Value in Healthcare Awards 2015 shortlist announced

The shortlist has been revealed for the 2015 HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards.

The awards recognise excellent use of resources and seek out examples of demonstrable improvement in outcomes.

2015 has been a record breaking year for entries, with more organisations than ever before demonstrated that they are striving to improve value and efficiency in healthcare. From 532 entries, 140 organisations have been judged to be leading the way in this increasingly important area.

The shortlisted organisations will now complete presentations and interviews to a specific judging panel made up of senior and influential figures from the health sector. These include:

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

The awards will be handed out at a ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 22 September. 

The shortlist

Value and Improvement in Commissioning Support Services

• Erewash Clinical Commissioning Group
• Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
• Kent County Council, Kent & Medway Health Informatics Service, NHS Improving Quality
• Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
• North of England Commissioning Support Unit
• 365 Response
• South West Commissioning Support Unit
• The Good Governance Institute
• Central Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
• South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

Value and Improvement in Pathology Services

• Salford Royal Foundation Trust
• Integrated Pathology Partnerships
• Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust
• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust

Value and Improvement in Procurement

• North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative
• Attain Commissioning Services & Luton Clinical Commissioning Group
• Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust
• Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust
• Imperial College Healthcare Trust
• NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative

Value and Improvement through Outsourcing

• ADSM
• Vanguard Healthcare
• East Cheshire Trust
• Coperforma
• Nottingham University Hospitals Trust

Workforce Efficiency

• Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust
• South Eastern Hampshire Clinical Commissioing Group
• Derbyshire Community Health Services Trust
• The Wyre Forest Health Partnership
• Health Education England
• University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust
• Horder Healthcare
• Lincolnshire Community Health Services Trust
• London North West Healthcare NHS Trust
• Ormskirk Hospital

Value and Improvement in Telehealth

• West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
• Pennine Care Foundation Trust
• County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust
• Barts Health Trust
• Cupris Health

Value and Improvement in Communication

• Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Foundation Trust
• Pennine Care Foundation Trust
• Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group
• NEL Commissioning Support Unit, Newham CCG, Tower Hamlets CCG, Waltham Forest CCG and Barts Health Trust
• Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust
• Health Education England
• West Norfolk Clinical Commissioining Group
• The Patients Association
• Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group

Value and Improvement in Information Technology

• Oxford University Hospitals Trust
• Derby Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust
• Barts Health Trust
• Working Together Programme
• Vitality Partnership
• Intelesant
• Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Foundation Trust
• Nottingham University Hospitals Trust

Value and Improvement in Patient Information Management

• Vitality Partnership
• Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
• Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
• Lancashire Care Foundation Trust
• Provide CIC
• Bolton Foundation Trust
• Nottingham University Hospitals Trust

Value and Improvement in the use of Diagnostics

• Quarriers
• North East London Foundation Trust
• SEQOL
• Wessex Academic Health Science Network

Value and Improvement in Clinical Support Services

• Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group
• Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust
• Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust
• London North West Healthcare Trust
• Wessex Academic Health Science Network
• King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust
• Nottingham CityCare Partnership
• Health Education West Midlands

Value and Improvement in Acute Service Redesign

• Heart of England Foundation Trust
• University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust
• Aintree University Hospital
• Derby Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust
• Chorley and South Ribble Clinical Commissioning Group
• Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust
• North Devon District Hospital
• Wessex Academic Health Science Network
• East Midlands Ambulance Service
• GE Healthcare Finnamore

Value and Improvement in Training and Development

• Derby Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust
• Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust
• Army Medical Services Training Centre, 2nd Medical Brigade
• Kent Community Health Trust
• Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust
• East London Foundation Trust
• Kallidus
• University Hospitals of Leicester Trust
• West London Mental Health Trust

Value and Improvement in using IT to Support Integrated Healthcare Services

• Vitality Partnership
• Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group
• Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
• County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust
• Sycamore House Medical Centre
• Pathfinder Healthcare Developments CIC
• Cwm Taf University Local Health Board
• Barts Health Trust

Value and Improvement in Energy Efficiency

• Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Foundation Trust
• Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
• North West Ambulance Service Trust
• Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust
• Spirax Sarco
• Capita

Value and Improvement in Mental Health

• South Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust
• Ieso Digital Health
• Northumberland, Tyne & Wear Foundation Trust
• Bolton Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
• South Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust
• Talking Health
• Pennine Care Foundation Trust
• Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
• Northumberland, Tyne & Wear Foundation Trust
• North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Value and Improvement in Medicines Management

• Aylesbury Vale and Chiltern Clinical Commissioning Group
• Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust
• East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group
• The Christie Foundation Trust
• Lewisham Clinical Commissioing Group
• South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• Oxford University Hospitals Trust
• NHS City & Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group
• Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioing Group
• Northumberland, Tyne & Wear Foundation Trust

Value and Improvement in Specialist Services

• Inclusion Healthcare Social Enterprise CIC
• Altnagelvin Area Hospital
• Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust
• Integrated Community Response Team
• Traumatic Brain Injury Service
• Motor Neurone Disease Association
• South West Yorkshire Partnership Trust
• NHS Practitioner Health Programme
• Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
• Community Eating Disorders Service