HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2023: Community Care Initiative of the Year

WINNER:

Sheffield Health and Social Care FT: Holistic Care in the Community - Empowering Mental Health Staff to Provide Better Care for Physical Health for People with Mental Health Illness in the Community

The winning team has improved physical health for people who use its Older Adult Home Treatment Services. The service supports people over 65 who are experiencing a psychiatric crisis or difficulty which requires intense support. Traditionally, the service focused on mental health recovery, but this new service has involved adopting a holistic assessment approach looking at social, psychological and pharmacological interventions which can optimise the patient’s quality of life and prospect of psychiatric recovery and symptom management. This has helped to avoid lengthy waits for physical health problems, such as high blood pressure. The project’s potential expansion into other areas of care is commendable, suggesting a future broader positive impact.

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Finalists

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership FT: A Needs-Led Community Rehabilitation Service - Working as Part of a Whole System

Crisis Rescue Foundation: Vaxi Taxi - Health and Wellbeing Pop-ups

Derbyshire Community Health Services FT: Insulin Delegation - The Role of a Diabetes Nurse Educator in Reducing Community Nursing Visits and Improving Safety and Quality of Life for People Living in Residential Care

Essex Partnership University FT: EPUT Community Wound Care - Minuteful for Wound Rollout

Humber Teaching FT: Complex Emotional Needs Service

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals FT: Lancashire Community Healthcare Hub - Finney House

Northern Health and Social Care Trust: Adult Speech and Language Therapy’s Dysphagia Telehealth Clinic

Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care FT, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and Direct Care: Digital Health Streaming Service “Community at the Door”