Integrated Primary and Community Care Academy

What is the Academy?

The Academy has been established as part of the Health Board’s mission to keep South East Wales at the leading edge of Primary and Community Care services providing the following functions:

Education and Training

• Provision of relevant training modules
• Develop and commission education and training frameworks that focus on the social and medical model of health
• Coordination of advance practice training opportunities
• Arranging mentorship and clinical supervision for developing advance practice skills

Improvement and Sustainability

• Provision of a library of best practice and innovation exemplars
• Packages of coordinated support and advice to practices
• Individual career development advice
• Develop and implement a north Wales Primary Care Recruitment Strategy

Research and Innovation

• Develop, test and evaluate pilot projects including Welsh Government Pacesetter Projects
• Extending the knowledge base in prudent primary and community healthcare, and the multidisciplinary social model of care
• Support for practitioners interested in research and innovation