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UCLPartners and NHS England London have launched an Anchor Strategy and Change Network, part of a package of initiatives to support NHS organisations in London to maximise their economic and social impact in local communities.

Helen Craig tells the story of how a new patient advisory group is formed – with partnerships, power sharing, and a commitment to making things better across eye and vision health care and research.

An initiative to optimise care for people with atrial fibrillation by monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol – high risk factors for heart disease, stroke and dementia, has shown considerable benefit to patients in North East London.

UCLPartners will support the implementation of a new service which will help patients receive life-saving checks close to their home.

Matt Kearney on supporting primary care to do things differently and at scale as we emerge from the pandemic. Discussing the expansion of NHS Proactive Care @home, and how the UCLPartners Proactive Care Frameworks assist to deliver optimised care for long term conditions.

The AHSN Network – including UCLPartners - is helping to transform Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) services across England with the rollout of technology that can provide an objective assessment and help families to receive a diagnosis more quickly.

October 2021 is national cholesterol month. High cholesterol causes cardiovascular disease and accounts for a third of all heart attacks. Cholesterol has been a 'cinderella' condition since cholesterol indicators were largely removed from GP contract in 2014. The NHS Long Term Plan has put cholesterol back in the spotlight as one of the high-risk cardiovascular conditions requiring improved detection and management.

Lakeside Healthcare Group uses the UCLPartners Proactive Care Frameworks to redesign staffing models and reprioritise workload. Freeing up capacity to deliver additional smear tests and their highest learning disabilities checks to date.

FibriCheck is a smartphone application that allows patients to check their heart rhythm at home without needing any additional equipment. FibriCheck partnered with Wanstead and Woodford primary care network, leveraging their flu clinic outreach to identify and engage at-risk CVD patients to monitor their heart using their app.

The Innovation Agency – the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) covering the North West Coast of England, is working with GP practices in Knowsley to help improve care of patients with asthma. By using the UCLPartners Proactive Care asthma framework they have been able to reduce high risk patients by almost 50% based on the principles of the programme.