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.
Quick guide
Quality improvement made simple
This guide focuses on one important element of the quality agenda: quality improvement. It looks in particular at what are kn...
Featured improvement projects
Programme
Increasing Continuity of Care in General Practice
This programme has offered five GP practices and federations up to £250,000 to fund targeted quality improvement work to incr...
Improvement project
Scale up, replication and licensing of the PINCER intervention
This project is scaling up and spreading a proven pharmacist-led intervention to reduce common medication errors in general p...
Improvement project
CES: Clinical Effectiveness Southwark
This project aims to improve outcomes for patients within primary care in the London Borough of Southwark by making the right...
Improvement project
West End Wellbeing: a place-based multidisciplinary approach to meeting needs in Newcastle’s West End
This project is aiming to enable staff and organisations to work together in a multidisciplinary way to better meet the needs...
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 operational data and coach...
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
The research is a collaboration between Oxford Internet Institute, The Oxford Department of Engineering Science, and the Oxfo...
Research project
Translating Improvement Skills
Exploring the translation of improvement skills and knowledge gained through training, into action on the front line Led by P...
Research project
migrant.health: an online tool for GPs supporting new migrants in primary health care
This project involved turning research findings into a user-centred, practical online resource that can be used to help adapt...
Related publications
Briefing
Sharing to improve
This briefing introduces approaches to collaborative data sharing that enable improvement in the quality of care.
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 for older people aged 62 - ...
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 provided by general practices...
Evidence scan
Improving quality in general practice
This evidence scan was initially commissioned to inform attendees at the National Summit on Quality in General Practice on 31...
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) improvement programme.
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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