Benefits of Membership

 

Equipping your organisation with core skills and knowledge (training courses, network events etc)

Deepening your understanding of the current healthcare challenges (specialist seminars, advice etc)

Projects tailored to your organisation’s needs

Resources to use to secure your organisation’s success

18 weeks and service improvement

International best practice study tour Management development workshops:

• Essential skills in service redesign

• Understanding variation and SPC

• Working and managing in teams

• Your management style and how to apply it more effectively using MBTI

Network-wide mentoring programme

Board-level development on the future role of the acute hospital

Local 18 week events looking at improving service delivery, measurement and service change

Expert seminars (past topics include orthopaedics, pre-operative assessment services and 18 weeks)

Creation of new care pathways through the facilitation of local dialogue

Review of elective care processes by an American elective care clinician and support in implementing changes recommended

Intensive support for your local organisational development programmes including defining new OD programmes to stimulate service change

Benchmarked analysis of Trust performance, including against the British Association of Day Surgery standards and 18 weeks
Marketing

Revitalise your patient experience strategy and implementation

Annual programme of four Chartered Institute of Marketing accredited foundation workshops covering the Code of practice for promoting NHS services

Brand development for boards and executive teams including customer facing metrics

Six master classes each year:

• Customer Segmentation: a Practical Approach to Marketing to GPs

• Applying direct marketing techniques to the NHS: a Practical approach to delivering a successful direct marketing campaign

• Branding and reputation management

Development of local marketing plans by a chartered marketer

Training to use the market analysis software such as Dr Foster Hospital Marketing Manager as a marketing tool

Website design and delivery

Patient and organisational marketing promotional materials

Art-directed photo library for internal communication and press use

Business of healthcare Safeguarding the future of your organisation through emerging models of healthcare

Management development workshops:

• Strategic planning and developing a business case

• The essentials of project management

• Finance and accounting for managers

• HR for line managers

Emerging opportunities for foundation trusts Specialist legal seminars: delivering healthcare through commercial partnerships – practical and legal implementation issues Delivering Darzi: Practical, legal and clinical next steps Board-level seminar on partnering options for future role of hospital

Developing coding guides for junior doctors

FT IBP development support – market assessment, service development, membership strategy and governance

Support trusts in responding to tenders

Health needs assessments: demonstrating best practice

Policy maps for delivering healthcare through commercial partnerships – legal issues, competition and cooperation guidance, relevant acute contract clauses, Monitor obligations

Template legal contract for delivering services in collaboration with clinician LLPs

Getting the most from service contracts

World class commissioning: structured training programme for commissioners

Negotiation skills and strategies delivered in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

Specialist legal seminars: procuring healthcare in the contestable market

Overview of the acute service contract: minimising risk and maximising opportunity

Understanding your contractual obligations for capacity planning and managing variation

Options for healthcare pricing and unbundling the national tariff

Health economy wide assessments of capacity, demand and infrastructure

Mapping commissioner information flows

Supporting public consultation programmes for organisational change

Location planning for outreach services in partnership with Experian

Capacity and demand model developed with Birmingham Central Business Support Agency

Policy map for procuring healthcare in a contestable market which includes guidance on procurement, TUPE, pricing and consultation

Template contracts for procuring healthcare from non-NHS organisations

Financial risk management tool for interface services

 

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