UCLPartners Proactive Care Frameworks win at General Practice Awards 2022
Our Proactive Care Frameworks (PCFs) are helping primary care teams across the country restore and transform care for people who are living with long term conditions.
Designed to help us emerge from the COVID pandemic stronger, our PCFs have currently been adopted by more than 30 primary care networks (PCNs) across North Central London and North East London. This means thousands of patients living with conditions such as hypertension (high blood pressure), diabetes, asthma and severe mental illness are benefiting from their long-term conditions being managed more effectively.
Dr Matt Kearney, Executive Clinical Director for Cardiovascular Health at UCLPartners, said: “The Proactive Care Frameworks are proving very popular in primary care as they help practices to work in smarter ways, improving care for patients, supporting people to understand and manage their own conditions and helping teams be more efficient. It is wonderful to get this recognition for our work. It is testament to the amazing, creative and hardworking team we have at UCLPartners.”
Dr Ann Baldwin, GP in Havering North PCN said: ‘The UCLPartners Proactive Care Frameworks have made a huge difference to how clinical and non-clinical staff look after our patients. We have seen a 28% reduction in the highest risk group of patients with high blood pressure, and an increase in workforce satisfaction.”
The PCFs have been included in the Royal College of GPs’ national pandemic recovery guidance, in addition to the use of the PCF for hypertension as part of the National Blood Pressure Optimisation Programme, meaning all 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) across England are now supporting the rollout of the Frameworks across their regions.
Chris Laing, CEO of UCLPartners said: “I’m really pleased the team has won a General Practice Award. It recognises the positive impact this work is having on the lives of patients and means we can celebrate the team’s hard work and effort. I want to offer everyone involved huge congratulations for their tireless efforts from all of us at UCLPartners.”
Each year the GP Awards recognise and showcase the incredible hard work, innovation, and dedication of individuals and teams working across the UK in primary care.