Winner

University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust: Find and treat – healthcare for homeless and vulnerable people

The University College London Hospitals FT’s “find and treat” services target homeless and vulnerable people who are at high risk of tuberculosis, blood-borne viruses and other serious health problems.

It uses state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment in a mobile van to provide digital X-rays to more than 8,000 people a year, together with point-of-care testing for TB and hepatitis C and offering immunisations against flu, pneumococcal pneumonia and hepatitis B.

Since 2005, it has provided screening and healthcare to over 100,000 people and intensive care management to almost 4,000 patients with active TB and hepatitis C, both of which require a long course of treatment.

The service is regularly commissioned to screen in major towns and cities around the country, and has helped establish services in Romania and Ireland. An economic analysis has shown the service has a net cost of £1.4m and gained 220 quality-adjusted life years.

Read a detailed case study about this project at HSJ Solutions

Finalists

  • Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust and Partners: Project Future – HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Baywater Healthcare: Seven Day Service
  • Hertfordshire Community Trust: Therapy Redesign within the Community Adults Health Service
  • Joint Health Integrated Musculoskeletal Service: Joint Health Matters - getting the right care at the right time
  • Leeds Community Healthcare Trust and Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust: Leeds Stroke Pathway Redesign
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT: Community IV Therapy Service 
  • University College London Hospitals FT: The Lighthouse: a fully integrated centre to provide support to children and young people who have experienced sexual abuse
  • West Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Southern Health, Hampshire County Council, New Forest GP Partners and South Central Ambulance Service: Keeping me at home responding to frailty in West New Forest 
  • Wigan Council, Bridgewater Community Healthcare FT, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT: Community Rapid Response Teams

 

 

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Winners revealed for HSJ Value Awards 2019