Camden Health Partners, known as Haverstock Healthcare until 2021 is a

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based in the

London Borough of Camden The London Borough of Camden () is a London borough in Inner London. Camden Town Hall, on Euston Road, lies north of Charing Cross. The borough was established on 1 April 1965 from the area of the former boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, and ...

, established in 2008. It was formed to allow local GPs to form an organisation large enough to compete with firms bidding for NHS contracts in the borough. This was with a view to keeping services accessible, local and safe for the local population. The original membership comprised all 35 GP practices in Camden. It was formed by three local GPs (Dr Jeremy Sandford, Dr John Horton and Dr Caroline Sayer). Dr Sayer is the current Chair; and Dr Shazia Mariam is the current Medical Director. The federation currently has 16 member practices.

Clinical services

General practice

It has had a contract from NHS England to provide GP services at the Ordnance Unity Centre in

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since 2014. It runs the Diabetes Integrated Practice Unit, with several providers in Camden at

St Pancras Hospital St Pancras Hospital is part of the Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust in St Pancras area of Central London, near Camden Town. The hospital specialises in geriatric and psychiatric medicine. History The hospital was established as the in ...

Urgent care

It has run the urgent treatment centres at the Royal Free Hospital since 2009 and at

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since 2013. It won the GP Enterprise Award in 2014 in the category "Improving Quality and Productivity" for this project where 58% of attendees at A&E were treated by the GPs, who successfully redirected a further 20% either back to the community or to other more suitable healthcare providers. They also established a case-finding model for at-risk elderly patients to pro-actively manage patients in the community before they present at the A&E. This has been identified as a contributing factor to saving nearly two wards' worth of beds.

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* {{authority control General practice organizations Private providers of NHS services Medical and health organisations based in England Health in the London Borough of Camden