All Health Service Journal articles in 4 December 2008 – Page 3
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Mental Health Innovation, supported by Mental Health Strategies
Winner: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health foundation trustThe Meriden programme promotes family-sensitive mental health services and gives clinical staff, service users and carers skills to work with families
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Improving health with NICE guidance, supported by NICE
Winner: Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT and Mid Cheshire PCTNICE guidelines were the starting point for a project that set out to reduce incidences of pressure ulcers across primary and secondary care
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Reducing Health Inequalities, supported by the DH
Winner: Homerton University Hospital foundation trustWith infant mortality rates in Hackney above the national average, the local strategic partnership funded interventions to reach vulnerable women
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Workforce Development, supported by Skills for Health
Winner: NHS North WestThe trust takes top prize for its ambitious plan to be totally compliant with the European working-time directive a year ahead of the rest of the country
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Patient Safety, supported by the NPSA and the Healthcare Commission
Winner: Salford Royal foundation trustShortcomings in the early detection of cancer were tackled and the process expanded to other forms of the disease
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Clinical Service Redesign, supported by the NHS Institute
Winner King's College Hospital foundation trustInnovative ideas, such as graffiti boards in toilets which engage with target groups, has led to remarkable success for a sexual health centre in the capital
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World Class Commissioning, supported by the DH
Winner: Tower Hamlets PCTA detailed, three-year commissioning plan was at the heart of a strategy to tackle health needs in the fourth most deprived borough in the country
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Corporate Citizenship, supported by the Sustainable Development Commission
Winner: Nottingham University Hospitals trustThe winning trust's commitment to sustainability means it has already saved 90,000 food miles and cut the number of car journeys by 500,000 this year
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Data Driven Service Improvement, supported by the NHS Information Centre
Winner: Ealing PCTThe introduction of patient experience tracker handsets has shifted power to the front line, giving the public near-instantaneous feedback on services
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Patient Centred Care, supported by Cerner
Winner: Blackburn with Darwen teaching PCTBy setting up its drop-in Healthy Legs clinic offering patients fast diagnosis, the winner has prevented serious illness and saved over £500,000
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Improving Care with Technology, supported by System C
Winner: West Midlands Ambulance Service trustA technologically impressive system that allows accident and emergency to get up to speed with patients' data as it is captured by the ambulance crew
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Primary Care Organisation of the Year, supported by Bupa Commissioning
Winner: Sandwell PCTReconfiguration posed a challenge that our winner more than met, notching up great achievements in public health, MRSA reduction and finances
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Best Social Marketing Project, supported by the National Social Marketing Centre
Winner: Stoke-on-Trent PCTAn 'excellent' social marketing project that set out to reduce smoking rates during pregnancy in Stoke-on-Trent and was judged nationally replicable
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Secretary of State's Award for Excellence in Healthcare Management
Winner: Tameside and Glossop PCT, community-based service for patients suffering from lymphoedema
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Managing Long Term Care, supported by Sanofi Aventis
Winner: Torbay Care trustIntegrated teams provide holistic care to patients in Torbay, with services accessed through a co-ordinator who takes referrals and fixes problems
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Acute and Primary Care Innovation, supported by BT health
Winner: Barts and the London trustThis project set out to improve cardiovascular care in north east London, an area with some of the worst figures for coronary disease outcome
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Acute Organisation of the Year, supported by CHKS
Winner: Cambridge University Hospitals foundation trustA comprehensive drive for transformation meant our winner slashed MRSA bacteraemias and waiting times and raised day of surgery admissions
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Improving Patient Access, supported by NHS End Waiting
Winner: London NHS Diagnostic Service with Croydon FederationThe Diagnostics in the Community pilot has been able to bring ultrasound, echo and MRI diagnostics to Croydon, the largest of London's populations
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News
NHS dentists face £100m in penalties for underperformance
NHS dentists are being charged more than £100m in penalties for underperformance against contracts in 2007-08, a report claims.
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NHS Scotland outlines plans to cope with winter demand
NHS Scotland chief executive Kevin Woods has outlined plans to cope with extra demand during the winter.
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