Best Technology Partnership with the NHS

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Best Technology Partnership with the NHS
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Technology is at the heart of NHS transformation. From improving diagnosis and patient safety to managing pressure and reducing waits, digital tools are helping services adapt to rising demand and complexity. The 10 Year Health Plan calls for faster adoption of proven solutions, better use of data and stronger collaboration with partners who understand the system's needs. 

Many of the most effective tools now in use have been developed through partnerships between NHS organisations and private companies. These collaborations are reshaping core systems, streamlining care and giving staff and patients access to better information and support. 

Judges will be looking for a technology partnership that has addressed a defined NHS challenge, improved a process or pathway, and delivered measurable results. The solution can be clinical, operational or patient facing, but must be live, embedded and making a difference. This award is for the development and implementation of a specific technology, system or software platform, including a new electronic patient record; partnerships focused on getting more from technology the NHS already has, such as EPR optimisation or improving the return on an existing platform, should enter Optimising the Effectiveness of Technology Partnership of the Year.

Eligibility

  • Entrants will be businesses or SMEs working in partnership with an NHS organisation on the specific development and implementation of a technology, system or software platform.
  • This award is for building and implementing a solution, including a new EPR; partnerships focused on optimising or getting more from existing technology should enter Optimising the Effectiveness of Technology Partnership of the Year.
  • Evidence of results must be from the past two years up until the awards deadline date.

Ambition

The challenge and context within which your project, person or organisation is set alongside your goals and targets whether quantitative or qualitative, and how this aligns with national priorities.

  • Describe the context and scope of the project, including the problem addressed and all relevant partners.
  • Set out the targets agreed to measure effectiveness and the steps put in place to achieve them.
  • Explain how the solution served patients or service users better than the NHS could deliver alone.

Collaboration

The stakeholders’ involvement in co-designing and delivering the project. How have patients, staff at all levels, communities and other parties worked together to realise the outcomes?

  • Describe how the partners co-designed the solution and worked together through testing and implementation.
  • Explain how, and at what stage, patients and staff contributed to the goals and outcomes.
  • Provide evidence of consultative working across all parties.

Impact

The measurable benefits delivered to patients, staff, your organisation or the wider system. Provide data and evidence showing improvements to outcomes, quality, access, equity or efficiency.

  • Demonstrate how the technology improved patient experience, outcomes and service provision.
  • Share quantitative or testimonial evidence of impact on staff and patients.
  • Describe the financial benefits and how value for money was delivered.

Scale

How your work has been shared, adopted or replicated beyond your immediate team or organisation. This includes dissemination through publications, presentations, toolkits, partnerships or inspiring similar initiatives elsewhere.

  • Describe how best practice learning has been disseminated with the NHS.
  • Discuss the extent to which the solution has been adopted by other NHS organisations or within the wider ICS.

Sustainability

The potential for the project/work to continue and create lasting impact. Evidence of how it can be sustained or built upon.

  • Explain how the technology and its benefits are sustained over time.
  • Describe how the partnership continues to deliver improvement and innovation.

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