WINNER

NHS Greater Manchester, Health Innovation Manchester, NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration: Scaling a Local Safety Medication Dashboard (SMASH) Programme to Benefit the 2.8 Million Population of Greater Manchester

The Safety Medication Dashboard is a pioneering IT system, created by the University of Manchester, designed to prevent prescription errors. Successfully tested by pharmacists and GPs in Salford between 2015-2018, it runs patient record data against evidence-based harm indicators, eg acute kidney injury or gastrointestinal bleeds (originally the PINCER set), highlighting where reviews are required for patients.

When the Greater Manchester Care Record (GM Care Record) was launched, an opportunity arose to redevelop SMASH within GM Care Record BI architecture, broadening the user base to 2.8 million people and creating a prototype process for widespread medication safety initiatives.

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Highly commended

Central London Community Healthcare Trust: Improving the Use of Medications Through Specialist Health Inequalities Pharmacists

Finalists

University of Derby and Burton FT: Improving Transfers of Care - Discharge Medicines Service

Manchester University FT: Pharmacogenetics Roll Out Gauging Response to Service (PROGRESS) Study

Sheffield Health and Social Care FT: Clozapine Initiation on the Decisions Unit – a Safe Alternative to Inpatient Admission

South Tees FT: ePMA - At The Heart of Patient’s South Tees Cath Lab Journey

 

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HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024 winners announced