Case studies

Population health management

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Using population health data to underpin transformation change

Identifying and supporting high needs groups in Cheshire and Merseyside through detailed data analysis.

23 November 2023

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Driving wellbeing in Merseyside through non-clinical but NHS-run services

Offering socially focused interventions to benefit an entire local community, not just patients of the trust.

23 November 2023

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A population health management-based allocation of funding in Dorset

Using data to decide how a tranche of national funding should be shared between primary care networks.

23 November 2023

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Creating community hubs to support local populations

Providing ‘one-stop shops’ for access to voluntary sector support in communities in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

24 November 2023

Mental health

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Scalable innovation for mental health care and support

NHS and public health services in Shropshire worked in partnership to provide early mental health intervention and rapid-access pathways.

6 April 2023

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Embedding mental health expertise into housing teams

Placing a mental health nurse in a housing team has ensured the right mental health support is in place and aligned with housing need.

6 April 2023

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Partnership working in Doncaster to support children and young people’s mental health

A multi-agency approach has led to reduced delays and improved access to help and support for children and young people in Doncaster.

6 April 2023

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Children and young people’s social prescribing service

Reducing the number of young people referred to secondary mental health care through social prescribing within primary care.

12 May 2022

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NHS 111 mental health triage service

Enabling people in Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight to get mental health support before a problem becomes a crisis.

13 January 2022

Population health

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Building a supportive and empowering first 1,000 days of life

Working collaboratively to support early parent-infant relationships across the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System.

23 June 2022

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Creating a smoke-free South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System

An innovative smoking cessation programme in hospitals has made the treatment of tobacco addiction part of the routine care offered.

23 June 2022

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Improving population health outcomes with integrated data sets

Developing a population health and care platform helped identify and target underserved populations using an integrated data set.

23 June 2022

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Growing and creating health improvement within local health and care systems

Improving the conditions for place-based health to flourish through a co-creation approach to health and wellbeing.

23 June 2022

Provider collaboration

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Improving outcomes for premature babies in the west and south west of England

A unique perinatal care bundle has improved the outcomes for premature babies across the west and south west of England.

21 April 2022

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Reducing paediatric surgery waiting lists

Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire worked together to reduce waiting times that children were facing for surgery.

21 April 2022

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Collaboration between primary care and community services to support care for older people

Primary care and community services are working together in North Yorkshire to appoint community posts to support dementia and end-of-life care.

21 April 2022

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Sheffield primary care mental health transformation

A collaboration between primary care, the mental health trust and the voluntary sector has helped to reduce mental health inequalities in Sheffield.

21 April 2022

Community capacity

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Supporting people affected by frailty in Hull and East Riding

A community frailty pathway has brought together consultants, GPs, advanced nurse practitioners, social workers, pharmacists, other specialists, and the voluntary sector, to work as a single system supporting vulnerable patients.

11 January 2022

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Urgent community response across Mid and South Essex

A new urgent community response team is providing a single integrated service that responds to people experiencing an acute medical crisis in their own home.

11 January 2022

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Reducing conveyances of older patients in South Warwickshire

How a virtual ward has resulted in 48 per cent of conveyances for over 80s being avoided.

11 January 2022

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Diverting children from unnecessary hospital attendances in York

A community health village in York is delivering services on behalf of busy providers and diverting children from unnecessary hospital attendances.

11 January 2022

Elective recovery

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Tackling long waiting lists and health inequalities in Coventry and Warwickshire

How Coventry and Warwickshire is making inroads on the growing numbers of patients waiting for more than 18 weeks for treatment.

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Expanding capacity and creating green pathways at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

How Croydon has been able to continue with clinically prioritised elective work and offer assistance to other south-west London trusts.

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Working as a system to recover the backlog: Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

How one of North Yorkshire’s leading hospitals is working with partners to tackle the backlog of care.

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Restoring elective work and looking to the future at East Sussex NHS Healthcare Trust

How East Sussex has been able to restore elective services by managing its case mix, increasing day-case procedures.

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Acting early to restart elective work at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

How Bolton and system partners in Greater Manchester approached restarting elective services.

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Innovation through robotic-assisted operations to address health inequities

Robotic-assisted surgery is improving access to the best possible care across the Black Country and helping to reduce health inequities.

18 January 2024

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Creating community hubs to support local populations

Providing ‘one-stop shops’ for access to voluntary sector support in communities in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

24 November 2023

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A population health management-based allocation of funding in Dorset

Using data to decide how a tranche of national funding should be shared between primary care networks.

23 November 2023

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Driving wellbeing in Merseyside through non-clinical but NHS-run services

Offering socially focused interventions to benefit an entire local community, not just patients of the trust.

23 November 2023

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Using population health data to underpin transformation change

Identifying and supporting high needs groups in Cheshire and Merseyside through detailed data analysis.

23 November 2023

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Patient-initiated follow up in Leicester, Nottinghamshire, Norfolk and Norwich

Three trusts have substantially reduced unnecessary outpatients appointments, overdue referrals and waiting lists through patient-initiated follow up.

10 November 2023

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