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Population health in practice: a primary care discussion

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Practical application of population health to support pharmacy professionals undertaking structured medication reviews.

This article forms part of a series
  1. Primary care discussions: a series of webinars for primary care
    1. Heart failure: a primary care discussion
    2. Supporting pharmacists with HRT decision making
    3. HRT use in clinical practice: a primary care discussion
    4. Reviewing medicines for people at risk of falls
    5. Lipid Management: a primary care discussion
    6. Parkinson's disease: a primary care discussion
    7. Chronic liver disease: a primary care discussion
    8. Hypertension care in community pharmacy: a primary care discussion
    9. Biosimilar insulin: a primary care discussion
    10. Population health in practice: a primary care discussion
    11. Navigating difficult conversations with confidence
    12. Progressing as a pharmacy professional: a primary care discussion
    13. Social prescribing and pharmacy: a primary care discussion

Contents

  1. About the webinar
    1. Why it’s important
    2. What was covered
  3. Speakers
    1. Non-SPS Speakers
    2. SPS Speakers
  5. Resources
    1. Recording
    2. Podcast
  7. Update history

About the webinar

A specialist and a generalist discussed how to use population health tools and techniques to understand and assess the needs of different population groups. The webinar was recorded in July 2024.

This webinar helps support you in identifying, designing, and delivering proactive, personalised healthcare in your practice, to help reduce health inequalities and maximise patient care.  

This recording was part of our primary care ‘on the couch’ discussions series. Each focussed on a different topic and featured discussions between subject matter experts. Recorded between 2023 and 2025, the resources aim to support you in your daily practice and can be watched on their own or as a series. Use the links at the top of the page to navigate between the different webinar recordings.

Why it’s important

Population health management aims to shift the focus from reactive care to proactive, preventative care. By understanding the drivers of ill-health and inequalities, pharmacy professionals can identify patients who might be at risk in the future.

What was covered

  • Taking a population health approach to tackling and challenging health inequalities
  • Using population health techniques to maximise your impact through Structured Medication Reviews
  • How to identify patients that would benefit from your service

Speakers

A range of speakers from SPS and other organisations helped to run this event.

Non-SPS Speakers

Dr Duncan Jenkins

Associate Director, Pharmacy Clinical Divisional Director, Pharmacy and Population Health Management; Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust

Sarah Baig

Pharmacy Professional Development and Governance Lead; Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust

SPS Speakers

Learn more about the SPS team who facilitated this event.

Resources

Recording

This webinar was recorded in July 2024. Information presented during this webinar was correct at time of recording. Current guidance should be followed.

Podcast

You can listen to the webinar by accessing the podcast below. This podcast was recorded in July 2024. Information presented during this webinar was correct at time of recording. Current guidance should be followed.

Update history

  1. Republished
  2. Article reformatted and linked to primary care discussion webinar series
  1. Video format updated
  1. Published