Underpinning ambition with a strong PMO The importance of having an effective Programme Management Office (PMO) has never been greater in the NHS; having a robust PMO will help ensure that plans stay focussed on achieving true outcomes and delivering the required changes and benefits Each PMO will operate depending [...]
North East Essex Case for Change: Place-Based Integration Objectives Attain was commissioned by the North East Essex Health and Wellbeing Alliance (the NEE Alliance) to develop a case for change that sets out the rationale for integration at place, and practically how that might best be achieved. The document describes [...]
The Honeypot: A review of Attain's Charity 2021 Following our annual staff vote, we chose Honeypot to be our charity partner for 2021. The Honeypot is a small charity that works with child carers, aged between 5 and 12. These children are particularly marginalised as the government does not recognise [...]
Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC): Workforce Insights What is the national CDC Programme all about? The national Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) programme was borne from Professor Sir Mike Richards’ national review of diagnostics (2020), and highlights “the need for radical investment and reform of diagnostic services”. One key recommendation from the [...]
WINNER: HSJ Partnership of the Year 2021 Attain, East Berkshire CCG and Berkshire Healthcare FT Our team at Attain are thrilled to have won HSJ's Partnership of the Year 2021 for our work with East Berkshire CCG and Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on transforming ADHD and autism services. We [...]
Supplying the NHS – a year on, what has the pandemic taught us? Attain have considerable experience in shaping, managing, and supporting NHS Trusts and CCG commissioners to undertake procurements and advise on commercial considerations and supply chain implications across the health sector. Rod Skinner and Jonathan Edwards, Senior Managers [...]
Elective Restoration: when to re-start As Covid levels continue to decrease in most areas of the country the NHS is looking forward to restoring elective services for the second time. Given waiting lists are at a 10-year high there is a pressing need to re-start elective services as safely and [...]
Procurement Regulation Attain have recently submitted our consultation response to the Government’s Procurement Green Paper ‘Transforming Public Procurement’ and are in the process of establishing our response to the NHS White Paper, ‘Integration and Innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all,’ for the April 2021 deadline. [...]
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Covid-19: Harnessing what we have learned to deliver services during the second wave Winter pressures on the healthcare system are likely to be compounded this year by a resurgence of Coronavirus, making it of critical importance to draw on the lessons learned during the first wave of the pandemic as [...]
