With the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and 64 NHS Trusts, Hult Ashridge Executive Education designed and delivered a comprehensive engagement program to help achieve the organizations’ unified goal of efficient research delivery, and to drive impactful change for better patient outcomes.
Client story: National Institute for Health Research
Unifying a sense of purpose through L&D
On a mission to improve health and social care for all
Our partnership
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NIHR is the research arm of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).
Its mission is to drive improvements in the NHS, public health, and social care. By turning research discoveries into better treatments, diagnostics, medical technologies, and services, NIHR supports research leaders to back the UK Government’s ambition to become a world leader in life sciences.
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“This three-way partnership has made an important contribution to the development of an improved quality of clinical research in the NHS, which means faster translation of health research into benefits for patients.”
Dr Russell Hamilton, Director of Research and Development, Department of Health
The challenge
With an urgent need to deliver efficient clinical research to evoke change and drive the improvement of healthcare services for millions of patients, NIHR needed our support with:
Accelerating the pace of medical research
Setting clear targets for clinical trials
Promoting better collaboration between 60+ NHS Trusts across the UK
In this case study, we highlight the benefits of an engagement program geared toward a unified sense of purpose, ownership, engagement, and accountability across the entire National Health network.
Our impact
Establishing a unified sense of purpose to deliver better patient outcomes
Surrounded by experienced experts from the beginning, we were aware that the success of this initiative rested on our ability as organization consultants to listen, understand, and create change – this therefore ensured credibility throughout the collaboration.
The program established a unified sense of purpose, ownership, engagement, and accountability across the entire National Health network.
Better patient outcomes
The program improved efficiency, reduced costs, and improved the growth and scope of research for better patient outcomes.
Award-winning collaboration
The program previously won Gold for Organizational Development at the EFMD Excellence in Practice Awards.
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