Patient Safety Collaboration of the Year

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Patient Safety Collaboration of the Year
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As the NHS Patient Safety Strategy evolves, there is a renewed focus on the principle of continuous safety improvement, underpinned by a safety culture and effective safety system. At the heart of this lies the aim of a zero-avoidable harm environment, with various initiatives such as PSIRF, LFPSE, the emerging Patient Safety Specialist role and others driving change towards the goal of saving an additional 1,000 lives and £100 million per year.

The adoption of new technologies, enhancements in education and training, new systems or a complete redesign in working pract ices all play their part in risk reduction and patient safety improvements, and partnership working is fundamental to these developments.

This award will recognise those projects and partnerships that have in some way improved the identification and reduction of risk to patients or helped develop a culture in which incidents are reliably reported, investigated, and learnt from. The partnership may or may not have patient safety as its primary goal, yet demonstrable improvements in patient care and the avoidance of harm are what the judges are looking to recognise.

Eligibility

  • This award is open to any private or not-for-profit organisation which works in partnership with an NHS organisation
  • Single partnership or joint working projects
  • Eligible projects should have shown clear results 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 patient safety risk or challenge the collaboration addressed and the context for change.
  • Set out the goals agreed and how the work aligns with national patient safety 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 staff and patients worked together to identify risks and develop solutions.
  • Explain the channels through which concerns were raised and acted upon.
  • Provide evidence of a learning safety culture developed jointly.

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 clear evidence of reduced harm or improved safety, such as fewer errors or incidents.
  • Share before-and-after data and testimonial evidence.
  • Describe any reduction in risk and associated 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 safety approach 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 a culture of continuous safety improvement has been embedded.
  • Explain how the benefits endure beyond the initial work.

Patient Safety Collaboration of the Year

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