Best Contribution to Improving the Efficiency of NHS services

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Best Contribution to Improving the Efficiency of NHS services
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The NHS is under intense pressure to deliver more with less. Rising demand, workforce shortages, growing patient complexity and social care constraints require smarter ways of working and better use of limited resources.

This award recognises partnerships that have transformed efficiency through innovation, integration and effective resource management. Whether streamlining clinical pathways, reducing waste, or improving collaboration across teams and organisations, successful projects will demonstrate clear improvements in productivity, patient flow and staff experience.

Judges will be looking for evidence of sustained change, measurable impact and transferable learning that other parts of the NHS can adopt.

Eligibility

  • This award is open to any private sector or independent healthcare provider that has partnered with the NHS to improve the efficiency of NHS services
  • These can be single partnerships or joint working projects, but must demonstrate evidence from the past two years up until the awards deadline date

Ambition

The challenge and context within which your project, person or organisation is set alongside your goals and targets whether quantitative or qualitative, and how this aligns with national priorities. 

  • Describe the efficiency challenge the partnership addressed and the context for change. 
  • Set out the goals and targets agreed and how success was defined. 
  • Explain how the work aligned with NHS priorities for productivity and value

Collaboration

The stakeholders’ involvement in co-designing and delivering the project. How have patients, staff at all levels, communities and other parties worked together to realise the outcomes? 

  • Describe how the partner and NHS teams worked together to design and deliver improvements. 
  • Explain how staff shaped the approach. 
  • Provide evidence of joint working through implementation.

Impact

The measurable benefits delivered to patients, staff, your organisation or the wider system. Provide data and evidence showing improvements to outcomes, quality, access, equity or efficiency. 

  • Provide measurable evidence of efficiency gains, capacity released or cost savings. 
  • Share before-and-after data and testimonial evidence. 
  • Demonstrate value for money and improved use of resources.

Scale

How your work has been shared, adopted or replicated beyond your immediate team or organisation. This includes dissemination through publications, presentations, toolkits, partnerships or inspiring similar initiatives elsewhere. 

  • Explain how the approach has been adopted or adapted elsewhere in the NHS. 
  • Describe how best practice has been shared.

Sustainability

The potential for the project/work to continue and create lasting impact. Evidence of how it can be sustained or built upon. 

  • Describe how efficiency improvements are sustained over time. 
  • Explain how the benefits can be built upon.

Best Contribution to Improving the Efficiency of NHS services

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