WINNER: Sevenhills + Primary Care Network - Covid-19 Vulnerable Patient Visiting Service

Sevenhills Primary Care Network is based in a community which experiences ill-health due to its deprivation and diverse ethnicities. When the pandemic hit, patient presentations dramatically fell and the PCN introduced a new way of working to prevent a longer term widening of the health inequality gap.

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By visiting patients in their own homes, the practice-led service proactively identified vulnerable frail patients not otherwise self-identifying. This enabled uninterrupted continuation of long-term condition reviews and tackled isolation and vulnerability by linking into social support.

Patient management plans required change in 50 per cent of cases and the service evidenced detection and reduction in progression of illness.

Read more about this project on HSJ Solutions.

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