The Forward Healthcare Awards 2019 sponsored by Dedalus. Follow on this webpage or on twitter search #ForwardHealthcareAwards or find us using @leading1health. Any questions email the team: news@leadinghealthcare.co.uk
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8:55: Now for the overall winner…Cambridge Community Services NHS Trust. An innovative, new, affordable hearing headset to help children with the most common cause of hearing loss: glue ear (also known as ‘Otitis Media with Effusion, OME’, where fluid/ mucus builds up behind the ear drum during the common cold or an ear infection). The innovative new headset can connect via Bluetooth to a microphone to help children hear at school or home. The headset can also connect via Bluetooth to a smart phone/ tablet to download an application (the Hear Glue Ear app) which aims to prevent children from developmental delays due to the hearing loss.
8:54: The overall highly commend entry is…Ingenica Solutions and Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust #forwardhealthcareawards
8:47: Digital Patient Winner: Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
8:47: Digital Patient Highly Commended is…Lifebox Health
8:47: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust. Now We’re Talking for Healthy Minds. The Now We’re Talking campaign was launched in Oct 2018 to increase awareness and referrals into Worcestershire Healthy Minds, a service supporting people with more common mental health issues such as stress and anxiety. The campaign has had a huge impact – with self-referrals almost doubling.
8:47: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Lifebox Health. LifeBox Health has successfully created an online pre-assessment tool that is being used in both private and NHS hospitals. It enhances care through technology by reducing surgical risk via a standardised pre-assessment improving patient safety and encouraging their participation.
8:45: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Liopa. Patient/Carer communication aid based on AI-based Automated LipReading. Liopa, along with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Queens University Belfast, are developing SRAVI (Speech Recognition for Voice Impaired) , an easy-to-use, accurate and cost effective smartphone application for patient/carer communication. SRAVI will be used initially with tracheostomy patients who can move their lips normally but cannot speak.
8:45: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Liva Healthcare – Empowering patients by modernising the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. Liva Healthcare is a digital health coaching platform for scalable chronic conditions management
8:44: Final category…Digital Patient
8:39: Partnership of the Year Winner is… Civica and The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust #ForwardHealthcareAwards
8:37: Highly Commended is The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust #ForwardHealthcareAwards
8:36: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust: Shiny Mind: the Health and Wellbeing App for WaltonStaff. The Walton Centre’s staff collaborated with Cynergy, to create the smartphone App called Shiny Mind, which supports them with tools to help during a stressful day. The app combines health and wellbeing training with positive messages which users can send to each other every day and access 24/7.
8:35: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Ingenica Solutions and Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust’s (RCHT) strong partnership with Ingenica Solutions has enabled it to successfully meet and exceed the inventory management element of the Department of Health’s Scan4Safety programme; a unique partnership which has delivered exceptional results and sustainable, long-term change, replicable across the entire NHS.
8:34: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Civica and The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust – partnership in Cito implementation. Mid Yorkshire Hospitals and Civica have worked together for a decade. The trust’s recent, successful roll-out of the clinical information management system
8:33: Now to Partnership of the Year
8:28: Enhancing Care through Technology Winner is… Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust #ForwardHealthcareAwards
8:26: Highly commended is DrDoctor.
8:24: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: DrDoctor. DrDoctor provides healthcare transformation services through a digital patient layer which automates patient engagement from referral, through the booking process, to collecting outcomes and informing scheduling decisions.
8:24: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust The National Collaboration for Integrated Care and Support highlights that partners should have a shared understanding and recognition that information systems and governance are critically important
8:23: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Cambridge Community Services NHS Trust. An innovative, new, affordable hearing headset to help children with the most common cause of hearing loss: glue ear (also known as ‘Otitis Media with Effusion, OME’, where fluid/ mucus builds up behind the ear drum during the common cold or an ear infection). The innovative new headset can connect via Bluetooth to a microphone to help children hear at school or home. The headset can also connect via Bluetooth to a smart phone/ tablet to download an application (the Hear Glue Ear app) which aims to prevent children from developmental delays due to the hearing loss
8:22: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Black Country Partnership NHS FT. On Call Managers: On-Call digital device, domain and OS agnostic application to support the On Call Managers and Directors in managing incidents and emergencies. There are many incidents and emergencies in a Mental Health setting, often out of hours and the on call management team need a digital, auditable tool to replace paper in support our frontline staff in managing incidents to ensure our patients safety and the delivery of healthcare.
8:22: Next to…Enhancing Care through Technology #ForwardHealthcareAwards
8:19: Acute or Specialist Services Redesign Winner is The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
8:18: Acute or Specialist Services Redesign Highly Commended: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
8:17: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Ketogenic Dietary therapy, used in the management of complex epilepsy is historically initiated in hospital. Commencing therapy at home was successfully implemented
8:16: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust The JointCare programme at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. The JointCare programme at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is setting new standards for NHS hip and knee replacement in England.
8:15: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust. A ‘team within a team’ – Cambridgeshire Children’s Occupational Therapy Service.
8:14: Now on to Acute or Specialist Services Redesign
8:12: 4 more categories to go and our overall winner!! #ForwardHealthcareAwards
8:07: Creating a Supportive Staff Culture Winner is Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Women and Children’s Health #ForwardHealthcareAwards
8:07: Creating a Supportive Staff Culture Highly Commended is Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust #ForwardHealthcareAwards
8:05: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Women and Children’s Health. In March 2018 the Women and Children’s Division at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) launched Randomised Coffee Trials (RCTS). Over 80 people joined and we matched staff members at random across the division. The Feedback captured 2018 and 2019 was excellent and supports a happy and supportive culture. We wanted to get our staff in Women and Children’s services to know each other better, so we introduced Randomised Coffee Trials. RCTS are a simple yet powerful idea to create networks, breakdown silos, encourage collaboration, and can be a fantastic learning opportunity. Many organisations in the private, public and voluntary sector use RCTs and have had great results. In Women and Children’s health we too, had fantastic feedback.
8:04: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Compass Wellbeing CIC. #ConnectingPrimaryCare – Recruiting and Retaining GP’s of the Future. Scheme to recruit and retain GPs in Newham delivered successfully! Work to improve health services for the people of London Borough of Newham by recruiting and retaining GPs and supporting practices. Over the last six- months 124 Newham GPs have been successfully supported in their roles.
8:02: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust. Understanding the importance of facilities in providing a safe, effective and responsive service that is both fit for purpose and meets clinical requirements; driving culture for all staff
8:01: Now a fantastic category… Creating a Supportive Staff Culture #ForwardHealthcareAwards
7:55: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Community or Primary Care Innovation winner is Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
7:54: Community or Primary Care Innovation Highly Commended: Compass Wellbeing CIC. Well done to you #ForwardHealthcareAwards
7:53: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Compass Wellbeing CIC #ConnectingPrimaryCare – Recruiting and Retaining GP’s of the Future. Scheme to recruit and retain GPs in Newham delivered successfully! Work to improve health services for the people of London Borough of Newham by recruiting and retaining GPs and supporting practices.
7:52: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust. Implementation of a full electronic patient record in Gateshead community mental health services; primary and secondary care working in partnership. Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust have digitised and standardised patient records in Community Mental Services. The EMIS system allows clinicians to access patient notes while working in the community. It was launched in partnership between the Trust, Community Mental Health Services and all 36 GP practices within the Gateshead area.
7:51: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Mid Cheshire Foundation Trust Hospitals (Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership)
7:51: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Havering CCG. Havering Community integrated Diabetes services. Who have developed integrated Diabetes services in the community in partnership with the primary, secondary and community service providers
7:50: The next category up… Community or Primary Care Innovation
7:46: Acute Sector Innovation Winner is… Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
7:46: Highly Commended: Art in Site Reducing Violence & Aggression through Interior Design & Art for Emergency Department, St Thomas’ Hospital
7:45: Acute Sector Innovation Highly Commended: Art in Site Reducing Violence & Aggression through Interior Design & Art for Emergency Department, St Thomas’ Hospital #ForwardHealthcareAwards
7:44: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The ‘invisible hand’ – PR in the NHS. Every year extensive efforts are made to plan, prepare and ultimately cope with the added pressures winter brings to the NHS. Yet this additional demand is increasingly a year round phenomenon (attendances in July 2018 exceeded those of January) and so a short term ‘sticking plaster’ approach no longer works.
7:43: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Art in Site Reducing Violence & Aggression through Interior Design & Art for Emergency Department, St Thomas’ Hospital. Violence and aggression directed towards staff poses a significant challenge to the NHS, with an estimated cost exceeding £69m a year – much of which is concentrated in Emergency depts.
7:43: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Submission for GP Led Winter Ward. The GP led ward was a new concept created following recognition that alternative workforce models needed creating to ensure the safe, effective running of additional beds opened during the winter period. Despite significant concerns being raised prior to the implementation of this ward it has been deemed a huge success.
7:40: So… Acute Sector Innovation #ForwardHealthcareAwards
7:38: The next category up is Acute Sector Innovation
7:37: Healthcare Team of the Year Winner is Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust #ForwardHealthcareAwards
7:35: Healthcare Team of the Year Highly Commended: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Women and Children’s Health #ForwardHealthcareAwards
#ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The Mass Clinic – concept and results of a new 18-week care model. The” Mass Clinic” has led to dramatic reductions in waiting-times and cost-savings. “One-stop-shop” consultant-led care, pre-assessment, surgery-scheduling, and physiotherapy reduces the need for further appointments and lowers patient-anxiety. By removing dependence on outsourcing, the trust gains financially. This New Care Model can easily be adapted to accommodate all hospital specialities.
7:34: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Sheffield Health and Social Care. Implementation of a weekly music therapy session to help reduce boredom and aggression in a PICU ward. Collaborative project ran by The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH) and The Royal College of Psychiatrist and as such have been carrying out quality improvement projects aimed at identifying ways to improving mental health safety by reducing restrictive practice.
7:33: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Women and Children’s Health – the multidisciplinary team based at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Addenbrooke’s Hospital
7:32: Up next one of our favourite categories…Healthcare Team of the Year #ForwardHealthcareAwards
7:28: Driving Healthcare Forward – Initiative of the Year Winner is Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
7:26: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Midlands Partnership Foundation TrustPaper Health Records Scanning – time reduced by nearly 2000%. The use of RPA at MPFT saves staff approximately 10 hours of work per day, frees up resources within the Health Records team
7:25: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The development of a new cardiac assessment unit in the Emergency department at Russell’s Hall Hospital in Dudley. Working in collaboration with our ED, this unit has changed the way we manage this group of patients with chest pain, with a suspicion of low to intermediate risk of an acute coronary syndrome.
7:25: #ForwardHealthcareAwards Finalist: iPLATO Healthcare, Saving lives with patient messaging
7:24: Now onwards to the next category… Driving Healthcare Forward – Initiative of the Year #ForwardHealthcareAwards
7:22: The winner of Excellence in Communication and Engagement is … Zero Suicide Alliance – Suicide – Let’s Talk campaign #ForwardHealthcareAwards
7:20: Highly Commended: NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit #ForwardHealthcareAwards
7:20: Highly Commended: Norfolk Children & Young People’s Health Services – Cambridgeshire Community Service NHS Trust on the launch of JustOneNorfolk.nhs.uk #ForwardHealthcareAwards
7:16: Excellence in Communication and Engagement Category #ForwardHealthcareAwards the finalists…
7:12: And the first category up…Excellence in Communication and Engagement
7:10: Now to the awards…
7:09: Tonight we take you through the entries and announce the winners…
7:08: Thank you to everyone who entered, the quality was extremely high, we were blown away. It has taken us days and days reviewing the entries #ForwardHealthcareAwards
7:06: The awards. They’re purely digital, so anyone can attend and for no cost. We post a trophy to each winner and highly commended entry. There is also one overall winner too!
7:05: Feel free to say hello, introduce yourself, your team and where you are from using #ForwardHealthcareAwards
7:04: Here at Leading Healthcare we are really passionate about sharing learnings and best practice, so we have set up a new interview channel to support this. If you are interested please email news@leadinghealthcare.co.uk
7:03: Would you like to be a judge for our next awards? Get in touch by email to jon@leadinghealthcare.co.uk #ForwardHealthcareAwards
7:02: We would like to thank our superb judges! We love reviewing the entries and we appreciate the help from across health and care to help provide us with different perspectives
7:00: First we would like to thank our partner and sponsor DedalusUK, it’s been great to work with you!
7:00PM: Hello and welcome to the Forward Healthcare Awards 2019! #ForwardHealthcareAwards
6:53: We’ll first provide an overview of the awards, then we’ll start through each category we will take you through the entries and announce the highly commended / winners #ForwardHealthcareAwards
6:51: Only a few minutes to go, please remember we are live live. Feel free to ask questions, tell us about your work…anything. #forwardhealthcareawards
6:50: There’s been so many fantastic entries – we think you should all win! #forwardhealthcareawards
6:21: We will be live soon! Join us from 7:00PM.
5:46: We’re really close! Please excuse any typos, we will try our best tonight!
5:25: Join us in just over 90minutes for the Forward Healthcare Awards 2019!
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