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EQUIP still offers standard QI coaching (see our mission statement below) but due to Covid we are being asked more and more to help practices deliver a Digital Offer. This can be accessed within the Digital 2020 tab. We have therefore revamped the website to give some really practical help on:

• Promoting the NHS App
• Increasing Online Consultations
• Setting up a new patient Online Registration system
• Setting up a Total Triage system

Please click on any of the above digital offers for more information on how you can implement these within your practice.

We also know that staff are under a lot of pressure. We have therefore  updated our staff Wellbeing section to explain what support is currently on offer.  Please see under the Wellbeing 2020 tab. We really hope this is useful.

Please have a look at the new material and ask your QI coach or email the EQUIP team here for further help.

The EQUIP Mission Statement

Making Tower Hamlets the best place to work, and the best place to receive care.

The world of General Practice is currently under significant pressure. Across the board budgets are being cut, and resources constrained. ‘On top of this, practices face a rapidly growing population, thus in turn increasing demand for GP services. The growing population has different health needs from those of the past, forcing practices to re-evaluate the efficacy of their business models and clinical processes. As a result of these challenges, practice staff are under unprecedented levels of stress, leading to recruitment and retention challenges.

Our response to these conditions is to roll up our sleeves, and address these issues head on. The EQUIP (Enabling Quality Improvement in Practice) programme is designed to do just that, by providing practice staff with the tools to create meaningful and lasting change. This is done by allowing practices to work on what matters most to them through a tried and tested Quality Improvement methodology. By doing this, we hope to improve the lives of staff and develop a culture within practices that values bottom-up change and continuous improvement. We also hope that we will make General Practice resilient and effectively able to manage current challenges and variation, and lead change so it can deliver even better care to patients in the future’.

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