No hospital is an island: learning from the Acute Care Collaboration vanguards

No hospital is an island: learning from the Acute Care Collaboration vanguards This report covers the learning from 13 acute care collaborations that were established in September 2015 as part of the new care models programme. It highlights six common strategies that have emerged, including the way clinical practices are being standardised; how vanguards are making better use of clinical support services; and how the skills of healthcare professionals are being used more creatively and flexibly. NHS England