Social innovation


Public health research tells us that 40% of a person's overall health outcomes are driven by socioeconomic and environmental factors (education, job security, social support, income and community safety), as oppose to 30% being attributed to health behaviours (modifiable actions such as tobacco use, diet and exercise), 20% attributed to clinical care (access to and the quality of healthcare and medical services) and 10% attributed to physical environment (air and water quality and housing).

Social Innovation by its definition is:

'The co-design and implementation of effective, sustainable solutions to complex social problems' and therefore delivers the population health programme through the health inequalities agenda and how the Trust operates as an Anchor Institution.

The social innovation agenda delivers primarily against the 'Ensuring Value' strategic objective of the Trust Strategy 2025-2028 “Using our resources in the most effective way to deliver patient care and recognised our place as leaders in addressing inequalities and delivering social value to our communities.” With specific reference to the actions:

  • Develop and grow our leadership role as an anchor institution locally in Liverpool, but also in Cheshire and Merseyside
  • Utilising resources to reduce health inequalities, improve health and wellbeing and shift to a prevention, neighbourhood-based approach.

There are also links through to the 'Delivering high-quality treatment and care: putting patients and their families first to provide the very best care and experience and improving clinical outcomes through early intervention and prevention' and 'Thriving people: attracting, retaining and developing the best people locally, nationally and internationally to deliver care for our patients' objectives as our communities are our staff and our patients. 

Nationally, there is alignment to the following NHS 10-year plan priorities:

  • Hospital to community: the neighbourhood health service
  • Sickness to prevention: power to make the healthy choice
  • A devolved and diverse NHS: a new operating model
  • An NHS workforce, fit for the future.