Working in Partnership Programme
Working in Partnership Programme (WiPP)[1] was launched in England in 2004 under the new General Medical Services (nGMS) contract to support general practice by providing them with innovative ideas on how to improve services for the public.
The programme has several initiatives. The GMS contract provided the funds, while the intiatives 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 links <ref name=links>Webpage of WiPP Initiatives to resources, tools and techniques, such as online training courses and best practice guides for download:
1. Self Care Support<ref name=SCS>[1] -- includes self care skills training courses for people as well as professionals
2. Self Care Support in Schools -- Making Sense of Health project
3. Database of Good Practice -- identifies, reviews and signposts existing good practice
4. Sickness Absence Management
5. Workload Analysis Tool
6. Improving the Management of Repeat Medicines in Primary Care
7. Minor Illness Management
8. Primary Care Management Development Programme resources
9. General Practice Nursing -- Getting it Right for Patients and Public Health
10. Health Care Assistants -- facilitating their employment, training, development and integration
11. Vocational Training Scheme for General Practice managers
12. National Primary Care Mental Health Collaborative