This presentation published by NHS England outlines the benefits that Operational Delivery Networks will deliver in coordinating patient pathways between providers over a wide area to ensure access to specialist resources and expertise.
Download: Operational delivery networks – update December 2012
Provider clinicians dominate their membership, though work closely with patients and other stakeholders. In future they will be provider hosted and funded.
Benefits of ODNs
- Improved outcomes, productivity and efficiency
- Stronger collaborative provision of services
- Maintained/improved quality of care and outcomes for patients
- Opportunities for risk sharing between providers
- More accurate costing meaning resources can be used more efficiently
- Ability to adopt innovative practice quicker than in the past
- Rapid learning and development
- Improved system resilience, including major incident planning