A GP’s diary of quality improvement July 2017

Document first published:: 25 July 2017
Page updated:: 25 July 2017
Topic:: General practice
Publication type:: Case study

Farzana Hussain, a GP who participated in the General Practice Improvement Leaders programme, shares her quality improvement journey.

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Summary

In July’s diary, the first in a series, Farzana discusses why she turned to quality improvement and how it has:

encouraged leadership across her practice team, resulting in a healthcare assistant being given the support to undertake consultations for patients with high blood pressure
freed up 10% of the practices GP consultation time by signposting hay fever sufferers to local pharmacists who can also treat them

For more information visit Building capability for improvement webpage.