Trusts set to drive NHS transformation, but extra funding essential, report finds

A new report has highlighted that while NHS trusts are well placed to drive the new Labour government’s desired healthcare transformation, additional
resources are essential to fully realise this vision.

Published by NHS Providers, the report explored how trusts are innovating and adapting to deliver the three key shifts outlined by the government: from hospital
to community-based cafe, from analogue to digital, and from treatment to prevention.

Titled “Providers Deliver: shifting care upstream,” the report cited some successful approaches trusts have taken to ensure patients can get the care they need in
the right place at the right time.

Examples include:

Tackling the wider determinants of health to improve patient flow – Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Reducing demand for emergency care by providing support at home – East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Improving mental health crisis care from the ground up – North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Harnessing a culture of continuous improvement to deliver care in the right place – Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Taking the next step from hospital at home to early intervention – Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust