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Educational Outreach: Actions for Commissioning Teams
Actions for Comissioning Teams, or ACTs (formerly known as Actions for Practice Teams), are a complete package of materials designed to support implementing and maintaining best practice in GP practices.
Each package typically contains:
- PowerPoint® Presentation - a ready to use presentation, that you are free to add or remove slides to, which outlines key evidence around the topic being considered
- Toolkit - to support planning and carrying out the change
- Summary Sheet - concise summary of the key points made in the presentation to leave with the practice
- Analysis of practice level data across the PCT for the therapeutic area considered
The packages are produced for PCTs in the West Midlands as part of a region-wide contract and if you work in one of these PCTs you can access your material here.
We recognise the importance of sharing best-practice and a selection of materials are therefore available for use outside of the West Midlands. These can be downloaded by clicking on the links below.
Whether you are in the West Midlands SHA or elsewhere, you can commission updates to existing packages, data analysis for your locality or something to meet your individual requirements, please contact Nicky Birks for further information.
Management of primary hypertension in adults (Oct-12)
Presentation
ACT 4 Scene 1 - PRESENTATION - Hypertension [PPTX]
Data Report
ACT 4 Scene 2 - Supporting Data for EXAMPLE [PDF]
West Midlands users should log in for their CCG data report.
Summary Sheet
ACT 4 Scene 3 - SUMMARY SHEET - Hypertension [PDF]
Toolkit
ACT 4 Scene 4 - TOOLKIT - Hypertension [PDF]
British Hypertension Society (BHS) documents relating to ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM)
BHS Standard Operating Procedure for ABPM
BHS Clinic Checklist for Fitting ABPM
Medical management of stable angina due to coronary artery disease (Jun-12)
Presentation
ACT 3 Scene 1 - PRESENTATION - Chronic Stable Angina [PPTX]
Data Report
ACT 3 Scene 2 - Supporting Data for Example CCG [PDF]
Summary Sheet
ACT 3 Scene 3 - SUMMARY SHEET - Stable Angina [PDF]
Toolkit
Managing COPD in Primary Care (Jun-12)
Presentations
ACT 2 Scene 1 - PRESENTATION - COPD [PPTX]
Data Report
ACT 2 Scene 2 - EXAMPLE Supporting Data [PDF]
Summary Sheet
ACT 2 Scene 3 - SUMMARY SHEET - COPD [DOCX]
Toolkit
ACT 2 Scene 4 - TOOLKIT - COPD [PDF]
Appendices
Avoiding Hospital Admissions Due to Medication (Mar-12)
Scenes 1 to 5 have been designed for use with GP practices and scenes 6 to 8 have been adapted for use with care homes.
Presentations
ACT 1 Scene 1 - PRESENTATION - Admissions Avoidance (practices) [PPTX]
ACT 1 Scene 6 - PRESENTATION - Admissions Avoidance (care homes) [PPTX]
Data Report
ACT 1 Scene 2 - EXAMPLE Supporting Data [PDF]
Summary Sheets
ACT 1 Scene 3 - SUMMARY SHEET - Admissions Avoidance (practices) [PDF]
ACT 1 Scene 7 - SUMMARY SHEET - Admissions Avoidance (care homes) [PDF]
Toolkit
ACT 1 Scene 4 - TOOLKIT - Admissions Avoidance [PDF]
Appendices
Oral Antiplatelet Drugs (Oct-11)
Summary Sheet
APT 20b SUMMARY SHEET - Antiplatelets [PDF]
Toolkit
APT 20b TOOLKIT - Antiplatelets [PDF]
Presentation
APT 20b - Antiplatelets [PPTX]
Data Report
Renin-Angiotensin System Drugs: ACEi and ARB (Oct-11)
Summary Sheet
APT 20a SUMMARY SHEET - ACEi and ARB [PDF]
Toolkit
APT 20a TOOLKIT - ACEi and ARB [PDF]
Presentation
Data Report
EXAMPLE APT 20a - ACE & ARB [PDF]
Health Supplements (Jul-11)
Summary Sheet
APT 19 - SUMMARY SHEET - Health Supplements [DOC]
Toolkit
APT 19 - TOOLKIT - Health Supplements [DOC]
Presentation
APT 19 - PRESENTATION - Health Supplements [PPT]
APT 19 - PRESENTATION REFERENCES - Health Supplements [DOC]
Data Report
EXAMPLE - APT 19 Health Supplements DATA [PDF]
Appendix
APT 19 - Example of local clinical pathway Vitamin D deficiency [DOC]
Diabetes (Jul-11)
Summary Sheet
APT 18 - SUMMARY SHEET - Diabetes and QIPP [DOC]
Toolkit
APT 18 - TOOLKIT - Diabetes and QIPP [DOC]
Presentation
APT 18 - PRESENTATION - Diabetes and QIPP [PPT]
Data Report
EXAMPLE - APT 18 - Overview [PDF]
EXAMPLE - APT 18 - Antidiabetic Drugs [PDF]
EXAMPLE - APT 18 - Insulins [PDF]
EXAMPLE - APT 18 - Test Strips [PDF]
EXAMPLE - APT 18 - Performance Indicators [PDF]
Oral Nutritional Support in Adults (Apr-11)
Summary Sheet
SUMMARY SHEET - Oral nutrition support for adults [PDF]
Toolkit
TOOLKIT - Oral nutrition support for adults [PDF]
Presentation
PRESENTATION - Oral Nutrition Support in Adults [PPT]
Data Report
EXAMPLE - Oral Nutritional Supplements Data Analysis [PDF]
Appendices
Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool
Shropshire County ONS Request Form
Urinary Incontinence in Adults (Oct-10)
Summary Sheet
APT 16 - SUMMARY SHEET - Urinary Incontinence [DOC]
Toolkit
APT 16 - TOOLKIT - Urinary Incontinence [DOC]
Presentation
APT 16 - PRESENTATION - Urinary Incontinence [PPT]
Actions and Checklist
APT 16 - Incontinence appliances [DOC]
Data Report
Example Urinary Incontinence Data Analysis
Antipsychotics in Dementia (Jul-10)
Summary Sheet
SUMMARY SHEET - Dementia and antipsychotic drugs [DOC]
Toolkit
TOOLKIT - Dementia and antipsychotic drugs [DOC]
Presentation
PRESENTATION - Antispychotics in Dementia (Jul-10) [PPT]
PRESENTATION - Care-home staff (Jul-10) [PPT]
Actions and Checklist
CHECKLIST - Dementia and antipsychotic drugs [DOC]
Data Report
Example Antipsychotics Data Analysis
Appendices
WALSALL - Challenging Behaviour Record Sheet [DOC]
WALSALL - Guidelines for Antipsychotics in Dementia [DOC]
Looking for supporting data analysis?
West Midlands PCTs should log-on to their PCT area to access supporting data analysis for the above ACT packages. If you are not in the West Midlands and would like to commission analysis of your own data please contact Jo Lockett to discuss this further.
Other support we provide...
Want to talk to someone?
If you'd like to discuss your individual requirements further please contact either Dr Nicky Birks for an informal discussion or Mrs Jo Lockett for data specific questions.
