Improvement in general practice
Over the last decade, almost 1 in 10 general practices have taken part in an improvement project supported by the Health Foundation.
We have also funded research projects focusing on general practice, while a number of our Fellows come from general practice backgrounds.
Take a look at the following resources, projects, and Fellow pages to learn more about embedding quality improvement in general practice.
Research report
Quality improvement in general practice: what do GPs and practice managers think?
Our research shows that most GPs and Practice Managers see quality improvement as a core aspect of...
Quick guide
Quality improvement made simple
Updated in 2021, this third edition outlines what you need to know about health care quality...
Featured improvement projects
Programme
Increasing Continuity of Care in General Practice
This programme ran from 2019 to 2021 and offered five GP practices and federations up to £250,000 to...
Improvement project
Scale up, replication and licensing of the PINCER intervention
Scaled up and spread a proven pharmacist-led intervention that supports pharmacists and pharmacy...
Improvement project
CES: Clinical Effectiveness Southwark
This project aimed to improve outcomes for patients within primary care in the London Borough of...
Improvement project
West End Wellbeing: a place-based multidisciplinary approach to meeting needs in Newcastle’s west end
This project aimed to enable staff and organisations to work together in a multidisciplinary way to...
Improvement project
Using live operational data and improvement science to help primary care teams deliver better patient care: the Tower Hamlets EQUIP programme
This project aims to help GP practices work smarter using existing resources, supplemented by live...
Improvement project
Live Well coaches in primary care
This project aimed to scale up and coordinate access to social and healthy behaviour change support.
Further projects
Find out about other improvement projects in general practice funded by the Health Foundation.
Featured research projects
Research project
The Future of Healthcare
This project looks at the automation of work in general practice surgeries.
Research project
Translating Improvement Skills
Exploring the translation of improvement skills and knowledge gained through training, into action...
Related publications
Briefing
Sharing to improve
This briefing introduces approaches to collaborative data sharing that enable improvement in the...
Briefing
Reducing hospital admissions by improving continuity of care in general practice
This briefing summarises research that analysed data from over 230,000 anonymised patient records...
Analysis
Indicators of quality of care in general practices in England
The Health Foundation has undertaken an independent review of indicators of the quality of care...
Evidence scan
Improving quality in general practice
This evidence scan was initially commissioned to inform attendees at the National Summit on Quality...
Research report
Involving primary care clinicians in quality improvement
This is the report of an independent evaluation of our Engaging with Quality in Primary Care (EwQPC)...
Health Foundation Alumni
Below is a list of general practice professionals who have undertaken a fellowship programme with the Health Foundation. Find out about their work and how you may be able to contact them.
Anoop Dhesi, Generation Q Fellow
Bola Owolabi, Generation Q Fellow
Nicola Kemp, Generation Q Fellow
Mike Jones, Generation Q Fellow
William Dawson, Generation Q Fellow
Tim Lyttle, Generation Q Fellow
Phil Garnett, Generation Q Fellow
Joanne Medhurst, Generation Q Fellow
Joanna Bircher, Generation Q Fellow
David Julien, Generation Q Fellow
Rishabh Prasad, Generation Q Fellow
Mark Hayes, Generation Q Fellow
Pete Chamberlain, Quality Improvement Fellow
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