Introduction

Value Management is the application of Quality Management Systems at the microsystem-level. It provides practical interventions for clinical, care and finance teams to identify their key opportunities for improving quality and value and apply quality improvement methods to act on these.

The aim of the Value Management Collaborative was to test and spread a Value Management Approach within NHS Scotland. The collaborative supported six NHS Scotland boards from November 2019 to October 2022. It was led by Healthcare Improvement Scotland's ihub, in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).

The ihub coordinated delivery of the collaborative and the national Value Management learning system, providing programme management, coaching and quality improvement support. NES delivered a capacity and capability building programme alongside regular improvement coaching, whilst IHI provided Value Management content expertise, collaborative support and connections to international partners.

This report outlines the activities, learning and impact of the Value Management Collaborative. It includes key findings from the evaluation, and the experiences of participating teams. An interim impact and learning report sharing learning from the collaborative was published in April 2021, which this report builds on.

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Evaluation approach:

This evaluation has been developed by the National Value Management Team within Healthcare Improvement Scotland, with support from the Evidence and Evaluation for Improvement Team, and NHS Education for Scotland. 

For more information, see Appendix 1.