Local projects have been submitted from around the United Kingdom from a range of different organisations. The aim of the local projects is to share what is being done to improve health in the community. This section has not been peer reviewed and the BMJ Group makes no guarantee about the accuracy of the information supplied. For more information contact the organiser of the local project directly. For our full website terms and conditions please click here.
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Chlamydia Screening Programme
| Description | Screening programme for genital Chlamydia infection |
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| Setting | Family planning and genitourinary medicine clinics, youth centres, colleges and military barracks |
| Population | Sexually active 15 to 24 year olds |
| Intervention | 71 sites offering opportunistic Chlamydia screening to 15 to 24 year olds |
| Main Outcome | 1471 people screened; 134 have been tested positive |
| Cost | Start-up - £30 156 to furnish offices, employ staff, equip staff and start the programme; Running costs - £103 556 increasing to £183 028 over as targets increase; Total - |
| Contact Email | mathibalasingham.chandrakumar@maidstonewealdpct.nhs.uk |
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Impact of Fast-Track Asymptomatic Screening Clinics on 48 Hour Access to Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) Services.
| Description | A move towards 48 hour access targets for appointments to genitourinary medicine (GUM) services |
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| Setting | Hospital outpatient clinics in the Departments of Genitourinary Medicine at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust and Rotherham Foundation Trust |
| Population | People who wish to be screened for STIs and HIV (who are not pregnant, over 16, and who have no signs or symptoms of STIs). |
| Intervention | Patients can access a rapid through-put service which focuses on delivering accurate screening tests for STIs and HIV. |
| Main Outcome | Significant increase in 48 hour access. |
| Cost | Start-up - N/A; Running costs - There were no capital costs as GUM facilities were used at a time of the week not previously in use, and most staff costs were covered by redeployment of staff from other GUM clinic sessions. However, there was additional activity of some members of staff. Staffing costs in Sheffield for each clinic involved salaries of four clinicians assessing patients (drawn from a team of four nurse practitioners and two consultants), two health care assistants and one receptionist. In Rotherham one staff grade doctor, one nurse practitioner, one health care assistant and one receptionist were employed.; Total - |
| Contact Email | Dr Christine A Bowman: christine.bowman@sth.nhs.uk Prof G R Kinghorn: George.Kinghorn@sth.nhs.uk Dr Alison Wright: Alison.Wright@sth.nhs.uk |
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Khush Dil "A Healthy Lifestyle Leads to a Happy Heart"
| Description | A multi-agency project to improve diabetes care and provide education on reducing the risks of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). |
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| Setting | GP Practices |
| Population | South Asian people with type 2 diabetes living in Gloucester |
| Intervention | There are two approaches: GP practice approach and patients approach. Interventions include carrying out an audit, training practice staff in diabetes care and management, providing cookery lessons and supervised supermarket trips. |
| Main Outcome | Reduce the risk of developing CVD among diabetes patients. |
| Cost | Start-up - £1359 The project has cost £4349 in the first five months. This does not include the costs of the team members’ time, which has been provided by each individual organisation.; Running costs - £4842.80 was the total cost for the first five months (November 2006 – March 2007), £1359 of which was the start-up cost. All of this has been supported by Takeda UK, and does not factor in the cost of staff time; Total - |
| Contact Email | suzy.allard@glos.nhs.uk |
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