Table 1

Summary of key benefit themes drawn from the completed maps and associated metrics

Key Benefit Theme	Benefit Example	Metric Example
Patient experience	Patient satisfaction and well-being Timely and accurate diagnosis Access to individual shielding Patients receive the right care at the right time	Qualitative feedback from purpose-designed surveys and interviews Time to accurate diagnosis Number of patients engaged in public and patient engagement initiatives
Clinical outcomes	Improved patient outcomes Improved diagnostic outcomes	Time to accurate diagnosis Length of inpatient stay Disease-specific patient-reported outcome measures Quality of life surveys
Staff experience	Staff satisfaction Staff retention	Staff experience Staff recruitment and retention audit
Cross-site working	Cross-site working Increased learning among clinical and non-clinical staff Use of clinical trial unit research facilities	Number of opportunities identified and those that progress Number of cross-partnership projects
Research	Integration of clinical academic groups Collation of patient populations for research studies, through creation of disease-specific service database.	Number of publications in peer-reviewed journals Amount of additional funding for research and clinical trials Number of abstract submissions to conferences