Waste Reduction and Efficiency

NHS England has established national priorities to recover core services, improve productivity and deliver key objectives set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. To deliver against these ambitious targets, Integrated Care Systems must adopt leaner processes and more sustainable methodologies in order to reduce waste and improve the quality of services.

Arden & GEM’s team of finance and performance improvement specialists support NHS organisations to optimise the use of limited resources at a time of ever increasing demand. We provide full diagnostic analysis, align complex datasets and collect information that enables decision making to improve the quality of healthcare being delivered across organisations or systems. Working collaboratively with clinicians and managers to understand the metrics of quality and productivity, we utilise national benchmarking sources to identify areas of opportunity.

As part of the NHS family, our focus is not simply on cost reduction, but to deliver efficiencies that can enhance a health system’s ability to provide quality care while making best use of all available resources.

Our dedicated team provide a range of services that help health systems to discover and deliver high impact Waste Reduction and Efficiency programmes. Key areas of support include:

• Opportunity Spotting: System wide reviews that detail service improvement opportunities and outlying pathways to enable clients to prioritise and focus on maximising benefits
• Data and Insights: Building on baseline data, our expert clinical and leadership teams utilise deep insights and best practice to support service transformation
• Collaborative Working: Supporting collaborative working across all system partners to enable service transformations that deliver both positive patient outcomes and efficiencies
• Learning and Development: Embedding a culture of learning, supporting stakeholders across the system to utilise data to drive improvement and transformation initiatives.