Case Studies

Facilitating the Adoption and Uptake of a Primary Care Innovation

Enabling Health Innovation Networks to effectively engage with system leaders at a time of unprecedented service demand in primary care.

Client Challenge

Visions4Health was commissioned by the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) to accelerate the uptake of a high-impact, early-stage innovation in cardiovascular health which was:

On track to receive a NICE recommendation
To be reimbursed through a novel funding mechanism
Required a primary care delivery model to maximise the benefit to the population in England, at a time when primary care was seeing unprecedented demand for its services
To be led locally by the Health Innovation Networks (HINs, formerly known as Academic Health Science Networks) who were responsible for system engagement and the development of a local plan to implement the innovation within the local lipid management pathway

Our Solution

Visions4Health worked in partnership with the AAC to develop an interactive PDF-based value communications toolkit for the HINs which would enable them to effectively engage with local system leaders. The toolkit included:

The case for change – why this treatment area should be a priority for service transformation
An implementation pathway for HINs to improve the outcomes of patients with CVD, particularly those in deprived areas with limited access to the NHS
A clinical profile of the innovation
A synopsis of funding options to support service transformation

Outcomes

Visions4Health co-facilitated a series of 15 ‘roll-out webinars’ with each HIN cardiovascular project team. All webinars were well-attended and provided an opportunity for each HIN to share their ideas and concerns and ask any questions regarding the programme implementation
Feedback from the HINs was overwhelmingly positive:
“Can we have a toolkit like this for all our programmes”
“Thank you, this will be really helpful”
As a follow-on activity, Visions4Health was commissioned to develop a medicines optimisation pack to support decision-making by formulary committees. The pack was cascaded by NHS England to medicines optimisation leads and chief pharmacists