HSJ names Strasys and University Hospitals of Liverpool Group as finalists in “Best Consultancy Partnership with the NHS” award
A collaboration between Strasys and University Hospitals of Liverpool Group has achieved the distinction of being shortlisted for the “Best Consultancy Partnership with the NHS” at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2025 with its entry “A modern, motivated workforce to shape a sustainable and thriving healthcare system.”
University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) is one of the largest employers and providers of care in the country with a workforce of over 16,800. Its workforce is key to delivering excellent care, whilst ensuring financial sustainability and improving productivity. As most of the NHS, it was facing significant pressures on staff productivity, wellbeing, retention and capacity. All impacting the ability to provide timely and quality services to patients whilst driving innovation and the transformation of services.
The Trust wanted radical thinking and a partner who could help build its capability to deliver better approaches to workforce planning and management. Strasys worked with the trust to develop a radical approach and solutions to people planning through a combination of deep analytics, innovative design and coaching. Key to this was the pioneering Workforce Decision Intelligence Solution that combines advanced analytics to create actionable insights and the human stories behind the numbers.
James Sumner, CEO, University Hospitals of Liverpool Group said: “I am delighted to see the team receive this well-deserved recognition in the HSJ Partnership Awards. We operate in diverse and underserved communities, many of which are home to our colleagues. Historically, the NHS has faced challenges in effectively leveraging its data to generate innovative insights and drive impactful actions. In collaboration with Strasys, we are striving to enhance this capability within the system, delivering tangible benefits to both our patients and staff. This forward-thinking approach is essential for the NHS in improving care and fostering thriving communities.”
Naeem Younis, Founder and CEO of Strasys added: “We’re proud to be finalists alongside UHLG. It has been a privilege working with such a forward-looking organisation and leaders who recognised the need to think differently. There is a huge opportunity in the NHS to reimagine how we support our diverse workforce, build capability, capacity and nurture the talent to improve services. This is all possible today. With better use and application of data and insights, we can build more effective people solutions based a much better understanding of the needs, behaviours and motivation of staff. As partners we continue to build a movement across the NHS.”
The selected winners will be announced during the awards ceremony at Evolution London on 20 March 2025. The 2025 awards judging panel was once again made up of a diverse range of highly influential and respected figures within the healthcare community. The full list of nominees for the 2025 HSJ Partnership Awards can be found at https://partnership.hsj.co.uk/finalists-2025
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ABOUT STRASYS
Strasys is a leading analytics and innovation agency founded in 2015. It has partnered with over 40 NHS organisations, governments and other health and life science organisations across the UK and internationally, impacting the lives of 50m+ citizens.
With a richness of skills and expertise in the NHS and industry, spanning over three decades, Strasys helps leaders build the confidence and courage to think differently, ask the pertinent questions, and overcome siloed thinking to build a new future. The ambition to create healthier and thriving communities.
www.strasys.uk/
ABOUT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LIVERPOOL GROUP
NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.
We operate from four hospital sites: Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool Women’s Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, alongside a host of community services.
We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities – from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
ABOUT THE HSJ 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.
ABOUT HSJ
The Health Service 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.
