Winners 2023

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Best Acute Sector Partnership with the NHS

 

WINNER:  Herculean medical bank transformation during one of the biggest NHS Trust mergers - Locum’s Nest and Mid and South Essex FT

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  Value Based Healthcare: Best Practice Intervention to Reduce Surgical Site Infection Post Caesarean Section - Essity in partnership with Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust

Finalists:

Banishing the bleep out of hours - saving 91 minutes of clinical time per person per shift - Infinity Health and Somerset FT
How to unlock long-term workforce benefits by implementing advanced collaborative practices - Locum's Nest and Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals FT
How achieving organisational-wide transparency and collaboration via tech-enabled workforce solutions can improve service delivery and patient care - Locum’s Nest and North Middlesex University Hospital Trust
Outpatient Recovery and Transformation through New Models of Care-  Medefer and Isle of Wight Trust
Transforming the delivery of endoscopy services in North Cumbria - Remedy Healthcare Solutions and North Cumbria Integrated Care FT

Best Consultancy Partnership with the NHS

 

WINNER:  Wood Green Community Diagnostic Centre - Capital & Regional and Whittington Health Trust

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  Brilliant Basics - KPMG and Alder Hey Children's Hospital FT

Finalists:

Medical Records Online - Apira and London North West University Healthcare Trust
Community Diagnostic Centres - Attain and Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership
Breast Screening Recovery Programme - CF and NHS England 
Elective Recovery Programme - Changeology.Group and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals FT 
Endoscopy Improvement Programme - Changeology.Group and Univeristy Hospitals of Morecambe Bay FT 
TrackIT – Collaborative Project Delivery - CPS, Imperial College Healthcare Trust and London North West University Healthcare Trust 
Neurodiversity screening and support for post graduate doctors and dentists in training - Genius Within and Health Education England - Midlands

Best Educational Programme for the NHS

 

WINNER:  Group of Trainers for Clinical Associates in Psychology - Establishing and Training a new psychology workforce for the NHS - University of East Anglia and University of Plymouth and Partners

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  Clinical Holding Training - Crisis Prevention Institute and NHS Partners

Finalists:

Bridging the Gap - Communication and Co-production with Relatives and Carers in a Changing World - Born at the Right Time
CardioWebinar - Virtual Cardiology Teaching Platform for the NHS and beyond - CardioWebinar and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital FT
Digital Health Leadership Academy for Nurses and Midwives - College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and NHS England
SW Collaborative - Personalised Care Health Coaching Programme - Help & Care and NHS Partners
Primary Care Heart Failure Service - Inspira Health, Medtronic, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital FT, Manchester University FT, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, Kettering General Hospital FT and University Hospitals Plymouth Trust 
Quality Coach Development Programme - The Q Community (The Health Foundation), Central London Community Healthcare Trust and Central North West London FT

Best Elective Care Recovery Initiative

 

WINNER:  Use of a Total Digital Surgery Tool to improve prehabilitation of patients and increase effectiveness of surgery pathways within hospitals - Definition Health and Royal Surrey FT

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  The Dorset Health Village - a Blueprint for Community Diagnostic Centres - Intouch with Health and University Hospitals Dorset FT

Finalists:

Endoscopy Improvement Programme - Changelogy.Group and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay FT
Eliminating long waits whilst ensuring patients are seen in priority order and at the place most suitable for their care - Consultant Connect, Northampton General Hospital Trust, The Rotherham FT, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn FT, The George Eliot Hospital Trust, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust and Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust
Automated Waiting List Validation - Digital Space Cloud Services and Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Elective Recovery Support Programme - Four Eyes Insight and NHS England - South West
#Proud2bOps in partnership with #SharingElectiveStuff - Proud2bOps 

Best Healthcare Analytics Project for the NHS

 

WINNER:  Cross-Provider Data Analysis to drive National, Regional and Service level prioritisation of Hepatitis C Elimination efforts across Drug Treatment Services - Gilead Sciences, CGL, Forward Trust, Humankind, NHS APA, Turning Point, WDP, We Are With You,  NHS England and the Hepatitis C Trust

Finalists:

Actionable Insights - Health Inequalities Tool - CF and NHS England
Informatics Led Patient Flow Management - Changeology.Group and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals FT
Co-development of the A&E Admissions Forecasting Tool - Faculty and NHS England
Shared healthcare analytics platform reduces cost and accelerates insight to improve hospital services and patient journeys - Northdoor and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust
Population Health Management Development Programme - Optum and NHS England 

Best Healthcare Provider Partnership with the NHS

 

WINNER:  Innovation and resilience through virtual outpatient services in Gastroenterology - Medefer and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust 

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  Temporary Staffing Managed Service for Westbrook House Stroke Rehabilitation Unit - TFS Healthcare and Kent Community Health FT

Finalists:

Direct benefits of adopting and implementing technology-enabled clinical pharmacy service at scale for PCNs and their member practices - Core Prescribing Solutions
Hospital at Home - HomeLink Healthcare, James Paget University Hospitals FT, Norfolk and Waveney ICB, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals FT and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn FT
Delivering an exceptional and tailored patient experience in PET-CT - InHealth Group and Barts Health Trust
Embedding ICS-wide collaboration with the North West London Collaborative Bank - Patchwork Health, Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals FT, The Hillingdon Hospitals FT, London North West University Healthcare Trust and Imperial College Healthcare Trust
Pure Physiotherapy and Pier Health PCN - First Contact Physiotherapy to Primary Care

Best Mental Health Partnership with the NHS

 

WINNER:  Using an AI chatbot to help people access mental health support, enhancing patient experience and supporting service efficiency - Limbic and Surrey and Borders Partnership FT 

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  Group of Trainers for Clinical Associates in Psychology - Establishing and Training a new psychology workforce for the NHS - University of East Anglia and University of Plymouth and Partners

Finalists:

iaptus Online Patient Appointment Booking: Improving IAPT Service Efficiency and Patient Access - Mayden and Dorset HealthCare University FT
Community Treatment Team - Waiting List Initiative - Mental Health Concern and Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear FT
UK Victims of Terrorism Support Service - The Home Office, Cruse Bereavement Care, Peace Foundation and South London and Maudsley FT
Urgent Care First Response Service - The Martin Gallier Project and Cheshire and Wirral Partnership FT

Best Not for Profit Working in Partnership with the NHS

 

WINNER:  Codesigning CAPSA: Addressing mental health inequalities with Black communities - Black Thrive Global

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  Working in partnership to support VCSEs to access NHS funding - Compass Wellbeing CIC and East London FT 

Finalists:

Future-proofing NHS Audiology - Chime Social Enterprise
Tackling Cholesterol Together - HEART UK - The Cholesterol Charity, NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative and The AHSN Network
Teaming Up for Health - Hull FC Rugby Community Sports and Education Foundation, Hull Health and Care Partnership and Hull Kingston Rovers Community Trust
Covid Medicine Delivery Units - Local Care Direct with NHS Partners across West Yorkshire
Future Selph Wakefield - otherwise known as the 16-25 Mental Health Project - Nova Wakefield, Conexus Healthcare, Wakefield Health and Care Partnership, St George's Lupset, The Youth Association, Rycroft Leisure, SMaSH, Youth Empowerment Project, Humanity 1st and Gasped
High Intensity Use Of Services - Sefton Council for Voluntary Service, Cheshire and Meseyside ICB and Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust
Building Stronger Communities - whg in partnership with the Black Country ICB and Walsall Together

Best Pharmaceutical Partnership with the NHS

 

WINNER:  Take AIR Inhaler Recycling Scheme - Chiesi, Leicestershire and Rutland LPC and University Hospitals of Leicester Trust

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  Improving patient health outcomes and optimisation of care through the development of a cardiometabolic medicines optimisation clinic and innovative pathways - Boehringer Ingelheim and Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust

Finalists:

Radiology Automation in Liverpool - Bayer and Liverpool University Hospital FT
Improving Immuno-Oncology service delivery for patients - Bristol Myers Squibb and NHS Lanarkshire
The Hepatitis C Drug Treatment Service Provider Forum: Delivering National Improvements in HCV Screening for Individuals Accessing Drug Treatment Services - Gilead Sciences, CGL, Forward Trust, Humankind, NHS APA, Turning Point, WDP, We Are With You, NHS England and the Hepatitis C Trust
Transforming treatment options for people living with obesity across Greater Manchester ICB - Morelife, Novo Nordisk, Chemist 4 U and Greater Manchester ICB
Working towards achieving Micro-Elimination in Wessex Hep C ODN - MSD and Midlands Partnership FT
Improving the identification of patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care - Sanofi, Amgen and Academic Health and Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria

Environmental Sustainability Project of the Year

 

WINNER:  Take AIR Inhaler Recycling Scheme - Chiesi, Leicestershire and Rutland LPC and University Hospitals of Leicester Trust

Finalists:

Community Nursing Team Digital Transformation - Bantham Technologies and The Royal Wolverhampton Trust
The ICS Clean Air Partnership  - Boehringer Ingelheim, Newcastle Hospitals and Global Action Plan
International collaboration to bring an NHS first in nitrous oxide tackling technology - BPR Medical, Medclair and The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals FT
Creating an environmentally friendly fleet - Cygnet Health Care
How are University Hospitals of Leicester Trust eradicating paper and cutting CO2 emissions using digital solutions? Locum's Nest and University Hospitals of Leicester Trust
Collaborative and community focused approach to sustainability - Wellbeing Enterprises CIC, Cheshire East Council and NHS Cheshire and Merseyside

Estates Optimisation Project of the Year

 

WINNER:  Dorset Health Village - Legal & General and NHS Partners

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  Living Well Service - a mobile approach to reducing health inequalities - Cheshire and Wirral Partnership FT and Partners

Finalists:

Finchley Memorial Hospital, Community Diagnostic Centre - North London Estate Partnerships, gbpartnerships, North Central London ICS and Community Health Partnerships 

HealthTech Partnership of the Year

 

WINNER:  A HealthTech partnership - meeting the needs of patients, clinicians and the health system across an ICS - getUBetter, NHS South West London and South West London ICS 

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  On Your Mind Glos - Mace & Menter, Made Tech and NHS Gloucestershire 

Finalists:

Clinical Pathway Transformation Using AcuPebble Technology for Rapid, Accurate, At-Home Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea - Acurable and Royal Free Hospital
Transforming Dermatology Care - Cinapsis and Cheshire & Merseyside ICB
Supporting frail older adults in crisis to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions - Consultant Connect and South Warwickshire University FT
End to End Digital Surgical Pathway - Definition Health and North Cumbria Integrated Care FT
Health Call Solutions - Innovate, Digitise, Transform - Health Call Solutions, County Durham and Darlington FT, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals FT, South Tees Hospitals FT, Gasteshead Health FT, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear FT, North Tees and Hartlepool FT and Northumbria Healthcare FT 
Digital-first cardiac care using remote patient monitoring - Huma, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and Life Sciences Hub Wales
Supporting Community Care - Islacare and Nottinghamshire Healthcare FT

Most Effective Contribution to Clinical Redesign

 

WINNER:  Targeted Prostate Check - Medefer and the Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance 

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  The Dorset Health Village - Active Dorset

Finalists:

Value Based Healthcare: Best Practice Intervention to Reduce Surgical Site Infection Post Caesarean Section - Essity in partnership with Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust
How the Digital Collaborative Bank enables NHS Trusts across 6 ICSs to share a larger staff bank with gold-standard technology - Locum's Nest and The Digital Collaborative Bank
Gynaecological Cancer Services Review in Cheshire & Merseyside - NHS Transformation Unit and Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance 

Most Effective Contribution to Improving Cancer Outcomes

 

WINNER:  Implementing Tattooless Radiotherapy treatment using surface guided Radiotherapy - Vision RT and University Hospitals of Derby and Burton FT

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  Targeted Prostate Check - Medefer and the Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance 

Finalists:

Breast Screening Recovery Programme - CF and NHS England
Transforming the delivery of endoscopy services in North Cumbria - Remedy Healthcare Solutions and North Cumbria Integrated Care FT

Most Effective Contribution to Integrated Health and Care

 

WINNER:  Thr1ve Young People's Social Prescribing Service - Chesterfield Football Club Community Trust, Derbyshire Voluntary Action and Derbyshire Community Health Services FT and North Hardwick & Bolsover Primary Care Network

Finalists:

Pioneering a Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Provider Collaborative across Kent and Medway - Attain, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust and Kent and Medway ICS
AI-guided clinical coaching intervention: preventing 34% of A&E attendances and significantly reducing health inequalities - HN and Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICS
Population Health Management Development Programme - Optum and NHS England
Building Place based partnerships for the benefit of local populations - PA Consulting and NHS England
Empowering our Communities - Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Local Authority and NHS Frimley 
Implementation of a cloud-based shared non-medical and medical bank system across seven London based partner organisations - RLDatix, Locum’s Nest and North Central London ICS

Most Effective Contribution to Patient Safety

 

WINNER:  Value Based Healthcare: Best Practice Intervention to Reduce Surgical Site Infection Post Caesarean Section - Essity in partnership with Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  The UK's first fully crash tested transport trolley for critically ill neonates - KFM, SLE and Vanguard

Finalists:

Radiology Automation in Liverpool - Bayer and Liverpool University Hospitals FT
Inpatient Diabetes Care within the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital - Sanofi and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board 

Most Impactful Project Addressing Health Inequalities

 

WINNER:  Primary Care Heart Failure Service - Inspira Health, Medtronic, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital FT, Manchester University FT, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, Kettering General Hospital FT and University Hospitals Plymouth Trust

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  Giving people a voice – Involving employees and local communities in determining their own futures - Wellbeing Enterprises CIC, Cheshire East Council and NHS Cheshire and Merseyside 

Finalists:

Public Health Respiratory Support for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Families - Barnardo's, NHS England, Department of Health & Social Care and Clinical Expert Advisory Group
Poverty Proofing© Health Settings - Children North East, Child Health and Wellbeing Network and North East and North Cumbria ICS
Engaging the Disengaged in Drug Treatment Services through HCV Testing and Linkage to Care - Gilead Sciences, CGL, Forward Trust, Humankind, NHS APA, Turning Point, WDP, We Are With You, NHS England and the Hepatitis C Trust
Empowering global majority and minoritised communities - Island23, Southeast London ICS and South London and Maudsley FT
Empowering our Communities - Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Local Authority and NHS Frimley
UK Victims of Terrorism Support Service - The Home Office, Cruse Bereavement Care, Peace Foundation and South London and Maudsley FT
Straight Talking - Making health literature equitable - Yorkshire & Humber AHSN, The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust, University of Huddersfield, Third Sector Leaders Kirklees, Neighbourhood Matters and the AL Hickman Centre  

Primary Care Project of the Year

 

WINNER:  Change Please Foundation - Driving for Change - Change Please Foundation, East London FT and North East London Health and Care Partnership

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  Growing Our Own Together in Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent - Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent ICS People Function and Staffordshire Training Hub

Finalists:

Digital Transformation - Doctrin and Lakeside Healthcare
APEX solution automating Primary Care submissions across Kent and Medway - Edenbridge Healthcare and Kent and Medway ICB
Triage guidance and training with the ELITE programme - Edenbridge Healthcare, NHS South, Central and West and Gillingham South Primary Care Network
Primary Care Patient Record Room Conversion - gbpartnerships Consult, Ingleton Wood, North Central London ICB and North London Estate Partnerships
Harnessing triage technology to cut waiting times, manage demand and improve access with an impressive new model of general practice - Klinik Healthcare Solutions, Priory Medical Group and York Health Economics Consortium
Improving access and outcomes for Blood Pressure management with the Hypertension Plus Remote Patient Monitoring Platform - Omron Healthcare and NHS Dorset
GP Assist - The Phoenix Partnership and Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership 

Procurement Project of the Year

 

WINNER:  The UK's first fully crash tested transport trolley for critically ill neonates - KFM, SLE and Vanguard

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  The upscaling of digital pathology capabilities across the PathLAKE Plus consortium to improve outcomes for NHS patients - HealthTrust Europe, PathLAKE Plus and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust 

Finalists:

Think Big - Innova Care Concepts, Dorset ICS and Arts University Bournemouth
National framework for Insulin Pumps, Continuous Glucose Monitoring, Closed Loop Insulin Delivery Systems, and Associated Products - NHS Supply Chain 

Staffing Solution of the Year

 

WINNER:  Innovation in International Recruitment - NHS Professionals International and Pan Mersey 

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  Always by Your Side: Building a staff bank partnership on expertise, trust and service excellence - Bank Partners and Barts Health Trust

Finalists:

Partnership to co-create high volume staffing solution for NHS 111 services - DHU Healthcare C.I.C and Mprove
Transforming the delivery of endoscopy services in North Cumbria - Remedy Healthcare Solutions and North Cumbria Integrated Care FT
Temporary Staffing Managed Service for Westbrook House Stroke Rehabilitation Unit - TFS Healthcare and Kent Community Health FT 

Workforce and Wellbeing Initiative of the Year

 

WINNER:  Laudit - 'Celebrating the everyday extraordinary' - Amazon Web Services and Royal Papworth Hospital FT 

HIGHLY COMMENDED:  Designing and mobilising a new workforce to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine and save lives across England - PA Consulting and NHS England

Finalists:

Always by Your Side: Building a staff bank partnership on expertise, trust and service excellence - Bank Partners and Barts Health Trust
Dods Events and NHS England - Dods Group and NHS England
#DoingOurBit Fitness and Wellbeing Platform - fibodo, Study Active, Active IQ and NIHR Clinical Research Network West Midlands
Creating a blueprint for tackling burnout, capacity issues and transforming workforce management with annualisation & e-Rostering - HealthRota and University Hospitals Sussex FT
The power of collaborative working facilitated by workforce technology solutions in driving a better working culture within the NHS - Locum's Nest and North Middlesex University Hospital Trust
Live Happy Care Well - Ocean Healthcare