WINNER

Frimley Health FT

Improving infusion safety, reducing infiltration utilising infusion surveillance

Extravasation – where drugs leak into surrounding tissue during intravenous administration – can cause serious and often life-changing injuries. While commonly associated with cancer treatments, non-chemotherapy drugs actually present a higher risk of severe complications.

Frimley Health FT’s pilot project provides the first UK evaluation of the ivWatch infusion monitoring device in a hospital infusion unit setting. Results from 2,254 monitored infusions showed the technology prevented 122 cases of infiltration and extravasation from causing patient harm, with a 5.4 per cent “check IV” extravasation notification rate.

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

Highly commended

Coventry and Warwickshire ICB: Coventry and Warwickshire Trauma Informed Vanguard project: Positive Directions

Finalists

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust: SafetySIGHT: Virtual Simulation and AI-Powered Overlays to Optimise Anaesthetic Team Performance For a Stroke Thrombectomy Service

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board: Empowering Nurses Through Data: Our Journey to Safer Staffing

Gateshead FT: Speech and Language Therapy Parkinson’s Rapid Response - 2-year pilot project

North East London FT: Collaborative Care: Enhancing Frailty Management Through Nurse-Pharmacist Partnerships

Southmead Hospital Clinical Governance MDT Team: MDT Standardisation

University Hospitals Liverpool Group (UHLG): Don’t BE DAFT! A Grassroots campaign to support safer surgery in Liverpool

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Trust & Alertive: Real-Time, Right Time: Transforming Escalation Through Digital Innovation

 

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HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2025: Winners revealed

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The winners of the HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2025 were announced last night at Manchester Central Convention Complex, where more than 1,000 people gathered to celebrate excellence in patient safety across the NHS.