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Most Effective Contribution to Clinical Redesign

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Treatment pathways are crucial for the management of patient care and should be evidence based, appropriate and relevant to the individual. More than just a protocol they should a linked series of practices which serve the specific diagnosis. With high demand for integrated pathways between services, institutions and providers there is more emphasis on changing or updating the structures and management for the benefit of patients.

Winners of this award will be a private sector organisation which has been working in partnership with the NHS to substantially improve the service and redesign treatments, departments or service connections in a specific area. Judges will be looking for tangible transformation in the approach to treatment with new systems and processes, recording techniques, technology and training. Evidence will be represented by improved efficiency, capacity and patient outcomes.

Eligibility

  • Entrants will be a pharmaceutical, consultant, private healthcare provider or other entity outside the NHS which has made substantial changes to the treatment pathways for patients in a specific treatment area
  • A single project for an NHS organisation
  • Judges are looking for evidence on projects ongoing or completed within the last two years up to the awards submission deadline

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 pathway or service the redesign focused on and the challenge addressed. 
  • Set out the goals agreed and how the work aligns with NHS priorities. 
  • Explain why redesign was needed and what was different about the approach.

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 partner and NHS clinical and operational teams worked together. 
  • Explain how patients shaped the redesigned pathway. 
  • Provide evidence of joint design and delivery.

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. 

  • Provide measurable evidence of improved outcomes, flow or experience following redesign. 
  • Share before-and-after data and testimonial evidence. 
  • Demonstrate efficiency and value for money.

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. 

  • Explain how the redesigned pathway has been adopted or adapted elsewhere. 
  • Describe how learning has been shared across the NHS.

Sustainability

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

  • Describe how the redesign is sustained and embedded in ongoing practice. 
  • Explain how it can be built upon.

Most Effective Contribution to Clinical Redesign

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