Engaging with Quality in Primary Care

Led by Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust, this project aimed to improve care quality by developing practice-based commissioning to ensure it is primary care led, patient centred and evidence based.

Encompassing all the GP practices in Tower Hamlets, this project aimed to reduce inequalities in how healthcare is delivered and ultimately in the health of the population. It focussed on the three disease areas which contribute most to poor local health - diabetes, cardiovascular disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

This project aimed to improve the care of people with back pain by training GPs and physiotherapists in how to identify which treatment is most appropriate for different types of patients and how to deliver that treatment. It was run by the North Staffordshire and Cheshire Primary Care Research and Development Consortium, led by Keele University.

Led by Bournemouth University, this project aimed to give GP practices the skills to better manage the treatment of patients with back pain.

The project worked to provide school nurses in London and the south east of England with the training and support they need to identify mental health problems in young people. 

This project involved testing of an education and support programme to improve identification and referral of patients experiencing domestic violence. Partners included Queen Mary, University of London, London South Bank University, Bristol University.

This project aimed to help GPs in southwest London and Surrey better identify and manage patients with chronic kidney disease.