Supporting safe and effective health programmes for children across Derbyshire
Since taking on a county-wide service in 2015, Arden & GEM has developed a robust and responsive approach to monitoring and managing all aspects of the Derbyshire Child Health Information Service.
Launching the NHSE&I MedTech Funding Mandate for 2022/3
Arden & GEM and Midlands and Lancashire CSUs brought their combined engagement, communications and marketing capability together to design and deliver a MedTech Funding Mandate launch programme for seven new technologies.
Providing capacity and capability to support delivery of the COVID-19 vaccination programme
Arden & GEM has worked with four of the seven NHS England regions to provide flexible resourcing solutions that have played a vital role in supporting management of the largest vaccination programme ever delivered by the NHS.
Establishing the Increasing Capacity Framework to support COVID-19 recovery
To provide commissioners and trusts with a quick and simple route to contract and sub-contract acute elective care services, an innovative national framework – the Increasing Capacity Framework – was developed and launched in November 2020.
Conducting a rapid evidence review for shoulder surgery
When five Midlands CCGs wanted to better understand the clinical and cost effectiveness of shoulder surgery, compared to conservative treatment, Arden & GEM’s public health consultancy, Solutions for Public Health (SPH), was engaged to undertake a rapid evidence review.
Identifying opportunities to improve services via a clinical audit of commissioning policies
The Arden & GEM Solutions for Public Health (SPH) team undertook a series of clinical audits of clinical commissioning policies to support NHS Lincolnshire CCG to identify possible service improvements and efficiencies.
Supporting safe and effective delivery of the COVID-19 vaccination programme
The National Immunisation and Vaccination System (NIVS) has played a key role the in safe and effective implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination programme, capturing real time data at the point of delivery for more than 11 million vaccinations in its first year of use.
Supporting an East Midlands healthcare commissioner through Judicial Review
When a healthcare commissioning organisation in the East Midlands needed independent support to defend a contested decision in a High Court Judicial Review, Solutions for Public Health undertook a multifaceted review of the case which played a fundamental role in the ruling.
Delivering robust decision-making by incorporating an ethical framework in commissioning processes
Arden & GEM’s Solutions for Public Health team supported NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG to develop and implement a new framework of commissioning principles which enabled them to make fair, transparent and consistent policy decisions.
Supporting Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital in its ambition to become an outstanding organisation
Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital commissioned Arden & GEM’s Effective Leadership Solutions team to undertake an independent well-led review that will help the Trust operate within an increasingly complex and changing NHS landscape.