The evolution of the NHS into integrated care systems requires new ways of working that join up service planning and delivery across organisational boundaries to improve population health outcomes.
We act as an independent and trusted partner, delivering transformational support, both within and across ICSs, to enable the transition to collaborative system-wide working. We understand that each ICS is being developed in response to local context and need, which is why we work in partnership with you to define a tailored roadmap for system development.
Our support delivers:
- System integration, leadership and relationship building - define operating models, the role of clinical leaders and create the leadership required for value-based healthcare and stewardship
- Agreed governance and clear accountability – developing place boards and harmonised commissioning policies
- Effective strategic planning - collectively agreeing priorities and translating these into integrated operational plans
- Integrated finances and aligned funding - system-wide financial planning and support to assume responsibility for direct and specialised commissioning
- Impact based performance management – developing new models of contracting that promote shared risk and rewards, and shared accountability for outcomes
- Connected and aligned workforce - workforce planning, organisational development and cultural change (including creating a culture of value-based healthcare and stewardship).
Our key strengths and expertise:
With a proven track record in bringing together health, social care and the third sector to improve the health and wellbeing of populations, we work across organisational boundaries and constructs to improve whole system delivery and performance.
We have strong and established working relationships with more than 20 systems, which enables the sharing of learning, best practice and innovation. While our combined multidisciplinary staff group provides service resilience, economies of scale and access to a range of specialist skillsets.
With expertise in a wide range of areas such as data curation, predictive modelling and programme management, we can complement and upskill existing ICS capability to enable a high performing system.
Service benefits
Our integrated service solution to develop collaborative, accountable care systems will help you to:
- Build collaborative relationships and trust between partner organisations and leaders
- Translate your strategy into integrated plans with clear timelines and accountability
- Make complex system-wide decisions on managing system resources and risk, and collaborative commissioning
- Generate a single source of the truth to drive decision-making
- Agree and measure outcomes that are focused on achieving system priorities.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
RELEVANT READING
Arden & GEM is already supporting the integration of health and care systems across England. Find out more by accessing the resources below.
How to leverage the collective impact of anchor institutions
Our Social Value Lead, Becky Jones, considers how anchor institutions by their nature have the potential to significantly enhance their neighbourhoods, in this latest blog for Healthcare Leader.
Innovative net zero care pathway tool shortlisted for HSJ Partnership Award
NHS Arden & GEM’s Strategy, Innovation and Planning team has been successfully shortlisted at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2025 in the ‘Environmental Sustainability Project of the Year’ category.
Providing equality, diversity and inclusion support to NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team put together a tailored package of support covering delivery capacity and strategic capability for NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB to demonstrate its compliance with a range of regulatory and mandatory duties.
NHS Arden & GEM’s social value contribution rewarded with Silver accreditation
NHS Arden & GEM has been awarded the Silver level of the Social Value Quality Mark® (SVQM) – recognising significant achievement in growing and embedding social value in its work.
Highlights from the NHS Providers Annual Conference 2024
Highlights from the NHS Providers Annual Conference 2024
System and provider leadership: Turning tension into opportunity
Our Head of Organisational Development Practice, Davo Ruthven-Stuart, considers the key elements leadership teams need to prioritise to strengthen existing initiatives and enable future priorities to succeed in this latest blog for Healthcare Leader.
Readying for change: priority considerations for providers in embracing the latest digital, data and analytics demands
Helen Duckworth, our Director of Business Intelligence Transformation, considers the common challenges and key aspects providers need to consider, both individually and collectively, to prepare for digital and data opportunities in this article for National Health Executive.
Join our new webinar series to address NHS planning and decision-making challenges
NHS Arden & GEM is joining together with Anaplan to host a series of focused webinars designed to address the key challenges in NHS planning and decision-making.
Undertaking a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the virtual ward workforce
The NHS England Elective Workforce Recovery team commissioned Arden & GEM to undertake quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify relationships between workforce and operations.
Co-developing an integrated, system-wide frailty strategy in Lincolnshire
Sarah-Jane Mills from Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board and Roz Baker from NHS Arden & GEM CSU explain how they led development of an integrated frailty strategy to bring together disparate services and pathways that would improve quality and outcomes for Lincolnshire’s growing frail population in this article for Healthcare Leader.
CONTACT US
If you’d like to find out more how we can support your journey to integrated care, please contact us here: