Building capacity through provider collaboration

Chair

• Jenny Reindorp, interim director of funded programmes, NHS Providers

Panellists

• Tracey Cole, diagnostics programme manager, Cheshire and Merseyside Acute and Specialist Trust Alliance (CMAST) 
• Ben Vinter, corporate lead, CMAST

Presentation one: CMAST - A focus on the diagnostic programme 

Tracey gave an overview of the development and implementation of the diagnostics programme over the past two years, including some of the positive changes being seen and challenges to progress.

Presentation two: CMAST - Evolution of the provider collaborative

Ben Vinter covered the background and evolution of the collaborative, including priorities and focus, the development of their governance structure, challenges and enablers for success.