WINNER: Barts Health Trust and Explain My Procedure – Animation Supported Consent

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An audit showed that only a third of cardiac patients at Barts fully understood procedures, risks and benefits, and alternatives when they consented to treatment.

This initiative allows them to view animated videos of their forthcoming procedure online at home in five languages, and raise questions before consenting – and means 90 per cent of patients now fully understand what they are consenting to. 

If replicated across the NHS, this could save £30m in legal claims around consent and could save staff time in explaining procedures to patients. The videos can also be viewed in pre-assessment clinics and emergency patients can be shown them in hospital. 

Read a detailed case study on this project on HSJ Solutions.

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Finalists

  • Gateshead Health FT – Health Call Smoking Cessation Service: An innovative behavioural change ‘nudge’ service
  • Lewisham and Greenwich Trust – Improving access to hospital services through innovation
  • Midlands Partnership FT – Digitally empowering staff to deliver a fully integrated care record 
  • Nottingham University Hospitals Trust – Digital Follow-ups
  • Salford Royal FT (part of the Northern Care Alliance Group) – Pinpoint accurate home urine-testing – with all the ease of taking a selfie 
  • Sussex Partnership FT: Hampshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service – Hampshire CAMHS website
  • The Portland Medical Centre – Integrating a Digital Front Door – A ‘Future-Forward’ Practice
  • The Rotherham FT – A Digital Ecosystem – Digital Health and Care Collaboration

 

 

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2019 HSJ Awards winners revealed