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The NHS as an anchor: working with others to build healthier communitiesJanuary 2020

Sarah Reed, Improvement Fellow, The Health

Foundation

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An opportunity for the NHS and other anchor institutions to improve health and wellbeing

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What makes us healthy?

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Widening health and wellbeing gap

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Austerity and health spending

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The experience of Sheffield: building an anchors collaborative

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Working with NHS England and Improvement

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Dr Laura White

Strategy & Partnerships Manager

Sheffield City Council

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Working with others

to build healthier

communities:

The Sheffield

experience of

partnership working

Sheffield City Partnership Board

❑The membership – public, private and voluntary sector

❑The membership – public, private and voluntary sector

❑The context – nurturing partnership relationships in the

city, supporting partners to work together

❑The role – building networks, facilitating collaboration,

joint working, collective influence, shared vision.

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❑Strong sense of community and vibrant community

sector

❑Safe and welcoming city

❑Substantial and accessible green assets across the

city

❑ Inequalities in health and wellbeing

❑Economic resilience, growth and mixed picture on

inclusion

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Where can we add value by working together?

We focused on:

❑Embedding a vision for Sheffield

❑Building on existing assets, processes and networks

❑Reaching and engaging with more people

❑Taking opportunities as they arise

❑Shared and ongoing learning across sectors

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About me

Sheffield and You

Mum of three

S3

Work part-time

Family nearby

Came to Sheffield for

work 10 years ago

E.g. Who are you? who do youlook after? what you do? howlong have you lived here?

▪ Education and skills which give you a route to

grow and achieve your ambitions?

▪ Good rewarding jobs?

▪ Chances to progress atwork?

▪ Safe and secure communities?

▪ A warm and safehome?

▪ Opportunities to be heard and listened to?

▪ Is there anything else that matters to you?

Possible themes

• Family & Friends

• Hopes & ambitions

• Good stuff to build on

• Fears & barriers

• Feeling well or unwell

• Your community

• How Sheffield is changing

What works well and what doesn’t work?

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✓ Put time and energy into relationships

✓ Have a clear sense of purpose

✓ Be open, honest and realistic

✓ Work at all levels of the organisations

✓ Value the learning process

✓ Capture and share your progress

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Sandi CarmanAssistant Chief Executive

January 2020

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Patient-first – ensure that the

people we serve are at the

heart of all that we do

Respectful – be kind,

respectful, fair and value

diversity

Ownership – celebrate our

successes, learn

continuously and ensure we

improve

Unity – work in partnership

with others

Deliver – be efficient,

effective and accountable for

our actions

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Partnership landscape

Voluntary and

Private Sector

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Progressive procurement

PROUD TO MAKE ADIFFERENCESHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

• In 2018, a progressive procurement ‘working’ group made-up of

Heads of Procurement was established to:

• Develop a shared framework – focused on shared outcomes

and principles for the city

• Engage with local businesses – to support a city-wide effort to

promote a more inclusive Sheffield economy

• Foster collaboration – to ensure that efforts are joined-up and

opportunities maximised

• Current projects include working towards becoming a living wage

city, sharing learning around integrating social value measures,

showcasing progress on sustainability

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Examples of anchor activities

PROUD TO MAKE ADIFFERENCESHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

• Major employer

• Supported internship scheme

• School, college and UTC engagement

• Development of the Green Plan

• Energy consumption

• Catering

• Transport and travel

• Procurement developments and commitment to

inclusive growth

• Tender thresholds

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Top tips

PROUD TO MAKE ADIFFERENCESHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

• Relationships and connectivity

• Never underestimate the importance

• Resource and priorities

• Value difference, identify commonalties

• Negotiation

• Seek first to listen and understand

• Values and intent

• Respect culture/climate, ethos and operating

environment

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Q&A

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Stay in touch

@Healthfdn health.org.uk

Ways of staying involved /

learning more:

• Read the report:

www.health.org.uk

• Register interest

• Get in touch:

info@health.org.uk

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Thank you

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