Partnerships and Collaborators
We believe in meaningful collaboration with organisations that are working towards a shared goal of improving patient outcomes, raising health standards and delivering quality health and care services through data excellence, benchmarking and the sharing of innovation.
At the NHS Benchmarking Network, we’re extremely proud to work with a range of brilliant organisations.
Find out more about some of the initiatives and projects that have come from these collaborations…
Zero Suicide Alliance (ZSA)
The NHS Benchmarking Network and the Zero Suicide Alliance (ZSA) have worked together since 2020 to develop and maintain an interactive suicide prevention resource map and dashboard. The broad aim of this project is to deliver data and analytics input on the ZSA platform to support the ongoing evidence-based discourse on suicide reduction.
Click here to view the suicide data map.
NHS England
The NHS Benchmarking Network work in collaboration with NHS England to deliver a number of projects which build on the work which forms part of our extensive member work programme. Notably, NHS England have commissioned NHSBN to deliver the Learning Disability Improvement Standards Audit since 2017, a project which has been recommissioned year on year, and the Workforce Benchmarking for Health and Care Programme which has run for a number of years.
British Society for Heart Failure
The NHS Benchmarking Network have partnered with the British Society for Heart Failure to support the 25in25 initiative which aims to reduce 1-year mortality amongst people with heart failure by 25% in the next 25 years. The Network will play a key role in developing a national dashboard which will display and benchmark primary care data, encouraging early identification, prevention and optimal management of the condition.
Click here to access the British Society for Heart Failure website.
The Patients Association
The Patients Association is an independent patient charity campaigning for improvements in health and social care for patients. Their support on the audits delivered by the NHS Benchmarking Network ensures that patients are involved throughout development, keeping the projects focused on how they can impact and improve patient care.
Click here to find out more about the Patients Association.
Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP)
The NHS Benchmarking Network has been commissioned by Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) to deliver the NACEL audit and the CVDPREVENT audit.
The National Audit of Care at the End of Life (NACEL) is a national comparative audit of the quality and outcomes of care experienced by the dying person and those important to them during the last admission leading to death in acute hospitals, community hospitals and mental health inpatient providers in England, Wales and Jersey.
The CVDPREVENT audit is delivered by NHSBN, the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID) and NHS England as part of a broader strategic objective outlined in the Long Term Plan to prevent 150,000 strokes, heart attacks and cases of dementia over the next ten years. The audit will prioritise working with system partners to drive CVD quality improvement at individual GP, PCN, and ICS level.
The Scottish Government
The NHS Benchmarking Network established a three year membership arrangement with the Scottish Government which included full participating membership for all Scottish Health Boards and membership for the Scottish Government. This partnership has also extended to a range of commissioned data collections across the Scottish Health system including looking at the implementation of the Core Mental Health Framework, Eating Disorder Services and Neurodevelopmental Pathways.
Skills for Health
Our Director, Sarah Atkinson, was delighted to be asked to present the award for ‘Best Healthcare Workforce Collaboration’ at the Skills for Health, Our Health Heroes Awards 2024. The Our Health Heroes Awards recognises and honours the hard work carried our daily by thousands of staff across the UK.
You can find out more about Skills for Health and the Awards here.