North East and Yorkshire teams celebrated in NHS Excellence Awards
Teams and individuals across North East and Yorkshire have been named as regional champions in the first NHS Excellence Awards, recognising work that is improving care for patients and communities. The NHS Excellence Awards are the only awards run by, and for, the NHS. They recognise, celebrate and share innovative work taking place across health and care.
The awards shine a light on local teams, projects and individuals who are driving improvements, with the aim of sharing learning and inspiring others to adopt successful approaches in their own areas.
In North East and Yorkshire, the following were named regional champions:
| Digital innovation | Virtual Wards in Secure Environments – Spectrum Community Health CIC |
| Delivering value | Transforming Same Day Urgent Care and Winter Services across North Yorkshire – Nimbus Care |
| Improving health outcomes | Wakefield Family Nurse Partnership Team – Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust |
| Leadership
Neighbourhood health |
Lucy Elkiss, Lead Project Nurse, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Safety Hub – Bishop Auckland – Rethink Mental Illness |
| Patient involvement and choice | Gleadless and Heeley Neighbourhood Mental Health Centre project –
Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Quality improvement | Gold Team Approach to Improving Palliative and End of Life Care in General Practice – Holderness Health |
| Sustainable healthcare | Reusable Surgical Hats, Recycling Frayed Shirts and Second Hand Linen – North Cumbria Integrated Care |
| Valuing our people | North East and North Cumbria Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub –
North East and North Cumbria ICB & Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FoundationTrust |
| Working in partnership | Marie Curie Responsive Emergency Assessment and Community Team (REACT) – Marie Curie Hospice, Bradford |
These regional champions have been recognised by regional panels for their innovative and collaborative work in their local areas, highlighting digital projects, quality improvement initiatives and examples of excellent leadership.
Fiona Edwards, Regional Director, North East and Yorkshire region, said: “I congratulate the regional winners recognised in this year’s Excellence Awards who exemplify the best of what the NHS and its partners do day in, day out. The commitment, dedication and care shown to our patients and service users is inspiring and a credit to everyone involved.”
Regional champions from across England will now form the shortlist from which national winners will be selected. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at NHS ConfedExpo in Manchester in June.