Ten innovators in care redesign and integration

Here we look at the organisations shortlisted for their innovative work in Acute, Community and/or Primary Care Services Redesign at the 2017 HSJ Awards.

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• Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust: Developed paediatric clinics in a primary care setting, allowing GPs to learn and treat common paediatric conditions
• Barnsley Healthcare Federation: Launched the i-Heart service, providing patients with access to GP and nurse appointments during evenings and weekends 365 days a year
• Berkshire West Federated CCGs: Redesigned its spinal service to provide better care for people with chronic pain, reducing waiting time
• eConsult: Introduced a digital platform, allowing GPs to remotely triage and signpost patients to appropriate care pathways, saving £850,000 in 2016
• Macmillan Cancer Improvement Partnership: Undertook initiatives to improve cancer care services and to enable early diagnosis of cancer, avoiding an estimated 700,000 emergency admissions
• North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust: Developed an integrated frailty pathway to identify frail patients and provide them with timely care, saving 2,467 bed days
• Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership Trust and Univeristy Hospitals of North Midlands Trust: Launched a project to provide coordinated care for high intensity service users, achieving 75 per cent reduction in bed usage
• The Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust: Introduced a patient at home service to treat acute patients at home instead of being admitted to hospital
• University College London Hospitals FT: Introduced a team to improve the care of patients experiencing chronic pain, saving at least £500,000 per year
• Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network: Developed a new care pathway to help GPs distinguish between Irritable bowel syndrome and Inflammatory bowel disease, resulting in 40-57 per cent reduction in new hospital out-patient appointments.