Table 1
Overview of the pilots.
| Pilot | Number of Practices | Total Practice Population (approx) | Integration Innovation | Professional background of evaluation participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 12 | 53,000 | Collaboration with acute sector diabetes team to provide development and clinical guidance to general practice rather than out-patient appointments. | GP |
| B | 3 | 31,500 | Use of a formal improvement methodology to reduce unplanned admissions and facilitate discharge of older people from acute hospital. | GP Nursing |
| C | 5 | 13,000 | No clear integration innovation identified. | GP Practice manager |
| D | 1 | 11,000 | Series of small scale pilots to address priority needs, including community chaplaincy, link worker to connect with local resources, transitional beds in nursing homes to facilitate early discharge and case management for those with multi-morbidities. | GP |
| E | 9 | 65,000 | During programme developed process through which paramedics could directly access GPs for discussion of patients at risk of admission. | GP |
| F | 1 (but with 10 sites) | 61,500 | Initially proposed enhancing of multi-professional teams but then focussed on use of common IT system to support integration between different practices within organisation. | GP Practice manager |