Case Studies
Working in collaboration brings new opportunities and benefits for NHS trusts and partners. Read more about successful partnerships in the case studies below.
NHS chief executives, managers and staff representatives who have taken a partnership approach believe the benefits and opportunities they provide are immeasurable. With partnership, all parts of an organisation can come together to meet challenges, and pull together to meet agreed goals.
Read more about how employers and trade unions have worked in partnership to deliver initiatives across the NHS
We are keen to include examples of good partnership working from regional and local SPFs on our website. If you have examples of good practice or case studies that you think would be useful to share with SPF colleagues, please send details in an email marked ‘good practice’ to: webenquiries@socialpartnershipforum.org.
Read how East Midlands SPF utilised the partnership behaviours tool to review its effectiveness and the positive impact of the review on partnership working in their organisation.
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Read how the North East SPF was created and developed in partnership, providing an invaluable means of engagement and partnership working in priority areas such as the development of new types of service provision and tackling bullying in the NHS.
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Read how Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust worked in partnership to implement significant changes to organisational culture to create a safe environment for staff to raise concerns.
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Read how a new approach to communicating with staff had a positive impact on staff engagement leading to improved staff survey responses at Central and North-West London NHS FT.
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Read how North Staffs worked in partnership to embed a culture of diversity and inclusion, promoting awareness and accelerating positive change to improve the experience of staff, especially those in minority groups.
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Read how St Mary's collaborative approach to improving staff health and wellbeing led to improvements in job satisfaction and work/life balance, enabling the delivery of high quality care
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Read how establishing a partnership forum provided the mechanism for succesful social partnership working in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care System.
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Read about Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's award winning approach to people management.
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Read how Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust developed a Reasonable Adjustments Passport to support staff with disabilities and long term conditions.
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Read how The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Foundation Trust worked in partnership to create learning opportunities for all staff.
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Read how North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust improved staff wellbeing by introducing Feel Good Friday.
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Read how West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust introduced changes to support and encourage staff to speak up about behaviour or safety issues.
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Read about how St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust worked in partnership to develop a Health and Wellbeing strategy for its staff.
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Read about the ‘See Something, Say Something’ campaign that has been developed in partnership at Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, with the aim of giving staff the tools and language to empower them to challenge poor behaviour and to tackle low level concerns.
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Find out about how NHSGGC worked in partnership with NHS HR managers, trade unions and other stakeholders to establish a successful Modern Apprenticeship Programme.
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The Cultural Ambassadors project aimed to improve the experience of staff during the employee relations process, and reduce the number of BME staff being investigated or disciplined inappropriately. This project was developed in partnership by Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Royal College of Nursing.
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Liverpool CCG worked in partnership with North West Trade Union Congress Unionlearn to deliver a project to help service users, who were uncomfortable using information technology, to improve their skills so they could access online services, such as those related to healthcare.
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Read about how Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust developed a project, in partnership, to tackle Bullying and Harassment.
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The 2015 SPF Partnership Award went to Guy's and St. Thomas' for their exemplar management development programme ‘Passport to Management'.
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Find out about Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and their Apprenticeship Implementation project.
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Read about management side and trade unions at University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, who worked in partnership to improve their disciplinary process for the benefit of staff, management and ultimately patients.
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Read how employers and Trade Unions at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust worked in partnership to develop workshops to help staff gain a better awareness and understanding of dementia.
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Read what Simon Hart HRD at Oxleas Trust has to say on how the development of a new partnership working approach at Oxleas has laid the basis for their success in staff engagement, and listen to what Dino Williams Unison Branch Secretary at Guys and St Thomas has to say in this podcast about the development of partnership working from a staff side perspective at Guys and St Thomas.
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Find out how the HSCIS worked together in partnership with employers and trade unions, through the establishment of the Shadow Partnership Forum.
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Read about the development of successful partnership working at Derbyshire Community Health Services Trust.
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Find out about the partnership work undertaken at Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust to encourage staff to get vaccinated against seasonal flu.
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Employers and trade unions work together to promote inclusive workplaces and improve attitudes and provision to LGB&T service users and patients.
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Management and trade unions working in partnership to promote and support staff learning and development.
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Overcoming challenges together to enable better outcomes for all is the ultimate goal of partnership working. Find out how York and Scarborough Hospitals came together to form York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in this case study.
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Read about the development of successful partnership working in the North West of England.
Read moreThis case study sets out how partnership working helped establish integrated community based health and social care services. Read more.
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In preparation for the establishment of CCGs in Suffolk and the transfer of NHS Suffolk staff to these new employers, a work stream was initiated to embed partnership working and develop it to meet the needs of the parties within the CCGs.
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Bradford District Care Trust won the 2012 HPMA partnership award for actively engaging with staff, their trade unions, and service users to transfer learning disability services to six third sector and private organisations.
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The team at NHS Norfolk won the 2011 HPMA Partnership Award for their work developing an active and collaborative staff side representation and formal consultation process.
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St George's Hospital won the 2010 HPMA Partnership award for engaging staff in the 'One Team' project and creating a respectful and passionate workplace.
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Read how South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust worked in partnership to develop a staff engagement programme called Listening into Action (LiA).
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