Realising the value: a new relationship with patients and communities

NHS England has set up the Realising the Value Programme, which will make a grant available to an organisation or consortium to undertake a new programme of work to help strengthen the case for change, identify a set of evidence-based approaches and develop tools to support their wider implementation across the NHS and local communities.

The NHS Five Year Forward View published this October, sets out how the health service needs to change, arguing for a new relationship with patients and communities.

It makes a specific commitment to do more to support people with long term conditions to manage their own health. With the help of VCS partners, it signals the need for significant investment in evidence-based approaches such as group based education for people with specific conditions and self-management educational courses, as well as encouraging independent peer-to-peer communities to emerge.

Grants are only made to charities and not for profit organisations and any charity, not for profit organisation, social enterprise, community interest company or public sector body can apply for this grant before the deadline of Friday 9 January.

For further information including how to apply visit www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/realising-value-spec-11-14.pdf.