NEWS & EVENTS - 19/07/2024
Helping healthcare organisations to achieve their social value commitments through a new excellence programme
An exciting approach to a new programme for delivering social value in the healthcare sector was unveiled at a webinar on 16 July 2024.
BLOG - 16/07/2024
Growing digitalisation: How NHS IT support must adapt to meet demand
Andrea Slater, Head of Service Delivery at NHS Arden & GEM, shares how IT services can be delivered more effectively, and the elements required to maintain a consistent and robust service, in this article for National Health Executive.
BLOG - 15/07/2024
Making time to save time - tackling the digital dilemma in primary care
Enabling practices and PCNs to benefit from digital tools means improving awareness of what's possible and making it easier to implement new ways of working. Lisa Whattam, Clinical Systems Training Manager, and Joshua Slater, Communications and Engagement Manager, explain how this can be achieved in our latest blog for Healthcare Leader.
CASE STUDY - 08/07/2024
Improving financial reporting for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Arden & GEM brought together a multidisciplinary team, with expertise in finance and business intelligence, to work collaboratively with the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust finance team to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of current financial reporting mechanisms and outputs.
CASE STUDY - 04/07/2024
Developing a website with a seamless user journey for the National Institute for Health and Care Research
In May 2024, the National Institute for Health and Care Research Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre unveiled a revamped website, designed and developed by the NHS Arden & GEM and NHS Midlands and Lancashire collaborative Communications and Engagement team.
CASE STUDY - 28/06/2024
Developing a user-centric website for cardiovascular care excellence
The National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) partnered with the NHS Arden & GEM and NHS Midlands and Lancashire collaborative Communications and Engagement team to develop a new, user-friendly website.
NEWS & EVENTS - 27/06/2024
Arden & GEM IT Service Desk is named Quality Team of the Year
NHS Arden & GEM CSU’s IT Service Desk has been successful at the International Quality Awards, winning the Quality Team of the Year category for their contribution to successful governance, assurance, improvement and leadership.
NEWS & EVENTS - 26/06/2024
How mature is your Integrated Business Planning?
Integrated Business Planning (IBP), which provides a framework to align and manage resources to achieve strategic and operational performance goals, should be viewed as a vital process for NHS organisations to improve healthcare delivery. NHS Arden & GEM offers a bespoke model for IBP, as a part of its Centre of Integrated Planning.
CASE STUDY - 26/06/2024
Improving project delivery for the ICB and GP practices in Northamptonshire
In May 2022, NHS Northamptonshire ICB transferred responsibility for IT project management to the Arden & GEM IT service. A new team was put in place and tasked with establishing effective governance, clear communication and a more collaborative approach to working with practices.
CASE STUDY - 21/06/2024
Streamlining daily financial ledger reporting with RPA
Effectively managing the finances within any organisation requires accurate information to be available to the right people at the right time. To make the daily process of downloading, combining and uploading transaction reports more efficient, our IT service used Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to automate this resource-intensive task.