Birmingham takes top prize at HSJ Awards

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The team from Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust collect the secretary of state’s award for excellence in healthcare management at this week’s HSJ Awards.

HSJ Awards 2009

Health secretary Andy Burnham, who judged the overall prize, said the PCT’s Gym for Free collaboration with Birmingham City Council “embodies the culture change required to create a truly preventative NHS”.

For more details, see the HSJ Awards supplement.

Acute Healthcare Organisation of the Year - The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust
Primary Care Organisation of the Year - Liverpool PCT
Acute and Primary Care Innovation - emergency assessment unit - Salford Royal
Best Social Marketing Project - Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT
Clinical Service Redesign - Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust
Delivering Quality and Value with NICE Guidance - Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust
Good Corporate Citizenship - Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust
Improving Care with Technology - Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust, East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust
Improving Patient Access - NHS Leeds/HMP Leeds
Managing Long Term Conditions - Cardiff Local Health Board
Mental Health Innovation - Sheffield PCT Provider Services
Patient Centred Care - NHS South of Tyne and Wear
Patient Safety - London Deanery
Reducing Health Inequalities - NHS Blackburn with Darwen
Using Data to Improve Care - NHS North West - Advancing Quality
Workforce Development - NHS West Midlands
World Class Commissioning - Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cardiac and Stroke Network/the Association of Greater Manchester PCTs