In terms of cost, patient outcomes and experience of care, the opportunities generated through collaboration across multiple providers and trusts are almost endless. In an integrated system, there is expectation for all trusts to be operating in some kind of collaborative, with many different shapes and forms this may take – from a full merger of management teams to collaborations around specialised services, or collaborations formed around the delivery of place-based care. With much advancement now taking place in this area, there is much to learn and celebrate in the development of provider collaborative.
This award recognises the work carried out at all levels to align priorities between provider organisations, which lead to greater efficiency and the development of person-centred services. This could be formally, as part of a regional or national clinical network or development of a wider hospital chain, or more informally through shared resources: the real importance is that patients ultimately derive benefit from the arrangement.
Eligibility
Entrants can be public health providers of NHS services across acute, mental health and community care. Examples of true partnership are likely to be evidenced by joint entries across multiple organisations.