Best Not for Profit Working in Partnership with the NHS

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Best Not for Profit Working in Partnership with the NHS
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Partnerships between the third sector and NHS organisations are almost as old as the NHS itself. Volunteering and fundraising are very much part of the altruistic nature of many who want to support the NHS. However, many charities also provide much needed services which the NHS can’t necessarily provide on its own. This award has been designed to recognise the valuable contribution that this sector plays in helping the NHS deliver services.

Winners of this category will be a not-for-profit organisation which has worked with an NHS organisation on a project which has helped deliver a service. Services which can be considered range from counselling or nursing to supporting vulnerable groups and employees. Judges will be looking for examples of services which have been provided to an NHS organisation which they wouldn’t ordinarily be able to provide. Special consideration will be given to innovative, ground break projects which have improved the outcomes for patients, staff and their environments.

Eligibility

  • Entrants will be charities, voluntary organisations or other not-for-profit bodies
  • Judges are looking for examples of joint working and partnership projects or on-going service deliver which can demonstrate excellent results for patients, staff or other stakeholders
  • Evidence must be relevant to projects within the last two years up to the awards submission deadline

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 challenge the not-for-profit partnership addressed and the context for change. 
  • Set out the goals agreed and how the work aligned with NHS priorities. 
  • Explain the particular contribution the not-for-profit brought.

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 organisation and NHS partners worked together, including with communities. 
  • Explain how patients and people with lived experience shaped the work. 
  • Provide evidence of genuine partnership and shared purpose.

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 improved outcomes, access or experience for NHS patients. 
  • Share before-and-after data and testimonial evidence. 
  • Demonstrate value for money and wider social value.

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 model or learning has been adopted in other areas. 
  • 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 the partnership and its benefits are sustained over time. 
  • Explain how it can be built upon.

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