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Provider collaboratives building diagnostic capacity – NHS Providers
In their first instalment of their new series ‘Provider collaboratives building capacity’, NHS Providers shares case studies from Cheshire and Merseyside and Norfolk and Waveney.
“While the £2.3 billion allocated by the government to support the establishment of CDCs was very welcome, it is a limited sum given the scale of expansion needed in diagnostics across the country,” NHS providers say among the key findings.
“However, it has helped providers to come together to jointly plan and provide CDCs. One driver for providers to collaborate on diagnostics has been to strengthen their bids for this funding, by demonstrating the impact increased investment would have on system-wide performance and the ability to meet system targets.”
With the largest concentration of CDCs in the country, Cheshire and Merseyside share how collaborative working has helped their diagnostics programme to achieve a 21% increase in activity across all key diagnostic tests.
Norfolk and Waveney ICS share how their collaborative programme across three acute trusts is aiming to improve access to faster diagnosis and build diagnostic capacity.