A Common Understanding 2025

Appendix 6 – Summary of project outcomes template

Project name

• Include a short sentence that outlines the project title.

Project partners

• Outline the partnering organisations that took part in the collaboration.

Duration

• Detail the project initiation and completion dates to the nearest month, e.g. July 2024–January 2025.

Project overview

• Provide an overview of the project, including its objectives and how the project is set out to achieve them.

Project outcomes

• Outline the results from the project, including benefits to patients, the NHS and industry. This section should address the following:
• Has the shared vision agreed at the beginning been sustained?
• If not, has variance been addressed to mutual satisfaction? Has the project achieved more through collaborative/joint working than it would have done if parties had worked individually? Why?
• Have all parties made their contributions according to the original agreement?
• If not, has variance been addressed to mutual satisfaction?
• Has each party benefited from the collaborative/joint working arrangement? How?
• Have good relationships been maintained?
• Has trust been generated and maintained?
• Have differences been managed effectively?
• Did the project enable them to build a business case to commission services differently?
• Did the pilot meet the threshold criteria for scaling?

Conclusions and learnings

• Include the conclusions and learnings drawn from the project with the aim of supporting learnings for other projects.

References

• Include examples of any NHS policies that are relevant to the project.