Developing health systems

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We will help define your system’s roadmap towards developing integrated care. As a long term partner, we will support across a range of capabilities to provide oversight and integration.

We will help you evolve your organisational constructs using our advanced skillsets to design and engineer new governance mechanisms that enable collaboration and joined-up working.

Alongside you, we can help achieve better outcomes through person-centred care models where risk and aspirations are shared – underpinned by a level of collaboration never achieved in the NHS before.

Our key strengths

  • We have a unique ‘helicopter’ view and independence to help convene and reinforce vital system players
  • We are of the NHS, for the NHS and share your same values and purpose
  • We have a longstanding relationship with systems in our patch
  • Jointly with our partners, we operate across a vast regional footprint and are able to offer resilience and share learning
  • During the pandemic, we demonstrated how we can respond flexibly to support systems, strengthening our PMO and advisory credentials.

Get in touch

For more information and to find out how we can help you, please get in touch.

We think you’ll need

  • Complete rethinking of the organisation of your health system, involving blending of resources, accountabilities, governance, ways of working and the switch from competition to collaboration
  • Redesigning how you commission, contract and deliver patient care – building upon your system’s unique legacy
  • Rapid change in culture and mindset to unlock the opportunities aimed for in the Long Term Plan.
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News, views and case studies

2 October 2024

Supporting a review of West Midlands community dental services

Our engagement study significantly informed decision-making by highlighting key themes such as access, travel, and patient experience, ensuring that the voices of…

4 July 2024

Optimising immunisation services with an integrated hub and spoke model in Greater Manchester

Our Improvement Unit’s independent service evaluation led to the recommendation of an integrated hub and spoke model, aiming to standardise practices across…

6 June 2024

Integrating Cheshire and Stockport breast screening services

The successful implementation of NHS England Screening Quality Assurance Service (SQAS) approved recommendations resulted in the establishment of a fully integrated service,…

27 February 2024

In-depth analysis and insight: A cancer pathway review within Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Integrated Care Board

As referenced in the national NHS priorities and operational planning guidance for 2023/24, the significance of early cancer diagnosis is an NHS…

15 December 2023

NHS Midlands and Lancashire celebrates triple HSJ award nominations

We are thrilled to share that NHS Midlands and Lancashire’s Transformation Unit, has earned three esteemed nominations at the 2024 HSJ Partnership…

14 November 2023

NHS Midlands and Lancashire exhibiting at NHS Providers Show

We are excited to share that we will be participating in the upcoming NHS Providers Show on 14-15 November. This event is…

1 November 2023

Revisit the first national Health and Care Analytics (HACA) Conference 2023

Health and Care Analytics (HACA) 2023 was the first national annual conference bringing together analysts and promoting, celebrating and advancing health and…

29 September 2023

Join us at the Elective Care Conference South 2023

We are excited to share that NHS Midlands and Lancashire (NHS ML) will be both exhibiting and speaking at the Elective Care…

1 September 2023

LDA project shortlisted for the 2023 HSJ Awards

NHS Midlands and Lancashire is delighted to announce that our work to develop a community of practice for stopping the over medication…

31 July 2023

Improving epilepsy services and reducing health inequalities

We brought together patients, experts and care system partners to identify areas of concern which contribute to premature avoidable death in people…

22 June 2023

Patient flow efficiency in five acute and community trusts

We successfully improved patient flow efficiency in five acute and community trusts, achieving zero ambulance delays, reducing handover times, and implementing timely…

19 June 2023

Reducing mortality project shortlisted for HSJ Patient Safety Award

NHS Midlands and Lancashire (NHS ML) is thrilled to share that our project to reduce mortality in people with learning disabilities and…

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How we can help health systems

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Communications and engagement

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Developing health systems

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Digitally enabled transformation and IT

Digitising care and partnering with systems for the transformation of digitally enabled service delivery (and other supporting processes) across vision, planning and…

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Improving productivity and efficiency

We have a range of impactful solutions both across operational services and transformational programmes to support NHS systems to tackle some of…

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People solutions

Supporting systems to build a sustainable and integrated workforce, transforming systems, organisations and the workforce experience to improve resilience.

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Personalised healthcare commissioning services

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PHM analytics and decision support

Applying intelligence-led understanding of the health of the population to support the redesign of care and improve patient and financial outcomes across…

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Place and primary care transformation

Supporting providers to work together at a place and neighbourhood level to manage common resources, integrate community teams, improve health and reduce…

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