The North East London (NEL) Mental Health Learning Disability and Autism Provider Collaborative has been named in the first group of partnerships for the NHS England Provider Collaboratives Innovator Scheme.
Through the programme NHS England will work alongside nine provider collaboratives across the country, agreeing a bespoke support package with each that will accelerate delivery of existing ambitions.
They will be delivering improvements for patients and communities across a wide range of areas, including:
- shortening waiting times
- integrating care pathways from GPs through to specialist care
- developing new models of care for children’s services
- removing variation and duplication in community care
- transforming child and adolescent mental health services
- tackling health inequalities between different groups of people.
Areas of support are likely to include service transformation expertise, governance and legal support and data analytics.
The scheme aims to enable provider collaboratives to share innovation and troubleshoot issues with each other.
NHS England received 46 applications for the programme.
Provider collaboratives are partnerships of organisations delivering improvements for patients and communities.
East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT), North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) and North East London Health and Care Partnership (NEL HCP) are NEL Mental Health Learning Disability and Autism Provider Collaborative partners.
“The innovator programme will help further improve patient care and enhance the resilience of NHS services," said Paul Calaminus, Chief Executive of ELFT.
“It is good news for the provider collaborative and it is good news for the communities we serve.”
Jacqui Van Rossum, NELFT Acting Chief Executive, said: “Working together with other providers on this innovative programme, will not only allow us to deliver our ambitious targets faster, but it will also enable us to provide better care to all our patients.”
NEL HCP Chief Executive Zina Etheridge said: "Being part of the programme will help us transform the care provided to people with learning disabilities and autism living in north east London.
"This is an opportunity to make a real difference to their lives, and for staff, to learn from working in partnership, for the benefit of all."