Awards
We have established a track record for delivery of high impact, high quality, value-for-money projects across health and social care from system design, to service transformation and commercial advice. We appreciate the external recognition and celebration of our work through the numerous awards we have received.
Attain shortlisted in CIPS Supply Management Awards 2018
Respected as a benchmark for excellence, a CIPS Supply Management Award is the most prestigious recognition an organisation in the procurement and supply chain profession can receive. We are delighted to have been shortlisted in the Most Innovative use of Technology category in the renowned CIPS Supply Management Awards 2018. This category rewards procurement and supply chain teams that have used technology in an innovative way to improve performance or efficiency.
Our submission focused on a collaborative Urgent and Emergency Care Health Model with an Integrated Urgent Care project at the centre which will help improve quality services, better patient experiences and ultimately better outcomes for the Luton population.
Attain shortlisted in four major categories in the National GO Awards 2018
We are delighted to have been shortlisted in four major categories in the renowned UK National Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards 2018/19.
- GO Best Service Award (Medium and Large Organisations): Commercial Team
- GO Leading Procurement Practice Award (Central Government & Healthcare Organisations): NHS East Riding of Yorkshire CCG in partnership with Attain – Community Services
- GO Procurement Innovation / Initiative of the Year Award (Health and Social Care Organisations): NHS Luton Clinical Commissioning Group, Attain & Herts Urgent Care – Integrated Urgent Care
- GO Procurement Team of the Year Award (Health and Social Care Organisations): North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group with Attain – Central Eastern Procurement Team
Highly Commended – Outstanding Procurement Initiative for the Public Finance Innovation Awards
Attain provided commercial advice and procurement delivery throughout the project, headed by Sarah Clark, which brought together CCG and local authority leads across Essex to commission an integrated Children’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service under a single contract.
Innovation Award – Yorkshire and Humber HfMA annual conference, January 2017
HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2015 – Highly commended
Attain, in conjunction with NHS Luton Clinical Commissioning Group, was highly commended by the HSJ Value in Healthcare Award 2015 in the Value and Improvement in Procurement Award. This major programme of work integrates out of hospital services to achieve improved outcomes for the people of Luton.
HSJ Efficiency Award 2013
In 2013 Attain’s customer NHS Wales received a HSJ Efficiency Award for the commissioning and procurement of mental health services. HSJ judges’ comments saw the project as ‘delivering significant cash savings throughout Wales and demonstrating the huge benefits for patients and taxpayers this approach can bring. There would appear to be potential [to apply it] in mental health and social care in the rest of the UK.’
National GO Awards 2012 – Winner – Collaborative Procurement Initiative of the Year Award in Health and Social Care
Attain provided strategic advice to NHS Wales for the commissioning and procurement of mental health services for the population of Wales. Activities included: (i) review of quality standards and patient outcomes, (ii) service specification development, (iii) commercial options development and (iv) implementation – procurement, provider contract management and internal policy development.
Health and Social Care Awards 2010 – Finalist – Excellence in Commissioning
A member of our team led delivery of all elements of the commissioning cycle to implement a new GP out of hours and urgent care service. This work delivered financial savings of 25% year on year while delivering improved quality of service through vertical integration.
MCA Management Awards 2010
Members of the Attain team developed a Capability Assessment for PCT staff, evaluating current capability across key themes of maturity, covering various aspects of the commissioning and procurement cycle – identifying key capability pressure points and opportunities for development.
National GO Awards 2010 – Winner – Best Collaborative Initiative
Having engaged five PCTs in the East Midlands a member of our team re-designed the entire commercial infrastructure for Care Home Market, including the development of a robust service specification, quality monitoring tool and pricing model to achieve savings of £3m.
Regional Excellence Special Category Award 2009 – Finalist – Lean Efficiency
A member of the Attain team reviewed internal processes associated with Continuing Healthcare commissioning incorporating Lean/Demand Management principles. This led to process efficiencies of £708k.
Procurement Leaders Awards 2009
Members of the Attain team commissioned regional GP services as part of the Equitable Access to Primary Medical Care initiative by taking an inclusive, cross-functional approach. We undertook market analysis, public health consultation, specification development, financial analysis ensuring that the services commissioned represented optimum value for money across fourteen separate agreements.
National CIPS Supply Management Awards 2009 – Winner – Best use of technology
National Independent Healthcare Awards 2008 – Winner – Best Public & Private Partnership
A member of our team developed a new care pathway for an under-served client group for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, enabling patients to return to community-based placements whilst introducing an innovative risk-sharing public-private sector partnership framework.
CIPS Supply Management Awards 2008
Sunday Times and Management Consulting Association 2007 – Winner – Change Management Consultant of the Year
Helen Pyecroft, an Associate Director at Attain, won the Change Management Consultant of the Year award in 2007 for her work supporting a central government department to prioritise its major change programmes and the NHS in rolling out a new approach to procurement. Helen worked with the Purchasing & Supply Agency to design, develop and roll-out a nation-wide approach to NHS procurement – including working with a team to develop good practice guidance in contract management, clinical transformation and supply chain.
