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West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust: Maternity unit turnaround 

The team developed a recruitment and retention plan to improve the retention rates in the maternity unit.

The project reduced the number of agency staff by more than half and cut agency costs from £100k per month in 2016 to £30k as of June 2017.

Judges felt that this team achieved tremendous improvements in a short period of time using a patient and team focused approach to quality improvement.

Read a detailed case study about this project at HSJ Solutions

Finalists

  • Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust, Transforming A&E Medical staffing, using annulistaion, self rostering and novel clinical fellow posts – HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • CBC Health Limited, Pharmicus Hub @ CBC Health
  • East Sussex HealthCare Trust, ‘Doctors’ Assistants’ - Developing Band 3 non-registered staff to work alongside ward/on-call doctors
  • Health Education England and NHS England and Effective Workforce Solutions Ltd, Developing the Integrated Urgent Care NHS Workforce for the Future
  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Hidden Talents
  • Livewell Southwest CIC, Growing our own!
  • NHS Blood and Transplant, NHSBT’s Innovative Shine Programme for Leadership Development
  • Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust, Talent Management Programme roll out
  • North West Ambulance Service Trust, Community Specialist Paramedics