a guideline above try the directory of all prescribing guidelines.
Gastro
- Anti-Emetics
- Dyspepsia
- Gluten Free Prescribing
- Irritable Bowel Disease IBS
- Infant Formula Algorithm / Guidelines
- Iron deficiency Anaemia
- Laxatives / Bristol Stool Score
- Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS) Prescribing Guidelines: Adults aged 18 years
- Oral Nutrition - All Guidelines and Algorithms
- Orlistat guidelines- see Appendix for summary
Urology/ Gynae
- LUTS lower urinary tract symptoms in men
- Overactive Bladder in women
- Contraception- UKMEC summary Sheets/ UKMEC current clinical guidelines
MSK
Pain/Palliative Care
- Patient information sheets
Top Patient information sheets directory of all patient information sheets
Care Navigation/ First Port of Call
Most Popular
- Atrial Fibrillation and other arrhytmias/ Management information sheets
- Cancer patients local services
- COPD patient info sheets/ rescue antibiotics
- Diabetes- patient information sheets -condition/diet
- DNACPR form / What happens if my heart stops
- Exercise -Health Referral Scheme- information and form
- GFF Weight Watchers / Slimming World
- Home Blood pressure monitoring chart
- IAPT Prescription Pad
- MHAT - workshops / The Exchange
- Phlebotomy - hospital service
- PSA testing
- Saline nasal irrigation
- Sick children - general advice for parents
- Sick day rules
- Xray-patient info sheet
Patient Diary - Asthma Peak Flow Diary
- Breast pain diary/ Menstrual diary /Pre Menstrual Symptom Diary
- Food Diary
- Fluid input/ output Diary for bladder symptoms
- Headache diary/ monthly diary/Childrens Headache diary
- Oral Fluids for child with vomitting
- Stool Diary / Kids stool diary
Sound Doctor Video library - How to-Access
- Back pain- video list
- COPD- video list
- Dementia- video list
- Diabetes video list
- weight loss surgery - video list
If you can't find an information sheet above try the directory of all patient information sheets.
Diet sheets /Dietician information sheets
- Diet Sheet Gout
- Diet Sheets Cholesterol /weight loss / low fat-low cholesterol
- Diet Sheets IBS / IBS Patient info / Fibre
- Diet Sheets OA / Vit D / Osteoporosis
- Diet Sheets PMS / Menopause
- Dietitian service appointment information
Exercise sheets
- Back pain / neck pain
- shoulder pain/ elbow pain
- knee pain/ foot pain
- vestibular exercises
- urge incontinence bladder training / stress incontinence pelvic floor exercises
- relaxation exercises
- kids relaxation
- stress busters
General - 2 week wait info sheet
- Advanced Statements & Advanced Directives
- Colorectal telephone triage
- Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination
- Rightcare
- AKI Medicine Sick Day rule
- Optometry First
- URTI - Treating Your Infection/ Cough / Sore Throat / Ear infection
- UTI Treating your infection
- Fever in Children- what to look out for
- Rotherham advice for managing children 0-5 with minor illness
- Investigation/referrals
Top Investigation/Referral forms directory of all investigation and referral forms
Care Navigation/ First Port of Call
General
- Vague Symptoms - cancer / The Well therauptic services
- 2ww referral criteria / patient 2ww letter
- Advice and Guidance from Barnsley Hospital
- AMAC Acute Medical Assessment Clinic- Suitable referrals
- Change 4 Life
- Coroner's office and referral from
- DNACPR form
- Exercise- Health Referral Scheme- information / referral form/inclusion criteria
- My Best Life
- Optometry First
- Phlebotomy
- SAFE GUARDING ADULT/CHILDREN
- SYB Commissioning for Outcomes ( old clinical thresholds) / Get Fit First
- X ray patient info sheet
- Rotherham Paediatric pathways
CNS/Mental health - Headache/ Brain Imaging criteria
- IAPT Prescription Pad
- MHAT-workshops / Mental Health Referrals
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME blood tests
- TIA clinic- Urgent
- TADS- therapy for anxiety and depression in children
- Umbrella MH/LD
ENT - BPPV referral
- Deafness/ Hearing loss
- ENT Management / Referral guidelines
- Tinnitus referral
Respiratory - COPD
If you can't find a form above, try the directory of all investigation and referral forms.
Cardiovascular- DVT Pathway
- Heart failure diagnosis and services
- Open Access ECG
- Open access echocardiography
- RACP Rapid Access Chest Pain clinic/Patient Information Letter
Endocrine
- GP Referral Pathway for Children and Young People with Suspected Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes
- National Diabetes Prevention Programme /NDPP Information
- Diabetes referral guidelines
- Gestational Diabetes primary care followup
Gastro- Abnormal LFT- gastro consultant advice tel-01226436156
- Dyspepsia
- Food allergy reporting commercial premises
Renal - LUTS pathway
MSK/Dermatology - Autoantibody test interpretation-to refer or not to refer
- Dermatology Quality of Life Index
- DXA (DEXA) Bone scan
- Giant Cell Arteritis/Temporal Arteritis Pathway
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica Pathway
- MSK Community Service
- Monoarthritis
- Rotherham MSK Pathways
- Rotherham Red Legs Pathway
Palliative Care - EPaCCS electronic palliative care system
- palliative care hand over form
- Pallcare referral form
Biochem - Hypercalcaemia / Hyperkalaemia
- Hypocalcaemia / Hypokalaemia / Hyponatraemia
- Useful websites
Top websites
- Arthritis Research UK
- Barnsley Formulary
- Barnsley Healthcare Federation
- Barnsley Hospital blood science tests
- BIADS Barnsley Alzheimer's and Dementia Support
- British Dietetic Association
- BMJ e learning -using own password OR Barnsley CCG access code
- Calculator
- Clinical Knowledge Summaries- NICE
- Dementia Friendly Barnsley
- DermNetnz/ PCDS ( Primary Care Dermatology Society)
- DVLA :Assessing Fitness to Drive: A Guide for Medical Professionals
- Electronic Staff Record (including Stat/Mandatory training)
- Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health
- GP online
- GP notebook /GP note book log in page (Univadis)
- Barnsley GPVTS -for Barnsley GP Registrars
- Barnsley IAPT service
- Lab Tests Online
- Live Well Barnsley
- Menopause Matters
- MDCalculator
- NHS Choices
- NHS mail
- Patient info sheets - Alphabetical ( Patient.co,uk)
- Pulse
- Yorkshire & Humber Medical Appraisal
If you can't find a website above, try the directory of useful websites.
