NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

1 May 2024

Study reveals promising early outcomes of NHS Digital Weight Management Programme

Obesity is a pressing global health challenge, linked to various chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular issues,…

18 April 2024

Registration open for NHS-R Community annual conference 

We are incredibly excited to announce that ticket registration for NHS-R/NHS.pycom Open-Source Conference (RPySOC) 2024 is open! The conference…

16 April 2024

NHS ML secures place on Transforming Organisations, Partnerships and Systems Framework

NHS Midlands and Lancashire (ML) has been successful in its bid for an important national procurement framework. The Transforming Organisations,…

12 April 2024

New podcast: Lessons from the Clive Treacey Review

In this three-segment podcast sequence, part of our Inside MLCSU series, we discuss the lessons learnt from the Clive…

28 March 2024

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Gender Pay Gap Report 2023

NHS Midlands and Lancashire has published its Gender Pay Gap Report for 2023. Download the report here.

4 March 2024

New Podcast: Unravelling unconscious bias in healthcare

Join host Richard Caddy for another thought-provoking session in our latest podcast with our Inclusion Unit. Tune in to…

31 January 2024

New podcast: Revolutionising urgent care in Northern Ireland

Recorded live at the NHS ConfedExpo, join host Richard Caddy in an engaging dialogue with Kelly Bishop, Assistant Director…

31 January 2024

Empowering healthcare workers in population health management

Our Health Economics Unit (HEU), in a successful collaboration with the Midlands Decision Support Network, has marked a significant…

30 January 2024

Data-driven personalised health videos and their role in supporting healthcare services

The Digital Innovation Unit (DIU), along with their commercial partner Citizen Communications, are hosting an event on the 31 January…

26 January 2024

Explore the intricacies of unconscious bias: A webinar for local authorities

In the ever-evolving landscape of local governance, the pursuit of equitable decision-making remains a paramount objective. To advance this…

10 January 2024

Enhance your business case skills with our accredited training

Are you looking to advance your expertise in business case development?  The NHS England Business Case Training Team, now…

9 January 2024

New podcast: How to unlock urgent care intelligence

Dive into the latest episode of Inside NHS ML as we unravel the intriguing world of the Urgent Care…

29 December 2023

Addressing the challenges impeding patient flow at the Patient Flow Conference 2024

We are excited to announce that we will be speaking at The Patient Flow Conference North 2024. In attendance…

15 December 2023

NHS Midlands and Lancashire celebrates triple HSJ award nominations

We are thrilled to share that NHS Midlands and Lancashire’s Transformation Unit, has earned three esteemed nominations at the…

11 December 2023

New podcast: Inclusive decision-making in healthcare

Recorded live at the NHS ConfedExpo, join host Richard Caddy in an enlightening conversation with Jess Tyrrell and Rachel…

5 December 2023

New partnership to ensure a robust continuing healthcare assessment service

We are excited to announce a partnership between NHS Midlands and Lancashire’s Personalised Healthcare Commissioning Team and Bristol, North…

28 November 2023

Navigating new waters: The NHS’s response to financial strain and industrial action

Nicola Ainscough, Head of System Delivery, NHS ML The recent communication from NHS England, referencing the letter titled ‘Addressing…

22 November 2023

New podcast: How automated innovations are helping to reduce hospital waiting times

Recorded live at the Digital Healthcare Show 2023, host Andy Downton engages in a captivating conversation with Priyantha Jayawardane,…

14 November 2023

NHS Midlands and Lancashire exhibiting at NHS Providers Show

We are excited to share that we will be participating in the upcoming NHS Providers Show on 14-15 November.…

8 November 2023

New podcast: Our Head of Safeguarding on a complex mental capacity case

Welcome to our new podcast series, “Inside NHS Midlands and Lancashire (NHS ML)”, and our first episode about the…

7 November 2023

Join us for an insightful session at Access All Areas 2023 with Dr Sam Gower

We are delighted to announce that Dr Sam Gower, Clinical Director for Personalised Healthcare Commissioning at NHS Midlands and…

2 November 2023

Highlights from the NHS-R/NHS.pycom Conference 2023: Fostering collaboration and innovation in healthcare analytics

At this year’s NHS-R/NHS.pycom Conference 2023, the NHS-R Community and its co-community NHS.pycom put together an exciting event to…

1 November 2023

Revisit the first national Health and Care Analytics (HACA) Conference 2023

Health and Care Analytics (HACA) 2023 was the first national annual conference bringing together analysts and promoting, celebrating and…

16 October 2023

Hope and Honesty: Reflections on NHS Employers Strategic Workforce Conference  

Adam Burgess-Evans, Deputy Director of People, NHS ML Attendance at the NHS Employers Strategic Workforce Conference last week proved…

11 October 2023

Exploring the future of patient care at the Patient Flow Conference 2023

We’re pleased to announce that Kelly Bishop, Assistant Director of Nursing and Urgent Care at NHS Midlands and Lancashire…

6 October 2023

Meet the Future of Healthcare Management: EMS+ by NHS ML

Why choose EMS+? Enter EMS+, the dynamic web-based escalation management system. Developed by NHS Midlands and Lancashire (NHS ML),…

29 September 2023

Join us at the Elective Care Conference South 2023

We are excited to share that NHS Midlands and Lancashire (NHS ML) will be both exhibiting and speaking at…

19 September 2023

Two awards at the HSJ Patient Safety Awards

We are thrilled to announce that our Medicines Management and Optimisation team has won two awards for Improving Medicines…

5 September 2023

Join us at The Pharmacy Show 2023

Join us at The Pharmacy Show on 15-16 October 2023 to learn how NHS Commissioning Support Units (CSUs) help…

4 September 2023

Excellence in Informatics Accreditation achieved

We are thrilled to announce that our Data, Digital and Technology directorate has achieved the prestigious “Excellence in Informatics”…

1 September 2023

LDA project shortlisted for the 2023 HSJ Awards

NHS Midlands and Lancashire is delighted to announce that our work to develop a community of practice for stopping…

14 August 2023

Improving outcomes for vulnerable residents in Lancashire and South Cumbria

Our Business Intelligence team’s data-driven approach led to: improved care access, lowered acute service demand, and empowered patients, making…

5 July 2023

Health and Care Analytics Conference

We are pleased to announce the first national Health and Care Analytics Conference organised by The Strategy Unit and…

22 June 2023

Finalists for three more nominations at HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2023

NHS Midlands and Lancashire (NHS ML) has received three further nominations at the HSJ Patient Safety Awards in addition…

19 June 2023

Proud to announce ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 accreditations

We are delighted to share that our customer finance team has been awarded the globally recognised ISO 27001 and…

19 June 2023

Reducing mortality project shortlisted for HSJ Patient Safety Award

NHS Midlands and Lancashire (NHS ML) is thrilled to share that our project to reduce mortality in people with…

25 May 2023

UK National GO Awards Shortlists NHS ML for Collaborative Procurement Initiative 

We are delighted to share the news that our collaborative endeavour with the North Midlands and Black Country Procurement…

19 May 2023

Building capable communities for learning disability and epilepsy

Join us for our webinar on building capable communities to tackle premature avoidable death in people with a learning…

16 May 2023

NHS Midlands and Lancashire to exhibit at NHS ConfedExpo 2023

We are pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at the upcoming NHS ConfedExpo, the flagship health and…

24 April 2023

NHS Midlands and Lancashire named finalist in UK National GO Awards for contract management excellence

We are proud to announce that we have been shortlisted as a finalist for the UK National GO Awards…

17 April 2023

Join Us at the Digital Healthcare Show 2023

Three Commissioning Support Units (CSU’s) showcase digital healthcare solutions We are so excited to be exhibiting at the Digital…

6 April 2023

NHS Midlands and Lancashire’s informatics team awarded ISDN ‘Excellence in Informatics Level 1 Certificate’

We are excited to share that our Informatics Team has been awarded the prestigious ISDN ‘Excellence in Informatics Level…

31 March 2023

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Gender Pay Gap Report 2022

NHS ML has published its Gender Pay Gap Report 2022.Download the report here.

27 March 2023

Dr Sam Gower to speak at NHS Continuing Healthcare Conference

We are thrilled to announce that Dr Sam Gower, CHC/IPA Clinical Services Director at NHS Midlands and Lancashire (NHS…

23 March 2023

Join the Conversation: Transforming healthcare

The NHS is undergoing a significant transformation in the way it provides care and support for people with learning…

14 March 2023

A pledge to being green: NHS Midlands and Lancashire staff share personal and professional pledges…

Empowering NHS Midlands and Lancashire (NHS ML) staff to make personal and professional pledges for a sustainable future A…

8 March 2023

Join us at the Clinical Pharmacy Congress 2023 to enhance patient care and learn from…

Join us at the Clinical Pharmacy Congress on 12-13 May 2023 for a face-to-face event at ExCeL London. This…

27 February 2023

A win and a nomination for the National Apprenticeships Awards 2023

Ashley Burton, Senior Project Manager at NHS ML Earlier this week, Ashley Burton, Senior Project Manager at NHS Midlands…

19 December 2022

Prestigious award win for staff health and wellbeing strategy

We have been recognised by HR Magazine with an award for Best Health and Wellbeing Strategy as part of their HR Excellence…

6 December 2022

NHS Midlands and Lancashire’s expert teams celebrate as two projects shortlisted for an HSJ Partnership…

We’re proud to have played our part in truly impactful change programmes, which have been shortlisted for two HSJ…

3 November 2022

Digital Innovation Unit achieve international accreditation

We are very proud to announce that our Digital Innovation Unit (DIU) have successfully achieved International Standard Organisation (ISO)…

19 October 2022

People Services team shortlisted for three awards

Our People Services team have been shortlisted for three awards. The HR Excellence Awards shine a light on best practice in HR and…

8 August 2022

NHS ML collaboration project shortlisted for HSJ award

The HSJ Awards 2022 finalists were announced today, and NHS Midlands and Lancashire’s (NHS ML) joint project with the…

14 July 2022

Blueprint to support ICS digital transformation

The NHS Midlands and Lancashire (ML) has been working with the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System (ICS) to…

23 June 2022

NHS Midlands and Lancashire -supported finance team win award

West Midlands Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) is a branch of the HFMA NHS Midlands and Lancashire’s Finance Team…

21 June 2022

NHS ML director named HSJ100 wildcard for 2022

Andi Orlowski, Director of the Health Economics Unit, part of NHS Midlands and Lancashire (NHS ML), has been named…

10 June 2022

Excellence in Informatics stamp of approval for our support for staff and clients

NHS Midlands and Lancashire’s (NHS ML) Business Intelligence, IT and Digital Innovation Unit teams have achieved the Informatics Skills…

8 June 2022

Our experts at NHS ConfedExpo: Schedule announced

This month NHS Confederation is uniting with NHS England and NHS Improvement to deliver one of the most significant…

25 May 2022

NHS Midlands and Lancashire nominated for three NHS Health and Care Apprenticeship Awards

This June will see the first ever Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Health & Care Apprenticeship Awards taking place. The awards…

20 May 2022

NHS Midlands and Lancashire nominated for three NHS Health and Care Apprenticeship Awards

This June will see the first ever Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Health & Care Apprenticeship Awards taking place.…

19 May 2022

We’re exhibiting at NHS ConfedExpo, 15-16 June

Join us at the NHS Confederation’s annual conference, taking place in Liverpool this summer. Delivered in partnership with NHS…

21 April 2022

Innovative NHS resource-booking system signs up 20th customer

UBook, the resource-booking system designed by NHS Midlands and Lancashire (NHS ML), has just signed its 20th customer. Many…

10 April 2022

Digital support for at-home blood pressure monitoring highly commended in Innovate Awards

Our work with Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership to improve the remote management of patients with uncontrolled…

30 March 2022

2021, our journey alongside ICS partners

2021 was, of course, another tough year for the NHS and social care. Against this challenging backdrop, NHS Midlands…

21 March 2022

Kicking off a study on menopause and the NHS workforce

NHS Midlands and Lancashire’s Strategy Unit is undertaking a study to examine the impact of menopause on the NHS…

17 March 2022

NHS ML Gender Pay Gap Report 2021

Under the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017, employers with 250 or more employees are…

15 February 2022

CQRS Local will reduce admin time for commissioners and primary care providers

Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) Local is a newly launched web-based payment claim system used by commissioners, GPs and…

3 February 2022

PCNs critical in population health management

Andi Orlowski Andi Orlowski, director of the Health Economic Unit at NHS Midlands and Lancashire and senior adviser to…

25 January 2022

Our innovative use of automation is helping to cut hospital waiting lists

Fast and efficient waiting list management has never been more important, so we’re pleased to be helping to reduce…

12 January 2022

Medical supplies programme wins civil service award for collaboration

The COVID-19 Oxygen, Ventilation, Medical Devices and Clinical Consumables Programme, which NHS Midlands and Lancashire (NHS ML) staff supported,…

7 January 2022

Pandemic effect on a socially deprived UK town

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a direct impact on health and mortality rates, but there is evidence that there…

22 December 2021

Population health management: the critical role of primary care networks

How primary care networks are critical to the success of population health management: Andi Orlowski, director of the Health…

15 December 2021

Breaking: Derbyshire continuing healthcare commissioners choose NHS ML support

We are delighted to announce that the NHS Midlands and Lancashire (ML) will continue to work in partnership with Derby…

7 December 2021

Free access to a range of medicines optimisation content

Welcome to our new web product where you can access free content to help improve medicines optimisation support. Visit…

15 November 2021

Tomorrow: our system coordination function

Join us at the Patient Flow Conference tomorrow 16 November to hear about our system pressure coordination function which…

9 November 2021

Clinical directorate contribution recognised for Nursing Times award

Our clinical directorate have been recognised for their hard work on the Lancashire and South Cumbria mass vaccination programme…

4 November 2021

Workforce project shortlisted for Nursing Times award

We are extremely proud our Recruitment and our Continuing Healthcare and Individual Patient Activity (CHC/IPA) teams, together with NHS…

25 October 2021

New capability with leading web publishing system

As well as producing systems such as the remote booking system UBook, NHS Midlands and Lancashire’s (NHS ML) Applications Development…

19 October 2021

Staffordshire GP practices sign up for our app to help fill their locum gap

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Groups have signed up to use NHS Midlands and Lancashire’s (NHS ML) digital Find…

15 October 2021

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Finance win regional NHS award

Lyn Tallentire and Jules Harrhy, Deputy Directors of Finance at NHS ML We are extremely pleased to announce that…

14 October 2021

Insight to action: lessons from think tanks

Join us tomorrow, 15 October for the grand finale of the Insight 2021 festival of analysis and learning. ‘Insight…

8 October 2021

Setting an example of promoting health and wellbeing in the NHS

Following a series of successful wellbeing initiatives at NHS Midlands and Lancashire (NHS ML), our Deputy Director of Finance,…

24 September 2021

Embedding inclusive decision making across Leicestershire

The Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit’s Equality and Inclusion team are supporting a showcase event highlighting the LLR…

20 September 2021

Insight Festival: join a session at shared learning festival, 4-15 October

The Midlands Decision Support Network in association with NHS Midlands and Lancashire’s Strategy Unit are hosting INSIGHT 2021, our annual…

27 July 2021

New signups to UBook, our tailor-made NHS room booking system

Blackburn with Darwen and East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have become the latest customers to sign up for…

2 July 2021

Recently launched weight management services benefit from NHS ML’s technology

The NHS Digital Weight Management Programme (DWMP) launched this week will help thousands of adults achieve a healthy weight…

1 July 2021

New flexible resourcing service: TalentOne

NHS Midlands and Lancashire is launching today a new flexible resourcing service: TalentOneTM, to help you find high-quality resource…

15 June 2021

Data-driven approach to population health management

What is population health management (PHM)? How can NHS Midlands and Lancashire support your health system with data-driven PHM…

21 May 2021

National award nomination for Staffordshire Continuing Healthcare team

The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Continuing Healthcare team has been recognised at a national award ceremony for their work to…

20 May 2021

NHS ML Finance team awarded accreditation by NHS Finance Leadership Council

We are delighted to announce that following a recommendation by the Future-Focused Finance (FFF) assessors, the NHS Midlands and…

16 April 2021

Providing analytical support to the ‘New Hospitals Programme’

NHS Midlands and Lancashire’s (NHS ML) Strategy Unit, working in collaboration with their sister team,  the Health Economics Unit,…

6 April 2021

Our year – supporting through COVID and beyond

The past financial year has been a challenging and turbulent one. In our annual report 2020/21, we focus on…

29 March 2021

CIO on pandemic lessons about health inequalities in The Times report

Our Chief Information Officer, Debbie Bywater, took part in a roundtable informing yesterday’s The Sunday Times report on ‘Future of…

18 March 2021

Medicines optimisation in Walsall care homes shortlisted for innovation award

Sonia Bigra, Senior Pharmacy Technician Our medicines management experts worked closely with Walsall CCG during the pandemic to optimise…

11 March 2021

PrimaryPoint: essential IG, HR and finance support for GPs and PCNs

PrimaryPoint is a website, designed to provide primary care organisations with fast and easy 24/7 access to the latest…

10 March 2021

Finance skills development culture and practice

At Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit, we are passionate about investing resource in developing our people and encouraging…

8 March 2021

Recruiting people for vaccination centres in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin eases pressure to redeploy staff

A huge recruitment drive in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin has seen nearly 1,000 new staff added to the roster…

24 February 2021

Why some communities may be at risk of lower vaccine uptake

Data from the first wave of the pandemic showed that people from certain backgrounds and communities are at higher…

22 February 2021

Knowing our patch: Free demographic and health inequalities analysis

We produced a series of ‘Knowing Our Patch’ reports which provide a range of demographic and health inequalities data…