CVD Academy: Impact posters

In 2023, UCLPartners launched the CVD Academy. It aims to reduce heart attacks and strokes by developing a network of people who have the enthusiasm and drive to lead change within Cardiovascular disease. The ambassadors who took part in this first year were a combination of primary care GPs, pharmacists and nurses across North Central London, North East London and Mid and South Essex.

In September 2024, they came together for a celebration event showcasing the outcomes from the first year of the programme.

Posters displaying their work were shared:

North Central London

• Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) – Primary Care Case Finding. Mr Dipak Shah, Senior Clinical Pharmacist and Mr Yasin Hawa, Lead Pharmacist, Enfield Care Network: Chalfont Surgery
• Identifying Risk of Kidney Failure. Utilising eGFR and urine ACR to identify risk of kidney failure. Haleema Ahmed | Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Haringey GP Federation
• Managing Non-attending Hypertensive Patients, Aged 40-55 between April 23 and March 24. Dr Anuj Patel GP Partner, Wentworth Medical Practice, NCL
• Mind THE GAP. Lipid optimisation. Dr Tathagata Sadhu GP -Medicus Health Partners & Clinical Lead- Enfield Unity PCN
• Optimisation of BP in CKD. Pharmacist led CKD clinic in general practice setting. Amina Ali , Advanced Clinical Pharmacist. The Woodberry Practice / NCL Training Hub
• The Optimisation of Treatment in Stage 3B CKD. Using an MDT approach to improving CKD outcomes. Jarir Amarin, GP Partner & Sam Calder, Advance Nurse Practitioner, Medicus Health Partners, Enfield Unity PCN
• Urine Albumin – Creatinine Ratio (ACR): Patient Awareness Project. POP in YOUR PEE. Sam Calder, Advanced Nurse Practitioner & Jarir Amarin, GP Partner, Medicus Health Partners, Enfield Unity PCN

North East London

• Cholesterol Control and Lipid Management. A focus on secondary prevention. Bilal Mukhtar, Advanced Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiac Services Wanstead and Woodford PCN, North-East London
• CVD Risk Reduction in Men Under 40 Years. Focus on weight loss. Dr Salman Uddin City Square Medical Group, North-East London
• Reducing The Percentage Gap Between Estimated and Actual Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation in GP practice. Saima Malik, Clinical Pharmacist, Leyton Healthcare
• Review of Patients With A Diagnosis Of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Stage 3 In An Inner London GP Practice. The identification, coding and review of patients diagnosed with CKD 3. Kathrine Makombe, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Tulasi Medical Centre, North-East London

Mid and South Essex

• Atrial Fibrillation (AF), Initiation of anticoagulation once AF diagnosed. Danielle Thrower, Lead Clinical Pharmacist,
  Colne Valley PCN Ltd
• Improving Atrial Fibrillation Detection Rates. Utilising a surgery wide approach to improve AF case-finding. Michael Thomas, Lead Clinical Pharmacist, Chelmsford City Health PCN