A new test and treat pathway was trialled at six primary care sites in Wirral, aiming to speed up the diagnosis of patients in the community. This case study details the work of the collaboration that featured the Innovation Agency, Healthier South Wirral, Roche Diagnostics and Roche Products Ltd.
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Establishing polypharmacy communities of practice Read more
Health Innovation North West Coast successfully established a community of practice in the region as part of the national Polypharmacy Programme. This community of practice is successfully embedded into ‘business as usual’ in Cheshire and Merseyside.
Adopting WhatsApp for urgent care escalation Read more
A North West Coast trust piloted the use of WhatsApp for urgent case escalation as part of the Martha's Rule implementation
The multiple benefits (intended and unintended) of a QI project on controlled drug prescribing Read more
There was a requirement to act on the high levels of controlled drug prescribing, and with a culture change and slow, steady work, the practice was able to significantly reduce prescriptions of controlled drugs