HSJ judges said this work should be adopted across the NHS as it was so different, engaging and impactful
Strasys & Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) are delighted to announce they have been officially named as bronze winners of the “Best Healthcare Analytics Project for the NHS” in the HSJ Partnership Awards 2024.
In order to tackle instability, operational challenges, system change, a growing demand and backlog coupled with workforce pressures, Strasys, a leading analytics and innovation agency, was asked to support a strategy refresh. Mid Cheshire wanted to focus on how best to create clinically and financially sustainable care to meet the changing and growing needs of the local population.
Ian Moston, Chief Executive Officer commented: “We are thrilled to have won bronze in the Best Healthcare Analytics Project for the NHS category and to have been recognised by the HSJ alongside Strasys. Our staff continue to be empowered to provide the best care possible, using our innovative strategy to enable them to think and act differently. We strive to meet the needs of patients rather than the interests of the organisation.”
Using an analytics approach and methodology new to the NHS, needs, behaviours and motivation of service users were combined with Strasys’s innovative methods, resulting in a simplified transformation agenda, making better use of limited resources. A place-based agenda was agreed upon, reimagining the Trust from a hospital to a care organisation.
Naeem Younis, Founder and CEO of Strasys adds: “I echo Ian’s comments and thank the judges for the recognition in achieving this award. The achievements in Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust include connecting all available data and giving patients a voice by putting them at the heart of decision-making and service redesign, and create a common narrative committed by all system stakeholders.”
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About Strasys
Strasys is a leading analytics and innovation agency founded in 2015. It partners with healthcare organisations, systems, and governments across the UK and internationally to build healthier and thriving communities.
Strasys puts forward a different way of thinking to unlock and design a different future through a unique combination of advanced analytics, AI, scientific rigour and personal empowerment.
With a richness of skills and expertise spanning over three decades, Strasys moves health and care system thinking away from compliance and process management to customer experience management and become learning organisations.
Its mission is to enable leaders to innovate and make informed decisions, placing the right people in the right places to do the right jobs with the right resources, services, and capabilities, resulting in a healthier future for all.
For more information, visit https://www.strasys.uk/
About Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services, taking referrals from a wide geographical area including East Cheshire (population 399K) and Cheshire West and Chester boroughs (population 357K).
It provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
An extensive range of community services is provided across numerous locations including health centres, schools and patients’ own home by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), in collaboration with local partner organisations.
The Trust is one of the largest local employers with almost 5,500 members of staff. We support our staff through engagement, training and development, recognising that this impacts positively on the care we provide our patients by helping to attract the very best staff.
With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022, the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester ‘places’ and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is thrilled to be part of the New Hospital Programme (NHP) to deliver a new Leighton Hospital campus. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the district health and care model for the future.
Our ambition is to develop a state-of-the-art facility that is designed with the clinical, mental health and care needs of our communities at the core. Through the strategic integration of digital innovation, a passion for retention and investment in our people as well as a drive to create an energy independent NHS, we are committed to helping our population enjoy life to the fullest.
We will not do this in isolation, our long standing and genuine relationships with our health and care partners in Cheshire will be reinforced through our plans. By focusing not just on the medical needs but the health and care needs of our communities, the new Leighton Hospital Campus will help reduce health inequalities, driving integrated care that meets the evolving needs of our local population.
About the HSJ Partnership Awards
The HSJ Partnership Awards recognise the most effective collaborations with the NHS highlight the benefits which working with the private and third sectors can bring to patients and NHS organisations.
For more information/media enquiries relating to the 2024 HSJ Partnership Awards, please contact Rebecca Bright via mailto:rebecca.bright@wilmingtonplc.com or tel: +44 20 7608 9056.
The full list of nominees for the 2024 HSJ Partnership Awards can be found at https://partnership.hsj.co.uk/
About HSJ
Health Services Journal is the only title to cover all aspects of publicly funded healthcare, providing news, analysis, best practise information from some of the most powerful and respected figures in health. The HSJ audience is formed of healthcare leaders from both clinical and non-clinical backgrounds and both public and private sectors.
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