Workforce and Wellbeing Initiative of the Year

Workforce and Wellbeing Initiative of the Year
Workforce and Wellbeing Initiative of the Year
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How to apply

To begin your entry:

  1. Pay the entry fee.
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  3. Use the link to register an account and begin your entry, you can save your progress and return to it any time before the deadline.
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Supporting the NHS workforce has become a top national priority. High vacancy rates, rising demand and ongoing system pressures have taken a toll on staff morale, retention and wellbeing. Many teams are operating under strain, and the knock-on effects are felt across services.

This award will recognise an initiative delivered in partnership between a private sector and NHS organisations that has contributed meaningfully to the experience, wellbeing or resilience of NHS staff. Whether through better workforce planning, emotional and mental health support, team culture, or smarter tools to reduce pressure, judges will be looking for projects with a clear purpose and measurable outcomes.

Entries should show how the partnership was designed around staff needs and how it has improved working life in ways that also benefit patients, teams and care quality.

Eligibility

  • Entrants could be any business or entity working with NHS clients to deliver improvements in workforce management and wellbeing initiatives.
  • Judges will be looking for innovative solutions and improvements for either single or multiple clients
  • Evidence must relate to services provided within the past two years up until the awards entry deadline

Ambition

  • Describe the context in which a solution or initiative was necessary, what issues needed solving and how were these problems affecting staff, patients and administration?
  • How did the project team come together and what assessment of options took place?
  • What were the goals and how were these developed?

Outcome

  • How was the project realised and what were the results?
  • What were the measures of success and how were they achieved against the goals laid out at the commencement of the project?
  • Describe with supporting evidence how the initiative improved workforce wellbeing, culture and/or service delivery.

Spread

  • Was the project related to a specific area of the workforce or the whole of the NHS organisation and as such has the success of the partnership enabled operational improvement in any other parts of the organisation?
  • Have the project team disseminated success to any other NHS organisations?
  • Judges are looking for partnerships which have the potential to be picked up elsewhere or have already been copied and applied in other organisations.

Involvement 

  • How were stakeholders included in the inception of the partnership?
  • Judges are looking for evidence that consultative measures were taken to inform and develop initiatives with real impact.

Value

  • How has the partnership improved workforce wellbeing, culture and/or service delivery?
  • Describe with supporting evidence any time saved and efficiency improvements.
  • Judges will want to consider proof of enhanced communication between stakeholders which has led to better relations and ultimately better service delivery.

Workforce and Wellbeing Initiative of the Year

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