Revealed: Winners of the Value in Healthcare Awards 2015

The winners (listed below) and finalists showcase outstanding efficiency and improvement in the NHS.

The awards had a record breaking year for entries - from 532 entries, 140 organisations were shortlisted. Twenty-one organisations have been judged to be leading the way in this increasingly important area and crowned the winners.

Now in its fifth year, these awards recognise excellent use of resources and seek out examples of demonstrable improvement in outcomes, both within back office functions and clinical initiatives.

Not only does UK healthcare face unprecedented financial pressures, but there has never been a greater focus on care quality, outcomes and patient experience.

The awards were judged by a panel made up of senior and influential figures from the health sector including:

• Charles Alessi, chair of the National Association of Primary Care
• Professor Jonathan Kay, clinical informatics director of NHS England
• Michael MacDonnell, head of strategy for NHS England
• Robert Knott, national director NHS procurement at the Department of Health

The 2015 winners

Special Recognition Award

• Army Medical Services Training Centre, Second Medical Brigade

Energy Efficiency

• Capita working in Partnership with Sussex Community Trust

Value and Improvement in Acute Service Redesign

• East Midlands Ambulance Service

Implementation of IT to support healthcare business efficiency

• Vitality Partnership: Health Vitality Hub

Value and Improvement in Clinical Support Services

• London North West Healthcare Trust

Value and Improvement in Commissioning Support Services

• 365 Response: 999 Ambulance Demand Management Innovation

Value and Improvement in Communication

• Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Foundation Trust: mymind.org.uk

Value and Improvement in Community Health Service Redesign

• Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare Trust: Integrated Community Response Service

Value and Improvement in Information Technology

• Vitality Partnership: Vitality Health Hub – digital transformation for Birmingham and Sandwell

Value and Improvement in Medicines Management

• NHS Lewisham CCG, Lewisham and Greenwich Trust and London Borough Lewisham

Value and Improvement in Mental Health

• NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Value and Improvement in Pathology Services

• Salford Royal FT

Value and Improvement in Patient Information Management

• Vitality Partnership: Integrating information through Vitality Health Hub

Value and Improvement in Procurement

• NHS Collaborative Procurement Partnership: Total Orthopaedic Solutions

Value and Improvement in Specialist Services

• Tameside Hospital FT

Value and Improvement in Telehealth

• Cupris Health

Value and Improvement in the use of Diagnostics

• Wessex Academic Health Science Network

Value and Improvement in Training and Development

• Derby Teaching Hospitals FT

Value and Improvement in using IT to support integrated healthcare services

• County Durham and Darlington FT in liaison with County Durham and Darlington Community Health Service

Value and Improvement through Outsourcing

• Imperial College Healthcare Trust and ADSM

Workforce Efficiency

• Derby Teaching Hospitals FT

Best Value for Patients and Tax Payers

• Salford Royal FT