Most Effective Contribution to Improving Care for Those with Long-term Conditions

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Most Effective Contribution to Improving Care for Those with Long-term Conditions
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The increasing prevalence of long-term conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and chronic respiratory conditions presents significant challenges to the healthcare system. These conditions require continuous and comprehensive management to prevent complications and improve the quality of life for patients. To address these challenges, innovative solutions and effective collaborations between the NHS and private, third sector, and not-for-profit organisations are essential.

This award recognises groundbreaking partnerships that have revolutionised patient care management and outcomes. It showcases projects demonstrating significant advancements in managing long-term conditions, showcasing measurable improvements in patient health and well-being over the past two years. 

Eligibility

  • This award is open to any private sector, third sector, or not-for-profit organisation working in partnership with the NHS to improve care for patients with long-term conditions
  • Eligible projects  must demonstrate significant improvements in patient management, outcomes, or quality of life with evidence 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 long-term condition and patient group your work focused on and the challenge addressed.
  • Set out the goals agreed and how the work aligns with NHS priorities. 
  • Explain why the partnership approach was the right one.

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, NHS teams and patients shaped and delivered the work. 
  • Explain how people living with the condition informed the approach. 
  • Provide evidence of shared ownership.

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 condition management, outcomes or experience. 
  • Share before-and-after data and patient feedback. 
  • 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 model has been adopted or adapted in other areas or for other conditions. 
  • Describe how learning has been shared.

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 benefits are sustained over time. 
  • Explain how the approach can be built upon.

Most Effective Contribution to Improving Care for Those with Long-term Conditions

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