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The PRIMIS Data Quality Award was introduced in 2011. It was an accredited programme for PRIMIS Facilitators designed to recognise their understanding of best practices in clinical data management and implementation within a primary care setting. Over 100 facilitators achieved the award which not only prepared them to undertake their valuable work with GP practices but helped to foster a culture of continuous improvement and professional development in the field of primary care health informatics.
The end of a national contract for PRIMIS in 2014 marked a significant transition for primary care data quality services in England. The national contract had funded the development and dissemination of data quality improvement tools and various training programs, ensuring wide accessibility and consistent support across the country. This shift brought challenges and opportunities for GP practices and stakeholders who had come to rely on PRIMIS’s tools and expertise.
The end of the national contract necessitated a new strategic approach for PRIMIS too involving securing alternative funding, adopting new tools, developing in-house capabilities, and building of new collaborative networks. Despite the change, PRIMIS continued to promote best practices and contribute to NHS policy and strategic direction on the use of primary care data, whilst establishing ourselves as a major source of highly skilled and effective health informatics support and broadened our collaborations and partnerships with academia, industry, and charitable organisations.
The effectiveness of our approach was reinforced in 2015 when NHS Rightcare acknowledged the role PRIMIS played in providing expertise, tools and resources to GP practices to optimise healthcare delivery, improve patient outcomes and reduce unwarranted variation in care.
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