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High impact changes for practice teams

  • Last modified date:
    9 February 2007
The NHS Institute's Primary Care/Long Term Conditions Team have jointly produced with the Improvement Foundation a set of High Impact Changes for Practice Teams.

The Improvement Foundation and the NHS Institute worked with people at the front line of primary care to develop the changes. They are:

  • Promote patient self care and self management
  • Improve the management of patients with long term conditions
  • Improve patient access
  • Improve care for patients by redesigning roles in general practice
  • Use data and information to drive improvement
  • Improve care through systematic review of patient feedback
  • Avoid unnecessary follow-ups in primary and secondary care
  • Provide services closer to patients
  • Maximise the use of Practice Based Commissioning

The publication includes details of each change with case studies and tips on how to affect it. It is being sent out to all primary care practices in England, and is available to download from the NHS Institute website and from the Improvement Foundation website. 

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