QI helps GPs to make the most of their systems, organisations, talents and expertise to deliver better outcomes for patients.. Below is a list of QI approaches being piloted or fully delivered in practice. We encourage GPs to either reproduce these themes within their practices or apply the methodologies to other clinical areas.
- Clinical Champion: Dr Tom Blakeman
Working with Dr Tom Blakeman (The National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRC), Greater Manchester), Think Kidneys; and Dr Edward Kingdon from the Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network (KSS AHSN) this project will build on the work of the 2013 – 2016 RCGP Clinical Priority in Kidney Care to improve the recognition of and response to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in primary care.
- RCGP Clinical Champion: David Mullett
The Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) is a governmental, not-for-profit research service that has provided anonymised primary care records for public health research since 1987. This collaboration between CPRD and RCGP started in 2015 to meet the information needs for GPs to carry out QI. The Research and Surveillance Centre (RSC) has joined forces with the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) in an exciting project that aims to support and facilitate QI via data reports tailored to individual practice populations.
View the CPRD website for more information including an example report, created using sample data
- Clinical Champion: Dr Joy Shacklock
There is currently no recognised national standard for safeguarding training for general practice at any level. The RCGP continues to address this with proactive safeguarding programmes and outputs, continuing this work through updating our existing safeguarding resources and delivering educational events in both adult and child safeguarding arenas.