NHS-led Provider Collaboratives – specialised mental health, learning disability and autism services

NHS-led Provider Collaboratives – specialised mental health, learning disability and autism services
NHS England

• Ten collaboratives went live 1 October 2020.
• “These will drive improvements in patient outcomes and experience by taking responsibility for the budget and pathway for their population, with an initial focus on:
• children and young people mental health inpatient services
• adult low and medium secure services
• adult eating disorder services.”

The organisation of Oral and Maxillofacial services

The organisation of Oral and Maxillofacial services: Developing integrated networks of care
GIRFT and the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) July 2020

• The advice pack supports the implementation of recommendations in the GIRFT national report on oral and maxillofacial surgery, published in November 2018, to improve efficiency by organising care through networks. These networks offer a range of benefits such as leading to more equitable access to treatment for patients and better outcomes, as well as making more effective use of clinicians’ time and skills.

Implementing major system change in specialist cancer surgery: The role of provider networks.

Implementing major system change in specialist cancer surgery: The role of provider networks.
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 7 June 2020  doi.org/10.1177/1355819620926553

• This study used the case of centralization of specialist cancer surgery in London, UK to develop new understanding of the role that networks can play in implementing major system change. 
• Part of the RESPECT-21 programme. [2 page summary]

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Improving the care of patients living with Chronic Kidney Disease

Improving the care of patients living with Chronic Kidney Disease
North London Partners’ 7 February 2019

• A virtual healthcare model to improve the care of patients living with chronic kidney disease through provision of an integrated service between primary and specialist care, reducing waiting times and unnecessary hospital visits. Consultants can access patients’ GP records in real time to provide GPs with advice and guidance and a written comprehensive care management plan.
• See also Development and evaluation of a renal learning health system across inner east London, Health Foundation December 2018

Scaling up single specialty networked care - lessons from Moorfields

Scaling up single specialty networked care: A strategic overview
Networked Care, March 2018 

• In April 2017 the Moorfields vanguard team published a e-toolkit sharing findings from the research into best practice for single specialty networked care. (www.networkedcaretoolkit.org.uk) 
• This report shares findings from semi-structured interviews with more than 35 strategic decision makers across the NHS (providers, commissioners and regulators), and other sectors, as well as a desktop literature review, on the benefits and challenges of scaling up networked care numerically and geographically. 

Moorfields also published two other reports:

Spreading best practice UK Ophthalmology Alliance
Networked Care, March 2018

• Experience and advice from replicating the National Orthopaedic Alliance (NOA) membership model across ophthalmology nationally.

Staff and patients Improving networked care, 
Networked Care, March 2018

• A description of work with the independent charity, the POCF, to understand the best methods and tools to embed staff and patient co-design of services across the Moorfields network.

Networked Care online toolkit

Networked Care http://www.networkedcaretoolkit.org.uk/

• An online toolkit to share learning around developing sustainable single specialty services created by Mooorfields Vanguard Programme team. Includes practical advice, frameworks, guidance, and case studies resources.
• (Registration required)

Learning from the acute care collaborations

No hospital is an island – learning from the acute care collaborations NHS England 15 January 2018

• This report covers the learning from 13 acute care collaborations that were established in September 2015 as part of the new care models programme. 
• It highlights six common areas of improvement: 
• Standardising clinical practice 
• Optimising clinical support services 
• Optimising corporate support services 
• Making the best use of workforce and developing talent 
• Building innovative external partnerships 
• Supporting integrated health systems