WINNER

Hertfordshire Partnership University FT

Adult Community Mental Health Fundamentals of Nursing Care (FoC) Standards: Transforming Depot and Clozapine Clinics

This project in adult community mental health services is improving care for around 1,400 patients who attend depot and clozapine clinics. The initiative aims to enhance patient safety, experience and clinical oversight while reducing the burden of clinical audits. It was developed collaboratively, drawing on national guidelines, local safety data and feedback from patients.

The nursing standards specifically address health inequalities faced by people living with psychosis, with evidence-based approaches to tackle issues such as obesity and smoking, while also improving clinic attendance. This project demonstrates how nursing leadership can deliver more equitable, high-quality care to vulnerable patient groups through data-driven interventions.

Read a detailed case study about this project at HSJ Solutions.

Highly commended

MSK Physiotherapy OPD, St Luke’s Hospital, Bradford Teaching Hospitals FT: The Wait Well Initiative

Finalists

Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust: Quail AI-powered Patient Experience Tool

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership FT: The CWP Innovation of a Patient Safety Dashboard, Adapting a Safety Management System Model (Charles Vincent et al), to Measure and Monitor Patients’ Clinical Care

Dudley Group FT: One-Stop Respiratory Clinic in Primary Care

East Kent Hospitals University FT: Early days, Gentle Ways

Hampshire Hospitals FT: “Nothing About Us Without Us”: Embedding Co-Production in Quality Improvement at Hampshire Hospitals

Lewisham and Greenwich Trust: Proactive Ageing Well Service (PAWS)

Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust: Reducing Surgical Site Infections With Nasal Photodisinfection at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

 

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