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What is population health management and can it really make a difference? Does it really offer a holistic solution to meeting health needs, supporting better integrated care and relieving day to day pressure on practices and networks? Dr Dan Alton is a GP at the Wargrave Surgery in Berkshire and Population Health Management (PHM) clinical lead for West Berkshire CCG. In addition, he is an NHS England PHM Champion and has a wealth of experience in applying the PHM principles and is on our sofa this week to shine a light on all things PHM; what it is, how it can be applied at scale (yet tailored locally), the lessons he has learned and most importantly, how to realise the benefits at patient level – and within your own practice.

Introductions (0:32)

What is Population Health Management (PHM)? (1:04)

Joining up data with local knowledge (1:25)

Embedding proactive and integrated care which meets individual and whole community health needs (2:53)

Dan explains how he became involved in PHM (4:00)

Findings from the NHS England Wave 1 PHM Development Programme in Berkshire West (5:28)

Resulting interventions (7:16)

The conclusions (8:17)

What were the datasets that led to those interventions and how were they identified? (8:41)

How data can be used effectively, regardless of the level of complexity (9:45)

10% PHM data 90% cultural change (10:21)

How do you convert data into patient conversations? (11:51)

Positive, measurable outcomes as a result of a PHM approach (13:32)

Applying PHM principles in response to Covid (14:38)

An accelerated process (17:04)

Can PHM support the development of the PCN? (18:49)

Access to further information and PHM resources (20:16)

The NHSE/I PHM Academy website contains a wealth of resources, contacts and materials to support practices and PCNs in engaging with the PHM agenda

The NHS England Population Health Management Development website is here

If you want to hear more from Dan, he will be speaking at the Best Practice Show which is taking place in October and is free for all healthcare professionals to attend – you can reserve your place here.