WINNER

South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust

Transforming Care at South Tees: A Journey from Paper to Digital Excellence

South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust has delivered significant digital transformations in the NHS, rising from HIMSS Level 1 to an estimated Level 5 and resolving critical Care Quality Commission-identified risks. Through a clinically led, highly engaged approach, the trust has implemented and optimised the Miya electronic patient record across all inpatient services, improving patient safety, medicines management, documentation quality and operational flow. Staff from every profession have shaped, adopted and championed the digital agenda, resulting in faster workflows, fewer medication harms, earlier detection of deterioration and more time for patient care. This sustained improvement has transformed outcomes, culture and organisational performance.

Read a detailed case study about this project at HSJ Solutions

Highly commended

University Hospitals of Leicester Trust & University Hospitals Northamptonshire Group: One Digital and Data Team - the heartbeat of our non-clinical teams at UHN and UHL

Finalists

NHS Somerset and Somerset FT: Electronic Somerset Treatment Escalation Plan (eSTEP)

Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board: Transforming into the most digitally mature ICS in the Midlands

Surrey & Sussex Healthcare Trust: OneTeam Digital: A Different approach to delivering organisation wide impact

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching Trust: Driving operational and clinical efficiency through targeted digital innovation

Barts Health Trust: WeConnect

Topics

HSJ Digital Awards 2026: Winners revealed

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The HSJ Digital Awards 2026 took place last night at the ICC Birmingham, celebrating outstanding contributions to digital healthcare transformation across the NHS and wider sector.