We are excited to unveil the 2020 HSJ Value Awards finalists! The shortlisted NHS teams showcase the most efficient and innovative projects that are helping their wider organisations deliver better services and improved outcomes.
Click on the tabs below to reveal the shortlisted NHS teams and projects per category.
Transformation
- Acute Service Redesign Initiative
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| Tele-skin Two Week Wait Pathway |
County Durham and Darlington FT and Partners: Durham Dales, Sedgefield & Easington CCG, Sunderland CCG, North Durham CCG, Darlington CCG, South Tyneside CCG and Consultant Connect |
| Ambulatory Emergency Care - A service developed from the front line |
East Lancashire Hospitals Trust |
| Using QSIR to support the delivery of a Urology - One-Stop |
Kettering General Hospital FT |
| Heart Lounge Ealing ACU |
London North West University Healthcare Trust, Imperial College Healthcare Trust and Ealing CCG |
| A new approach to an old disease; delivering specialist care to children with TB close to home |
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, North West Paediatric Allergy and Infection Network and North West TB Control Board |
| Place Based Paediatrics |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT |
| Integrated Urgent Care Team - Home First |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT and Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council |
| The introduction of an interactive appointment reminder service to reduce Outpatients DNA’s |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT |
| Improving System Flow - Tameside and Glossop System Approach to reducing Stranded and Super Stranded Patients |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT, Tameside and Glossop CCG and Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council |
- Specialist Service Redesign Initiative
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| Crystal House Project, CAMHS LD Specialist Inpatient Unit |
Central and North West London FT |
| ABI Rehabilitation and Placement Service (RAPS) |
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership FT |
| Quality Improvement in Medical Education and Training (QiMET) - Hybrid International Emergency Medicine (HIEM) Training |
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals FT |
| Leeds Community Neurological Discharge Team |
Leeds Community Healthcare Trust and Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust |
| The Chronicles of the Moorfields Rapid Access Clinic at Croydon : The Right patient, the Right clinic and the Right time |
Moorfields Eye Centre at Croydon University Hospital, Moorfields Eye Hospital FT |
| Improving Vascular Services in South East Hampshire |
NHS England and NHS Improvement, Portsmouth Hospitals Trust and University Hospital Southampton FT |
| Best value biologic pathway |
North Tees and Hartlepool FT |
| Place Based Paediatrics |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT |
| The CRAFT System (The Colour Risk Assessment File and Treatment System) |
The Royal Wolverhampton Trust |
| Group clinics: saving time, maintaining quality |
Torbay and South Devon FT |
| A Data Driven Service Improvement of an IBD helpline |
University Hospital Southampton FT |
- Primary Care or Community Service Redesign Initiative
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| Embedding group consultations for people with Type 2 Diabetes |
Brigstock & South Norwood Partnership |
| Reducing unwarranted variation in primary care chronic disease monitoring |
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG |
| Rough Sleeper Project (Maidstone) |
Kent Community Health FT and Maidstone Borough Council |
| CATFORD Care Homes Project |
Lewisham and Greenwich Trust, South London and Maudsley FT and Lewisham CCG |
| Primary Care Triage Scotland |
NHS 24 |
| HMP Bristol Hand Injury Project |
North Bristol Trust and Hanham Secure Health |
| Improving outcomes through the Lower Limb Leg Ulcer and Well Leg Service |
Northern Devon Healthcare Trust |
| The Northumberland Continuing Healthcare Partnership |
Northumberland CCG, Northumberland County Council and Northumbria Healthcare FT |
| Acute Home Visiting Service |
Primary Integrated Community Services (PICS) |
| District Nursing Service Redesign – A service fit for the future |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT |
| The DECIDE™ Education Programme; supporting community clinicians |
University of Manchester, Health Innovation Manchester, Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CCG, Bury CCG, Salford CCG, Wigan Borough CCG, |
- System or Commissioner Led Service Redesign Initiative
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| System Redesign of DVT Services |
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG |
| General Practice Nurse Specialty Training |
Health Education England |
| Greater Manchester Hepatitis C Elimination: Prison-Based Rapid Test and Treat |
Health Innovation Manchester, North Manchester General Hospital, HMP Styal andSpectrum Healthcare |
| Integrated mental health pathway in NW London Diabetes Transformation Programme |
NW London Collaboration of CCGs |
| Salford Care Homes Improvement Journey |
Salford CCG, Salford Care Organisation, Salford Council, AQuA and GMMH |
| Small Steps Big Changes - Family Mentor Service |
Small Steps Big Changes |
| Living Well at Home Redesign through collaborative care planning |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT and Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Tackling Social Demand in General Practice through a collaborative asset based approach |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT, Tameside and Glossop CCG, Tameside and Glossop Action Together, The Bureau and Cressbrook |
| England's First 111/999 Fully Integrated Urgent & Emergency Care Service |
The West Midlands Regional CCGs in partnership with West Midlands Ambulance Service |
| Better Care Together Thurrock |
Thurrock Integrated Care Partnership: NELFT, Thurrock Borough Council, Thurrock CCG, Mid and South Essex University Hospitals Group and Essex Partnership University FT |
| RESTORE2 - right care, right place, right time for care home residents |
West Hampshire CCG, Wessex AHSN, Somerset CCG, Kernow CCG |
- Mental Health Service Redesign Initiative
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| Redesigning adult and older people's mental health services |
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership FT, Eastern Cheshire CCG, South Cheshire CCG and Vale Royal CCG |
| Harrow Horizons |
Harrow CCG, Harrow Local Authority and Barnardo's (Harrow Horizons) |
| CAMHS Home Treatment Team |
Hertfordshire Partnership University FT |
| Criminal Justice and Liaison Diversion Service (CJLDS) |
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Liverpool Stroke Recovery Partnership - Psychological & Emotional Wellbeing |
Liverpool University Hospitals FT, Liverpool CCG & Stroke Association |
| Downshall Intergenerational Provision |
NELFT, Downshall Primary School, London Borough of Redbridge and AgeUK Barking Havering & Redbridge |
| Mental Health Team |
NHS 24 |
| SDSmyhealthcare Mental Health Community Clinic |
SDSmyhealthcare |
| Integrated Mental Health and Long Term Physical Conditions Service |
TalkPlus, North East Hampshire CCG and Oakley Health Group |
| North Yorkshire and York Community Learning Disability Service – Initial Assessments : more co-production, timely clinical documentation and improved staff wellbeing |
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys FT |
Clinical and Medical Services
- Cancer Care Initiative of the Year
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| Pennine Lancashire Primary Care Cancer Team |
East Lancashire CCG and Blackburn with Darwen CCG |
| Making colorectal cancer diagnosis FIT for the future |
Mid and South Essex CCGs |
| Quantitative Implementing Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) |
North Central London CCGs |
| Acute Oncology Service |
Northern Devon Healthcare Trust |
| Implementation of Symptomatic Faecal Immunochemical Testing in the South West |
South West Cancer Alliances |
| Creating a psychological therapy service for people living with cancer |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT, Pennine Care FT and Macmillan Cancer Support |
| DIEP Flap multidisciplinary surgery team, empowering women with breast cancer |
The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals FT |
| FIT for symptomatic |
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust |
| WesFit: Promoting Spread and Adoption of Personalised Prehabilitation Care Plans for People with Cancer |
Wessex Cancer Alliance and University Hospital Southampton FT |
- Cardiovascular Care Initiative of the Year
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| Clinical Variation - Tackling Cardiovascular Disease in Primary Care |
Medway CCG |
| Southport & Formby Community Cardiology Service |
Southport & Formby Health |
| Stroke/Atrial Fibrillation Project |
Tameside and Glossop CCG, Health Innovation Manchester and Interface Clinical Services |
| Combined Heart Failure And Device services |
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust |
| Piloting specialist heart failure nurse intervention in acute admissions and emergency care. |
University Hospitals Plymouth Trust |
| West Yorkshire and Harrogate Healthy Hearts Project |
West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership and Yorkshire and Humber AHSN |
- Diabetes Care Initiative of the Year
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| Diabetes Quality Improvement at Scale |
Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge CCGs |
| Improving Outcomes for people with Diabetes Accross Bedfordshire |
Bedfordshire CCG, Bedford Hospital Trust, Luton and Dunstable University Hospital FT and East London FT |
| Embedding diabetes group consultations |
Brigstock & South Norwood Partnership |
| Developing the Diabetes In-patient Nursing Team to provide safe and effective care |
Calderdale and Huddersfield FT |
| Diabetes Education Application (deapp) |
East Midlands Network, De-Montfort University and University Hospitals of Leicester Trust |
| Youth Empowerment Skills Programme (YES) |
Guy's and St Thomas' FT |
| Outpatient IV antibiotics in the diabetic foot: delivery model and outcomes of an antimicrobial pharmacist and podiatry led service |
Kettering General Hospital FT |
| Diabetes Care For You |
Sussex Community FT, Here (Care Unbound) |
| A review of administration of insulin in the community setting – pilot scheme to for care home staff to deliver insulin injections, supported by District Nursing |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT, Pole Bank Care Home, Balmoral Care Home and Charnley House Care Homed |
| Diabetes Transformation Project |
Walsall Healthcare Trust |
- MSK Care Initiative of the Year
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| Enabling Self-management and Coping of Arthritic Pain through Exercise, ESCAPE-pain |
Health Innovation Network |
| Enhanced recovery programme for elective joint replacement |
Northern Devon Healthcare Trust |
| Cultivating a Culture of Evidence Based Value Medicine |
Sussex MSK Partnership Central, Here (Care Unbound), Sussex Community FT, Sussex Partnership FT and Horder Healthcare |
| West Kent Alliance MSK Pathway Transformation |
West Kent Alliance and Partners: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust, West Kent CCG, Kent Community Health FT, West Kent Health, High Weald Lewes Havens CCG, Sussex/East Surrey CCG, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
- Respiratory Care Initiative of the Year
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| Day case thoracoscopy with pleurodesis |
Kettering General Hospital FT |
| Giving mid Essex COPD patients GOLD-standard care |
Mid Essex CCG |
| Transformation of OPAT services to improve capacity and patient experience |
North Tees and Hartlepool FT |
| Standardising Care and reducing Variation |
Respiratory Care Solutions |
| COPD Therapy Review Service |
Tameside and Glossop CCG and Health Innovation Manchester |
| ImpACT+ |
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton FT |
| Respiratory point of care testing (R-POCT) to facilitate diagnosis and treatment in the community for COPD exacerbations |
West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust, Central London Community Healthcare Trust and Herts Valleys CCG |
- Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Award
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| A dietitian lead medicines management team model of practice to address inappropriate oral nutritional supplement prescribing in primary care |
Brighton and Hove CCG |
| The implementation and evaluation of a GP practice led centralised repeat prescription management hub in North Somerset |
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG |
| Evaluation of clinical pharmacists in a community integrated multi-disciplinary care model |
Central London Community Healthcare Trust |
| Parenteral Nutrition |
East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub |
| Pharmacist Led Fast Track Biosimilar Switching |
East Sussex Healthcare Trust |
| Delivery Cycle Optimisation to Reduce Medicines Wastage in Homecare Services |
Kettering General Hospital FT |
| Liver Transplant Pharmacy Service |
King's College Hospital FT |
| Pharmacy led peri-operative medicines optimisation: The Enhanced Surgical Medicines Optimisation Service (ESMOS) |
Manchester University FT |
| Technology-enabled rapid access clinic for infants with Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy |
Mid Essex CCG |
| The Kidzmed project - teaching children to swallow tablet medication |
The Great North Children's Hospital, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals FT |
| A Medicines Management Technician supporting Medicines Administration |
Wirral University Teaching Hospital FT |
- Clinical Support Services Award
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| Acute Frailty Therapy Team |
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Trust |
| Hand Hygiene Improvement Programme |
Imperial College Healthcare Trust |
| National Infection Prevention and Control Policy |
NHS England and NHS Improvement and Health Protection Scotland |
| A shared Radiology Technology Platform |
NHS London Procurement Partnership and North West London STP |
| Tea Trolley Teaching |
Oxford University Hospitals FT |
| First Contact Practitioner |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT |
| Establishment of a local gram negative blood stream infection group to improve knowledge of blood stream infection (GNBSi) and basic measures to reduce in risk in the community setting in care homes and the wider community |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT and Tameside and Glossop CCG and Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council |
Operational and Corporate Services
- Operations and Performance Initiative of the Year
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| Bolton Combined Deflection Scheme |
Bolton FT |
| Quality Improvement in Medical Education and Training (QiMET) - Hybrid International Emergency Medicine (HIEM) Training |
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals FT |
| The Frail and Vulnerable Patients Scheme Quality Review |
Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford CCG and Hastings and Rother CCG |
| Clinical Coding Transformation Programme - Getting it right for out patients, our staff and our Trust |
Kettering General Hospital FT |
| High calibre staff improving patient outcomes |
London North West University Healthcare Trust |
| Direct Engagement Efficiency Project |
London North West University Healthcare Trust |
| Maldon Up Project |
Mid Essex CCG and All Saints' Church of England Primary School, Maldon |
| Best Value Biologic Pathway |
North Tees and Hartlepool FT |
| Tea Trolley Teaching: A novel teaching method in a challenging environment |
Oxford University Hospitals FT |
| Modernising Outpatient Programme |
Sheffield Children's FT |
| New models of care using a data driven service transformational approach |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT |
- Facilities Management or Estates Initiative of the Year
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| Design and Build of Crystal House - clearing the way for young people with learning difficulties. |
Central and North West London FT, Quality Trusted Solutions LLP |
| Agile Working Initiative |
Derbyshire Community Health Services FT |
| Soft FM Tender |
Lewisham and Greenwich Trust |
| Mission Impossible: The 12 week mortuary makeover |
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust |
| Leeds Teaching Hospitals Portering Safety Huddles; Reducing Waste, Improving Efficiency and Patient Care |
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust |
| The New Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals |
University College London Hospitals FT |
- Finance Team of the Year
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| Finance supporting Outstanding Care, Exceptional People |
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust |
| Placing Finance at the heart of a commissioning organisation |
Mid Essex CCG |
| Finance Department |
Sherwood Forest Hospitals FT |
| ICS Directors of Finance Team |
Suffolk and North East Essex ICS |
| Generating Efficiencies through Engagement |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT |
- People & Organisational Development Initiative of the Year
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| Cultural Ambassador Programme |
Black Country Partnership FT |
| Brilliant Bands 2-4 |
Dorset HealthCare University FT |
| Healthcare Assistants administering insulin project |
Hertfordshire Community Trust |
| Bronze Accreditation for Workforce Quality Assurance from IAOCR |
London North West University Healthcare Trust |
| Our Manchester Strengths-Based Development Programme |
Manchester Local Care Organisation, Manchester City Council |
| Respect and Civility at Mersey Care |
Mersey Care FT |
| Staff-led improvements |
North Middlesex University Hospital Trust |
| Primary Care Nurse Training Programme |
Northamptonshire CCGs |
| Medical Retina Nurse Led Intra-vitreal Injection Service |
Univeristy Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust |
| Working for Longer Project |
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton FT |
| Postgraduate partnership programme changes lives around the world and boosts NHS staff numbers |
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT and Edge Hill University |
- IT & Digital Innovation Award
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| eHospital - joined-up healthcare for our patients |
Cambridge University Hospitals FT |
| Early identification of patients reaching end of life - a Digital decision tool |
Crawley CCG |
| Digitising end-to-end immunisation and vaccination systems to reduce clinical and administrative burden, improve service delivery and parents/schools experience |
Derbyshire Community Health Services FT |
| FluBee Game |
Focus Game and NHS Partners |
| ChatHealth |
Leicestershire Partnership Trust |
| NHS Temporary Staffing Bank and Agency Spend Dashboards |
NHS London Procurement Partnership |
| Improving Joy at Work - Electronic Self Rostering |
Royal Free London FT |
| Development, delivery, and support of multiple major integrated care record and interoperability programmes |
South, Central and West CSU |
| Voice of the Patient |
Sunderland GP Alliance and 7i Group |
| Digital Empowerment for Patients with Diabetic Foot Disease; A Topol Fellowship Project |
Univeristy Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust |
| digiRounds |
University Hospital Southampton FT |
- HSJ Value Award of the Year
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| Bolton Combined Deflection Scheme |
Bolton FT |
| Reducing unwarranted variation in primary care chronic disease monitoring |
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG |
| Spreading Group Consultations |
Croydon CCG |
| Performance evaluation of an NHS commissioned service (Health Navigator) in East Kent |
East Kent Hospitals University FT, Ashford CCG and Health Navigator |
| Clinical Assessment Service Pilot |
Greater Manchester Urgent Primary Care Alliance (in collaboration with NWAS and the GMHSCP) |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Service including the Job Taster Programme |
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| The Maldon Up project – intergenerational interaction that builds wellbeing and community |
Mid Essex CCG and All Saints' Church of England Primary School, Maldon |
| Quality Improvement through Efficient & Cost Effective use of Medicines |
North Tees and Hartlepool FT |
| Improving Joy at Work - Electronic Self Rostering |
Royal Free London FT |
| CARE TOGETHER - an integrated approach to health and care in Tameside & Glossop to improve population health |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care FT, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and Tameside & Glossop CCG |