NES Healthcare report launch explores how alternative staffing models can address healthcare sector challenges
Demonstrating how the independent sector can drive positive change in healthcare, NES Healthcare launched its Breaking Down Barriers to Healthcare Impact Report which was developed with the Patients First Coalition. The event in Parliament attracted independent healthcare providers, healthcare organisations and MPs who heard how it is playing a key role in changing the way the healthcare sector operates.
A leading provider of managed doctor services, NES has worked for over 25 years in partnership with almost 200 client hospitals and clinic across the country. It has been a pioneer in developing innovative staffing models and setting the standards for the provision of doctor medical services to the NHS and the Independent Healthcare Sector to meet the increasing healthcare needs of the UK. It is the most popular destination for International Medical Graduates outside the NHS and its approach is underpinned by a comprehensive enrolment and training pathway which assists hundreds of doctors annually to start their careers in the UK.
NES Healthcare was one of the first organisations to join the Patients First Coalition. Part of the wider Purpose Coalition, it aims to put patients before politics by utilising the whole healthcare sector – public and private – to get people the care they need, when they need it.
The report maps NES Healthcare’s work against 15 innovative Purpose Goals, a framework which has been adopted by hundreds of organisations to measure, track and focus what they are doing on a wide range of economic and social issues, from good health and wellbeing to extending enterprise to working in partnership. It particularly highlights the organisation’s training and development programmes; its commitment to doctors’ health and wellbeing; its comprehensive enrolment process; its support for overseas doctors; its community engagement and partnerships; its environmental commitment; and its collaboration with the NHS. It includes a range of recommendations for future action where, based on existing best practice, it could strengthen and extend its impact more strategically.
Peter Sheppard, Managing Director of NES Healthcare, welcomed the opportunity to be part of the Government’s ‘biggest ever conversation about the future of the NHS’ and involved in shaping the 10 Year health Plan. He said:
“We must encourage a cultural change within the NHS in respect of its current staffing models and demonstrate through the adoption, as part of the national strategy, best practices which have been tried and tested in some NHS hospitals in order to not only save costs but to improve continuity of care and better outcomes for patients so that we have an NHS which is fit for purpose now and for generations to come.”
Purpose Coalition Engagement Director and former public health minister, Rt Hon Anne Milton, said:
“I am delighted to launch NES Healthcare’s Breaking Down Barriers to Healthcare Impact Report. There are currently huge challenges facing the healthcare sector as a result of a recruitment and retention crisis, an ageing population and the ongoing effects of the pandemic, with both patients and healthcare workers paying the price. This report shows how this purpose-led organisation is using its expertise and experience in the provision of managed doctor services to drive change and make a tangible difference for its employees, its clients, its patients and the communities it serves.”
Chair of the Patients Coalition and former member of Sir Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet, Nick Forbes CBE, said:
“There is an increased momentum for change in our healthcare services. There is also the political will to change things, with a firm commitment from government to work with the independent healthcare sector to develop workable solutions that will reduce waiting times and improve patient outcomes. NES Healthcare’s report shows how current pressures might be tackled in a more innovative and collaborative way, with constructive partnerships key to its success. It is not only improving the quality of patient care but also contributing to a more equitable and sustainable healthcare ecosystem that will help tackle health inequality and resolve the sector’s most pressing challenges.”
