Impact stories

In 2019, our Quality Improvement Collaborative programme supported General Practice staff in South East Essex to develop and implement local improvement projects, tackling major challenges faced by their surgeries. Here, staff from Dr Palacin’s surgery describe their work to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions.

UCLPartners’ innovative educational materials have been developed as a resource for facilitators to teach End of Life Care (EOLC) to non-specialist staff across all health and care settings.

The Community Mental Health Team at East London NHS Foundation Trust introduce simple but effective quality improvement solutions to the ward’s sleep issues.

With support from UCLPartners Aspiring Improvers programme, two junior doctors were able to establish resources to reduce stress and anxiety for trainees in paediatric emergencies.

The way someone uses their phone may indicate if they are about to have a mental health relapse, as researchers supported by UCLPartners are finding out.

The first patients to receive a new treatment derived from stem cells for people with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have regained reading vision.

A team from Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL have found that laser-based treatment is more successful and cost-effective than standard treatments on newly diagnosed cases of glaucoma.

Psychiatric researchers at UCL are working with the Metropolitan Police and local branches of mental health charity Mind, to trial a new intervention aimed at reducing the distressing psychological outcomes, known to be prevalent among older victims of crime.

A ‘first of its kind’ online tool developed by researchers at UCL, which allows people with type 2 diabetes to better manage their condition, is being trialled across the NHS.

In 2016, Professor Amit Nathwani of UCL and the Royal Free Hospital, was awarded the European Society for Gene and Cell Therapy’s Outstanding Achievement Award for his pioneering work on gene therapy for Haemophilia.