All HSJ Awards articles – Page 32
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Innovation in Mental Health
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board: Cardiff and Vale Young Onset Dementia Service The team developed a service to provide age appropriate support to people diagnosed with dementia. The service saw an increase in referral rates and realised net cost savings of £133k in the first year of operation. The ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Clinical Commissioning Group of the Year
Hull Clinical Commissioning Group The CCG’s vision was to create a healthier city. They were determined to transform poor health outcomes and improve lives. The CCG helped to establish the Hull 2017 volunteering programme, with – 130,000 hours of volunteering across 29,000 shifts, improving the accident and emergency standard and ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: CCG and Local Authority Integrated Commissioning for Carers
Sponsored by NHS England Sue Ryder: Dementia Together The team developed a service that offered a single point of access to support and care for dementia patients and carers. Over 300 people registered for the service. The judges said that the team brought together a wide range ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Improving Environmental and Social Sustainability
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust: Improving Environmental and Social Sustainability - Sheffield Teaching Hospitals’ Catering Department The team at Sheffield used sustainable measures to reduce food wastage and improve healthy consumption. The cost of patient meal service reduced by more than £176,000 in the last financial year. The judges ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Chief Executive of the Year
Tom Cahill: Hertfordshire Partnership University Foundation Trust The judges found Tom to be an authentic, inspirational leader who puts service users and their families at the very centre of the trust’s work. Feedback from staff and the board was universally positive about this chief executive, recognising his empathy and passionate ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Clinical Leader of the Year
Dr Claire Fuller: Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group Dr Claire Fuller has provided excellent leadership during challenging times and ensured the CCG remained focused on improving patient care and quality. She led the redesign of the governance structure and created a new clinical cabinet and developed a GP future leader’s ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: International Health Partnership
Sponsored by NHS Employers Sponsored by THET The Butabika-East London Link: Partnership for Excellence This non-profit organisation developed the Butabika-East London Link partnership to improve the provision of mental health services in Uganda and the UK. The service users were trained and empowered to ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Most effective adoption and diffusion of existing best practice
Integrated Care Exeter Strategic Alliance: Integrated Care Exeter Wellbeing Exeter The team developed a programme to enhance the health and wellbeing of people by engaging them with their community and empowering people to self manage. Fifty four per cent of people involved in the programme showed improved mental health, ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Patient Safety
Sponsored by GS1 James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust: Kissing Goodbye Sepsis The team undertook initiatives to enable early identification and treatment of sepsis which included designing a new sepsis pathway, creating a sepsis recognition box and providing prompt cards and sepsis badges to staff. The number ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Primary Care Innovation
eConsult The team introduced a tool that allows GPs to remotely triage and signpost patients to appropriate care pathways. The tool helped in solving 68 per cent of eConsultations remotely. Eighty per cent of patients were satisfied with the service. The judging panel were highly impressed with this model, saying ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Provider Trust of the Year
Sponsored by Celesio Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Foundation Trust Northumberland, Tyne and Wear developed a five year strategy and designed six strategic ambitions to deliver high quality care and enhance patient experience. The trust has received a rating of “Outstanding” from the ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Specialised Services Redesign
University Hospitals of North Midlands: The Largest UK Series – Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischaemic Stroke produces improved clinical outcomes and cost benefits The team wanted to improve patient safety and clinical outcomes, hence introduced a 24/7 service for mechanical extraction of brain blood clots. The mortality rates decreased ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Workforce
Sponsored by NHS Employers West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust: Maternity unit turnaround The team developed a recruitment and retention plan to improve the retention rates in the maternity unit. The project reduced the number of agency staff by more than half and cut agency costs from £100k ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Staff Engagement
Sponsored by de Poel health + care Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust: Change Champions delivering culture change at Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals The team initiated a culture change programme to improve the working environment for staff, empowering them to provide compassionate and high quality ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Supported Self Care
Sponsored by NHS England First Steps Derbyshire: Online Befriending Service The team developed a volunteer led Online Befriending project, allowing people at risk of or with an eating disorder to self refer and be supported by people with lived experience. One hundred per cent of service users ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ100 refresh: The list in full
Simon Stevens tops the 2017 summer list of the most influential people in health.