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Dr Matt Kearney challenges the longstanding NHS tolerance of suboptimal care that drives cardiovascular disease – and the potential use of routine GP data that would prevent thousands of heart attacks and strokes in three years.

Four NHS trusts in the UCLPartners region have been showcased for their innovative approaches to tackling health inequalities through their work to address factors affecting the Social Determinants of Health.

Kailo is a new research and design programme to help local communities, young people and public service partnerships better understand and address the root causes of young people’s mental health.

The UCLPartners CVD Academy will equip colleagues from across our region with the skills to lead implementation of innovation projects that aim to reduce deaths related to Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). 

We are working with Macmillan Cancer Support to increase access to personalised holistic support, including support for financial, emotional or practical needs, for people diagnosed with cancer, so they can stay in treatment and keep their lives on track.  

UCLPartners’ Connecting for Change programme, part of our climate collaborative, is funding four new research projects we believe can accelerate progress towards reducing the carbon footprint of NHS estates.

Almost half of the primary care networks (PCNs) across England have adopted the UCLPartners proactive care frameworks to help them better support their patients living with high blood pressure and other risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

UCLPartners and UCL Health Alliance – the provider collaborative for north central London – are to come together to form a single health innovation partnership.

In a recent BMJ article, we explore how virtual appointments can play a significant role in reducing NHS carbon emissions but call for these appointments to be implemented correctly so to avoid further exacerbating health inequalities.

We have created a new insights platform that will enable our health innovation partnership to better assess, understand and deliver against the health and healthcare needs of our diverse population.