Examples of Regional Collaboratives
National
Regional
Organisational
Pressure Ulcer
Collaborative
Run by the Academic Health Science
Network in the North East and North
Cumbria region
Two year programme, completed in
December 17
Year 1: 13 teams across 5 organisations
Year 2: 25 teams across 9 organisations
Hospital trusts, community, care homes
and Ambulance Trust were involved.
• 36% reduction in pressure ulcers in
year 1
• 33% reduction in pressure ulcers in
year 2
Salford Malnutrition Task
Force
Part of a national programme
Example of multidisciplinary team
working: Salford Royal NHS Trust, Age UK
Salford, Salford Clinical Commissioning
Group, Integrated care team, Community
staff, Advancing Quality Alliance
• New innovation – marker to signpost
if a person is underweight
• E-learning package – developed for
staff and carers on nutrition
• Diet sheets developed for secondary
care and community settings
• Patient leaflets developed
Health Call
An NHS collaboration driving improved
care and technology innovation across
the North East of England
Six NHS Foundation Trusts. County
Durham and Darlington NHS FT,
Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT,
Newcastle Hospitals NHS FT, North Tees
and Hartlepool Hospitals NHS FT, South
Tees Hospitals NHS FT and Gateshead
Health NHS FT
Health Call enables professionals in the
region to implement digital care at scale.
Health Call supports NHS organisations
to design, develop and implement digital
health services at speed
Others are already using Health Call’s
tools for a wide range of conditions from
self-testing INR and vital signs to
managing weight, chronic pain, the risks
of falls and undernutrition