WINNER: North West Ambulance Service Trust: Building a Smart, Connected Ambulance Service

The North West Ambulance Service Smart sites programme has seen a range of digital innovations and technologies implemented at a number of ambulance stations to deliver the most efficient processes for our staff. Staff now benefit from interactive digital wallboards, which enhance communication and engagement, and ultra energy-efficient smart lighting, which follows the circadian rhythm, providing optimal working conditions throughout the day. The project has seen staff nurture a culture of improvement: sharing ideas, investing in improvement as part of their daily work and finding ways to work more safely, efficiently and with improved wellbeing.

Read a detailed case study about this project at HSJ Solutions

Highly commended

  • NHS Elect, Critical Care Networks National Nurse Leads (CC3N), NHS England Technology Enhanced Learning (NHS TEL): Digitising the Step 1 Proficiencies – National Proficiencies Framework for Registered Nurses in Adult Critical Care

Finalists

  • Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Foundation Trust: Improving Staff Skills and Confidence Working with Complex Mental Health Difficulties
  • NHS England and escalla: Handling Difficult Situations With Compassion: Caring for Yourself and Others
  • NHS Lancashire Procurement Cluster: Releasing Clinical Time Back to Patient Care in the Emergency Department
  • One Wirral CIC: StaffBox Rota
  • Sheffield Children’s FT and Tutum Medical: Enhancing workforce engagement through BEAMS alarm monitoring system
  • Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent ICS People Function: Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Health & Care Careers: Virtual Work Experience
  • Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals FT and Patchwork Health: Unlocking Flexible Working Through an Innovative Temporary Staff Bank Solution at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals FT

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Winners of first HSJ Digital Awards revealed