All HSJ Awards articles – Page 12
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Improving Environmental and Social Sustainability
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust: Improving Environmental and Social Sustainability - Sheffield Teaching Hospitals’ Catering Department The team at Sheffield used sustainable measures to reduce food wastage and improve healthy consumption. The cost of patient meal service reduced by more than £176,000 in the last financial year. The judges ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Chief Executive of the Year
Tom Cahill: Hertfordshire Partnership University Foundation Trust The judges found Tom to be an authentic, inspirational leader who puts service users and their families at the very centre of the trust’s work. Feedback from staff and the board was universally positive about this chief executive, recognising his empathy and passionate ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Clinical Leader of the Year
Dr Claire Fuller: Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group Dr Claire Fuller has provided excellent leadership during challenging times and ensured the CCG remained focused on improving patient care and quality. She led the redesign of the governance structure and created a new clinical cabinet and developed a GP future leader’s ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: International Health Partnership
Sponsored by NHS Employers Sponsored by THET The Butabika-East London Link: Partnership for Excellence This non-profit organisation developed the Butabika-East London Link partnership to improve the provision of mental health services in Uganda and the UK. The service users were trained and empowered to ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Most effective adoption and diffusion of existing best practice
Integrated Care Exeter Strategic Alliance: Integrated Care Exeter Wellbeing Exeter The team developed a programme to enhance the health and wellbeing of people by engaging them with their community and empowering people to self manage. Fifty four per cent of people involved in the programme showed improved mental health, ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Patient Safety
Sponsored by GS1 James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust: Kissing Goodbye Sepsis The team undertook initiatives to enable early identification and treatment of sepsis which included designing a new sepsis pathway, creating a sepsis recognition box and providing prompt cards and sepsis badges to staff. The number ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Primary Care Innovation
eConsult The team introduced a tool that allows GPs to remotely triage and signpost patients to appropriate care pathways. The tool helped in solving 68 per cent of eConsultations remotely. Eighty per cent of patients were satisfied with the service. The judging panel were highly impressed with this model, saying ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Provider Trust of the Year
Sponsored by Celesio Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Foundation Trust Northumberland, Tyne and Wear developed a five year strategy and designed six strategic ambitions to deliver high quality care and enhance patient experience. The trust has received a rating of “Outstanding” from the ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Specialised Services Redesign
University Hospitals of North Midlands: The Largest UK Series – Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischaemic Stroke produces improved clinical outcomes and cost benefits The team wanted to improve patient safety and clinical outcomes, hence introduced a 24/7 service for mechanical extraction of brain blood clots. The mortality rates decreased ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Workforce
Sponsored by NHS Employers 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 ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Staff Engagement
Sponsored by de Poel health + care Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust: Change Champions delivering culture change at Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals The team initiated a culture change programme to improve the working environment for staff, empowering them to provide compassionate and high quality ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Supported Self Care
Sponsored by NHS England First Steps Derbyshire: Online Befriending Service The team developed a volunteer led Online Befriending project, allowing people at risk of or with an eating disorder to self refer and be supported by people with lived experience. One hundred per cent of service users ...
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NewsWinners of 2017 HSJ Awards revealed
More than 1,500 people gather for annual celebration of the finest achievements in the NHS, with winners named in 23 categories at the 2017 HSJ Awards.
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NewsChief executive of the year contenders announced
Nine of the NHS’s best trust leaders have been shortlisted for chief executive of the year at the HSJ Awards 2017
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NewsShortlist for HSJ Awards 2017 revealed
The shortlist for the HSJ Awards 2017 has been announced.
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NewsSwindells, Alexander and Wollaston among 2017 HSJ Awards judges
NHS England national director of operations and information Matthew Swindells, NHS Improvement deputy chief executive Bob Alexander and House of Commons health select committee chair Dr Sarah Wollaston have all joined the judges of the 2017 HSJ Awards.
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NewsSix reasons to enter the HSJ Awards
There are less than two weeks left to enter the 2017 HSJ Awards.
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NewsHealthcare excellence sought as HSJ Awards 2017 entries open
Most prestigious awards in the sector move to new venue in their 36th year of celebrating work that has made a real difference
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SupplementsHSJ Awards 2016: Acute sector innovation
HSJ Awards 2016 - Acute sector innovation Royal Free London Foundation Trust - Ambulatory lung biopsy service: a new model for the NHS Royal Free London Foundation Trust introduced Heimlich valve management of biopsy-related pneumothorax. This small device has allowed 99 per cent of patients to ...
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SupplementsHSJ Awards 2016: CCG and local authority integrated commissioning for carers
HSJ Awards 2016 - CCG and local authority integrated commissioning for carers Nhs england logo Sponsored by NHS England Carers Leeds with Leeds City Council and Leeds CCGs - Leeds yellow card scheme With research showing the heightened risk of poor health among ...