NHS Confederation partnership programme wins RCGP award
The NHS Confederation-supported Health Inequalities Improvement Programme: Redbridge Place has been recognised at the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) North East London Faculty Recognition Awards.
The annual awards, assessed anonymously by the RCGP North East London Faculty Executive Board, recognised the project’s commitment to addressing health inequalities and complex multi-morbidity.
The Redbridge programme, launched in November 2023 as part of a collaboration between the NHS Confederation and AstraZeneca, and delivered in partnership with NHS Confederation members North East London Integrated Care Board(ICB), received the award for ‘Collaborative Project of the Year 2023/24’.
This award recognises the outstanding efforts of teams fostering collaboration and delivering impactful results in the North East London region. It is a testament to the winning project’s dedication to improving services through joint efforts.
The Redbridge programme in North East London, brought together health system stakeholders, including the acute trust, primary care, voluntary sector community organisations, and public health teams. Partners include NHS Confederation members, North East London ICB, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Cranbrook, Fairlop and Seven Kings Primary Care Networks; along with the London Borough of Redbridge; Age UK; Black Women Kindness Initiative; Disabled Asian Women’s Network, and The Association of Redbridge African Caribbean Communities.
The project aims to support and enhance patient care through population health-focused solutions, addressing the inequalities experienced by black and Asian communities by improving access, experience, and outcomes for residents living with cardiovascular diseases (CVD).
Achievements in the first 12 months
- Optimised treatment of 2,770 patients across three primary care networks living with multiple CVD conditions.
- Greater understanding of barriers to accessing healthcare and support through Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) facilitated engagement with residents
- Co-developed interventions by VCSE and Public Health teams to better support patients in the community.
- Improved primary care efficiencies by using coordinated consultations to address several co-morbidities
- Improvements to the interface between primary and secondary care.
Modelling and analysis are underway to quantify the productivity improvements in primary care, efficiencies in acute care and the overall prevention impact.
Find out more about this work here.
