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The National Primary Care Development Team (NPDT) is regarded as being at the forefront of improving management of long-term conditions in the UK, helping frontline clinicians and managers to deliver improvements in the way long-term conditions are managed at a local level. The primary vehicle for delivering improvements in care is the National Primary Care Collaborative Phase III, alternatively known as the Chronic Disease Management Collaborative, a programme that close to 90% of Primary Care Trusts across England are involved with at present.
The Programme focuses on what are traditionally perceived to be the three levels of targeted care – self-care, disease management and case management in the form of Unique Care.
The NPDT is promoting four key approaches to the management of long-term conditions:
- establishing and maintaining accurate registers of chronic disease patients,
- being systematic and pro-active in the care of people with chronic diseases,
- involving patients in developing and delivering their care
- adopting a multi-skilled multi-agency approach to ensure effective co-ordination of the care of people with chronic diseases.
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