Blogs

Prof Mike Roberts on delivering equality, diversity and inclusion across the healthcare system.

On 9 October we held the third in our “Doing Things Differently” series of virtual learning sessions, this time on a topic that was brought into sharp focus in recent months, care homes.

As part of a package of support for primary care staff caring for people with long-term conditions, UCLPartners has been running webinars, including one on Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs), (an activity that can be carried out by pharmacists to ensure safety for patients taking multiple medications). Here, Yasin reflects on the changing role of pharmacists and the value SMRs offer to patients.

The national audit for cardiovascular disease will include six high risk conditions with extracts of routinely recorded general practice data being monitored and managed for reducing impact on patients. By Dr Matt Kearney and Lorraine Oldridge.

John Illingworth reflects on the achievements of the recipients of last year's Innovation Adoption Fund and shares the opportunity available this year.

Members of the UCLPartners team reflect on lessons learned from a recent webinar on virtual consultations and equity of access.

Mandeep Butt considers the role of the emerging Genomic Medicines Service Alliance's and encourages pharmacists and their teams to educate themselves in genomics and personalised medicine.

Dr Erin Walker describes how UCLPartners has involved patients and carers in discussions about COVID-19 rehabilitation needs and how lessons learned have fed into London wide commissioning guidance.

UCLPartners Programme Director Dr Matt Kearney looks at the Kings Fund Report on tech innovations transforming the way routine care is delivered during COVID-19 and asks whether this technology can now be harnessed to support the management of long term conditions post-covid.

I find it hard to recall the names of my patients, but I am thankful I recall their faces. Recently, through the COVID-19 pandemic, these recollections are more chaotic than I have...