Best Provider of Acute Services

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Best Provider of Acute Services
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Acute services are essential for providing immediate and intensive care to patients with severe and urgent health conditions. In recent years, these services have faced unprecedented challenges, including long elective care waiting lists, financial constraints, and workforce shortages. Independent healthcare providers have stepped up to support the NHS by delivering high-quality acute care.  

This award will recognise independent providers leading the way in delivering continuous improvements in patient flow, safety, or in developing innovative new ways of delivering acute sector care.  

Eligibility

  • This award is available to any independent healthcare provider that offers services free at the point of care to NHS patients in an acute care setting 
  • Projects can be conducted independently or in collaboration with NHS providers or integrated care. While a partnership with the NHS is encouraged, it is not mandatory.  
  • All projects must serve NHS patients and provide evidence from the past two years up until the awards deadline date 

Ambition

  • Describe the specific challenges and context your project addresses within the acute care setting, such as managing long elective care waiting lists, financial constraints, or workforce shortages 
  • Outline the goals and targets set for the initiative, detailing both quantitative and qualitative aspects 
  • Highlight how the project aims to implement innovative solutions to improve patient flow, safety, and the overall delivery of acute care 

Outcome

  • Provide evidence of the benefits realised for patients, including improvements in patient flow, safety, and clinical outcomes 
  • Present measurable results that demonstrate the success of the project in improving acute care services and operational efficiency 

Spread

  • Explain how the success of the initiative has been communicated within the healthcare sector and to other relevant organisations 
  • Provide examples of how the project's methods and outcomes have been/ could be replicated or adopted elsewhere within the healthcare system 
  • Include testimonials and quantitative evidence supporting the dissemination and replication of the initiative's success 

Involvement

  • Describe how stakeholders, including healthcare staff and patients, were involved in the project from planning to implementation 
  • Highlight the contributions of different stakeholders, focusing on how their buy-in and active participation were achieved 
  • Provide evidence of ongoing consultation and collaboration through testimonials, survey reports, and documented feedback mechanisms 

Value

  • Detail how the project has created value from the perspective of patient satisfaction and experience 
  • Provide evidence of broader system value, such as improved care delivery, operational efficiency, and better patient-provider relationships 

To find out more

For entry enquiries, contact James Elliot on james.elliott@hsj.co.uk