One month on from the UCP expansion
It’s been over a month since the UCP care plan expanded to become a broader personalised care and support plan, helping us to reach our motto of ‘What matters to me is just as important as what’s the matter with me’. So far, we’ve seen strong engagement with usage levels remaining consistent with pre-expansion data, and we’ve received positive feedback from health and social care professionals on the new forms.
“The expansion of the UCP is incredibly welcomed! It reduces the duplication for me as a GP by including many more opportunities for me to enter important information about my patients, it then becomes the main care plan and point of documentation over my GP IT system.” GP, North West London
This isn’t the final destination for the UCP. Together with our clinical and ICB stakeholders, we plan to continue developing the care plan, so that it meets the region’s clinical priorities. In the near future, we’re focusing on introducing editable access for patients via the NHS App. While patients have been able to view their UCP via the NHS App since March 2024, we are working hard to enable patients to enter important details about themselves including personal preferences and what matters to them. This will provide health and social care professionals with further insights into how the person wishes to be assessed and treated.
We’d love to hear your feedback on how the expanded UCP is supporting you and your patients – get in touch and let us know!
UCP Monthly Report
January was a fantastic month for the UCP! We saw a record number of unique logins and a strong increase in new care plan creations.
Marking one year of UCP support for sickle cell disease
On 14th March, we will mark one year since the UCP expanded to support people with sickle cell disease, enabling clinicians to record specific directives for paramedics, emergency departments, and wards to help care for someone experiencing a pain crisis within the UCP.
There are now over 7,700 people with sickle cell disease who have a UCP – approximately 74% of those receiving treatment in London. Since March 2024, these plans have been viewed 3,205 times by urgent care services, a significant increase from 570 patients in the same period the previous year. A huge thank you to everyone who has contributed to this progress!
Later this month, we will be sharing an article with more information – stay tuned!
Dates for the Diary
Tuesday 18th March – UCP training for Croydon care homes at St Christopher’s hospice. Find out more and register here.
Wednesday 12th March – UCP patients with lived experience group meeting.
Wednesday 19th March – UCP Champions meeting. If you would like to be part of our champions group, please get in touch.
Easy read web page and leaflets
Did you know that there are easy read UCP resources available?
we have an easy-read version of our ‘For Londoners’ page on our website as well as an easy-read leaflet available in
both web and print ready versions.
