What is the Hope Collaborative?

The Hope Collaborative brings together key person‑centred approaches across Grampian — including GIRFE, Putting People First, Realistic Medicine, and Trauma‑Informed Practice — into one clear, joined‑up way of working.

These approaches all share the same core aims:

• Listening to people and supporting choice and shared decisions
• Doing what matters to the individual
• Working better together across services
• Reducing complexity and duplication
• Preventing harm and tackling inequality

Together, they help us deliver more compassionate, personalised health and social care.

The Hope Collaborative helps to:

• Create and share simple stories about the impact of person‑centred care
• Reduce duplication and system clutter through sharing tools and relational approaches
• Support consistent, values‑led care across services
• Build shared learning and common language
• Strengthen a culture of compassion, partnership and empowerment

How you can get involved

Hope is for everyone across Health & Social Care.

You can:

• Use Hope principles and tools in everyday work
• Share examples of what’s working well through the Hope Collaboration
• Take part in small tests of change and learning activities
• Use shared Hope language in team conversations
• Be part of joint learning opportunities

To find out how you can get involved contact : puttingpeoplefirst@nhs.scot