As an NHS organisation that supports a vast array of other NHS, and other organisations, they are at the forefront of helping local health and care systems work collaboratively to deliver the priorities of the NHS Long Term Plan and provide the models of care needed to meet the needs of their population. Arden & GEM is uniquely placed to support this transformation journey.
With an NHS pedigree and a portfolio of work underpinned by rigorous, industry leading governance frameworks and quality standards, NHS Arden & GEM: Social Value Network can help you to navigate barriers to change and implementation challenges.
Their ability to draw on expertise from over 1,000 staff, and a dynamic network of partners, enables them to anticipate where barriers might be met and to quickly develop practical action plans, which can overcome them.
Having a broad portfolio of customers includes ICBs, ICSs, NHS England, local authorities, as well as care providers spanning primary, secondary and community care. This experience and scale delivers efficiencies they can pass onto clients and provides the capacity and capabilities demanded by evolving healthcare systems.
They have an active travel approach, encouraging employees to ride or take public transport where possible. They also encourage working from home and have developed systems to enable people to keep in touch, without increasing the carbon footprint.
As an NHS organisation, their main focus is on social equity and health. They support other organisations to focus on reducing health inequalities, increasing prevention and helping to support the longevity and sustainability of public services.
Through their Social Value Network and Social Value Quality Mark for Health Award, they are offering expertise and advice to health focused organisations to enable them to demonstrate and evidence their work.
In addition, as an NHS organisation, they are working towards achieving net zero for scopes 1 and 2 by 2040 and scope 3 by 2045, in alignment with the Greener NHS Programme. They have a Green Plan, which they are delivering against and which links into their wider strategy for delivery as a CSU.
On their membership with SWM, they say:
“Becoming a member of SWM will help us demonstrate our public commitment to sustainability and social value.
We strongly believe in partnership working and this is a great opportunity for us to work together with a like minded organisation to make a difference to our local communities.
In order to achieve net carbon zero and reduce pressure on our public services, we need to work together and have a joint effort – this is one way to help achieve this.”
Our primary contact is Becky Jones, Social Value Specialist.