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2016 Nominees
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Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit ( CSU ) The Medicines Safety Assurance Tool is an innovative way to record , and act upon , safety alerts associated with medicines and medical devices . It can be tailored to local needs , informing CCG members of safety alerts and levels of risk so that they can make appropriate clinical decisions , thereby minimising patient harm .
Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit U-Assure allows staff to capture their work , their productivity , the cost to the organization and ability to report to organisations we support within the NHS about where their resources have gone . U-Assure is an automated corporate governance model , currently supporting the information governance asset register , data mapping and information risk assessment requirements .
National Institute for Health Research ( NIHR ) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care ( CLAHRC ) West Midlands Two interventions to encourage weight reduction in adults and children were assessed using randomised control trials by CLAHRC West Midlands , and were found to be no more effective than other available solutions . CLAHRC has promoted the research , leading to one service being withdrawn and decommissioned in the West Midlands , and the other prevented from being rolled out at scale .
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Newcastle-under-Lyme South Locality Group There is increasing understanding that the early recognition and management of frailty in community settings can help to improve outcomes for older people . The introduction of elderly care facilitators project was designed to offer improved care and support to older people by assessing their needs , raising their awareness of existing local services and helping them to access services most appropriate to their needs . |
NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Wyre Forest Clinical Commissioning Group The Patient and Carer Experience of Continuing Healthcare Domiciliary Care Packages project aims to give a voice to patients with complex health needs , enabling them to provide feedback on the quality of their treatment and the care packages that they receive .
NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group ( CCG ) Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG has successfully developed a bespoke leadership learning programme that empowers , enables people to grow and gives them the ability to understand the challenges in their field .
NHS Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Groups ( CCGs ) Early access to education is key to better self-care and reduced diabetic complications in later life . We achieved this access by providing an educational programme that offers people a menu of options for face-to-face and online education methods , with consistent authoritative information provided to people on diagnosis at the start their journey .
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Nutshell Communications Ltd Through a range of well-researched scenarios and topics , Whose Shoes ?® helps you explore the concerns , challenges and opportunities facing different groups affected by health and social care transformation and work together for positive change . |
Pathways 4 Life and St Giles Hospice By offering advice to care staff and families on planning for the future through the use of advance care plans , encouraging a more holistic approach to care by implementing elements of Namaste Care and working collaboratively with key services , it ’ s hoped that people living with dementia can live as well as possible until their death . |
Prescribing Decision Support Ltd A collaboration between NICE , academia , pharmaceutical industry and University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust has produced an innovative online decision support tool that encourages partnership between patients and their healthcare professional when reaching a decision about the use of anticoagulant medicines to reduce their risk of stroke .
Prime GP The Prime75 + project was set up to tackle head-on the issues related to loneliness . Just over twelve months on , this personal and proactive approach is seeing phenomenal results – from a 26 % decrease in appointments from high demand patients to significant cost reductions in unplanned admissions , and increased levels of patient ( and practitioner ) satisfaction .
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust The innovative nature of our unique apprenticeship project was recognised in December 2015 by a visit to the accommodation block at Hallam Close , Sandwell Hospital by HRH Prince William , Duke of Cambridge , during a visit to the West Midlands . To date the project has gained three local and regional recognition awards for partnership working and providing equality of opportunity .
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Flo mobile phone texting service was implemented in our CCG to improve adherence to blood pressure ( BP ) treatment by engaging patients . In 100 patients , medications were adjusted in 27 % and 46 % were discharged with good BP control preventing 107 out-patient appointments thus saving £ 11,663 against a total cost of £ 2,329 ( total savings £ 9,334 ).
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust We devised a new stand-alone insulin prescription chart resulting in 23 fewer insulin errors , a new diabetic ketoacidosis ( DKA ) protocol and app with significantly improved DKA management . The project focused on education of junior doctors and nursing staff , introduced a daily hypoglycemia email alert helping target specific problem wards and a new “ six steps to insulin safety ” mandatory online module , which has seen over 73 staff competent within four months .
Staffordshire Exercise Partnership Signposting by a clinician to the best internet sites to improve exercise will create wide health benefits and reduce the strain on the NHS . StEPpep cards are positioned on the clinician ’ s desk and handed out to the patient at the opportune moment , “ making every contact count ” more .
Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group ( CCG ) Improving the safety of over-the-counter medication sales at non-pharmacy retail stores , this programme was led , designed , delivered and reported by year 4 medical student Phill Molloy and the twelve medical students in the mystery shopper team , recruited and trained by Phill , and with underpinning support from a local lead GP , pharmacist and lay group .
Surgical Armoury Ltd OrthOracle TM is an innovative and unique educational platform , delivering a multidisciplinary online resource consisting of a suite of specialist Surgical Atlas , comprising high definition image based orthopaedic surgical techniques and educational content for clinicians , industry , academia and patients , detailing the entire patient journey from assessment to rehabilitation .
The Optifit Bra Company Clinicians , the lingerie industry and clients acknowledge that the wrong ill fitted bra potentiates back , neck , shoulder and breast pain . The Optifit bra is the first clinically validated therapeutic bra and fitting system , promoting a balanced posture and reducing musculoskeletal health problems . The Optifit bra and measuring system is a unique , patented garment with its own sizing system and fitting technique .
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust SMS has delivered proven benefits to the NHS and the patients we care for . The more tangible benefits include the removal of manual wipe boards from clinical areas , capacity managers no longer having to ‘ walk the floor ’ three times a day to collect information from 42 wards , eradication of seven different paper-based bed management templates , removal of duplication and transcription , real-time access to information ‘ from ward to board ’, overall reduction in length of stay and improved patient experience .
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust The new SCIT application allows clinicians to photograph patients using their personal phone , and transfer clinical images directly into the trust ’ s image management system via a secure , safe route .
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust The new Internships @ UHB scheme aims to educate and train motivated students / graduates who hope to embark on a career in healthcare in various hospital departments .
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