Primary care case studies

The case studies here demonstrate some positive examples of the NHS delivering improved high quality care in a number of different settings across the county.

Hypertension case finding pilot in dental and optometry settings

In November 2024 Lincolnshire ICB mobilised a pilot to undertake opportunistic hypertension case finding by dental and optometry providers.

The pilot was developed with the support of the Lincolnshire Optical Committee, Lincolnshire Dental Committee, Lincolnshire Pharmacy Committee and Lincolnshire Medial Committee and is due to run until the end of July 2025.

The development and mobilisation of this pilot is the first time in Lincolnshire that all 4 primary care pillars have collaborated, resulting in the generation of innovative solutions in areas such as IT, referral pathways and establishing communication links between provider areas that will support future projects. The service also supports green agendas through bringing services back to high streets and closer to home for patients.

There are seven providers of the pilot in Lincolnshire in areas that were identified as being of greatest need, addressing often neglected health inequalities, including those arising from deprivation, geography and transportation and supports patients who fall into the “seldom heard” and Core20Plus5 groups.

In the short time the pilot has been running, 39% of the readings taken were identified as being out of range and requiring further investigation, with 3.9% of these being classed as very high BP readings requiring urgent same day treatment.