WINNER

Humber NHS Teaching Foundation Trust and Owl Therapy Centre: Hybrid Neurodiversity Assessments

In 2021, the trust was among NHS organisations that experienced a surge in referrals for neurodevelopmental assessments. This demand created a four-and-a-half-year waiting list. In addition, the service was struggling to retain and recruit staff with the necessary skills and knowledge. A new radical way of working was needed. Working in partnership with parents and the independent sector the project developed a unique digital diagnostic pathway enabling paediatric autism assessments to be completed within their communities, supported by the NHS but with the speed and resources of the independent sector.

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Highly commended

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust: Harrogate Post-Procedure Patient Innovation

Finalists

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Open Medical: Optimising Skin Cancer Care - Accelerating Referral-to-Diagnosis Time at The Northern Care Alliance in Collaboration with Open Medical

North West London Pathology: LIMS Standardisation and Transformation Programme

Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust: AF Stroke Prevention Hub

Sandwell & West Birminghan NHS Trust: EQL Digitial Triage and Supported Self-Management

West Yorkshire ICB: vCreate - Using Digital Innovation to Provide Quicker Access to Epilepsy Care for CYP

Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust: Implementation of an Automated Heart Failure Referral via Raised NTproBNP

Bradford Teaching Hospitals and DrDoctor: Rheumatology Nurse Advice Line at Bradford Teaching Hospitals

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