NOA members up for prestigious national awards

Seven NOA member organisations are in the running for major awards. The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS FT, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS FT, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS FT, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT, Hillingdon Hospital NHS FT, Barts Health NHS Trust and North Bristol NHS Trust are all finalists at this year’s Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards, recognising their outstanding contribution to healthcare. The categories NOA members are shortlisted in are:

Acute or Specialist Service Redesign Initiative – North/Midlands/East

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT, Improving outcome after rib fracture

Acute or Specialist Trust of the Year

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT

Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS FT

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS FT

Community or Primary Care Service Redesign – London and the South

Hillingdon Health and Care Partners (a partnership which includes NOA member, Hillingdon Hospital NHS FT), HHCP Care Connection Team: Integrated primary and community care team

Digitising Patient Services Initiative

Barts Health NHS Trust and Explain My Procedure, Animation Supported Consent

HSJ Partnership of the year

PwC and North Bristol NHS Trust, Digitally Enabling Patient Flow

Military and Civilian Health Partnership Award

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT, Veteran Awareness Initiative

Primary Care Innovation of the Year

Hillingdon Health and Care Partners (a partnership which includes NOA member, Hillingdon Hospital NHS FT), HHCP Care Connection Team: Integrated Primary and Community Care Team

Reservist Support Initiative Award

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals FT, Newcastle Hospitals – Forces Friendly

Staff Engagement Award

North Bristol Trust, Empowering our Frontline Staff to Lead

System Leadership Initiative of the Year

Hillingdon Health and Care Partners (a partnership which includes NOA member, Hillingdon Hospital NHS FT), HHCP Care Connection Team: Integrated Primary and Community Care Team

Ann Hoey, Deputy Director of the NOA said, “Huge congratulations are extended on behalf of the NOA to all of our member organisations shortlisted in the HSJ awards. This list is a testament to the calibre of organisations we work with across the alliance and we look forward to continuing to give them all a platform to share best practice and provide high quality care for patients. Congratulations also to the Getting It Right First Time team whom we work with closely on several projects, for their nomination in the Military and Civilian Health Partnership Category. We wish everyone the very best of luck.”

The full list of nominees for the 2019 HSJ Awards can be found here: https://awards.hsj.co.uk/2019-shortlist. Winners will be selected ahead of the 2019 HSJ Awards ceremony, which is due to be held at the Battersea Evolution Centre, London on 6 November, 2019.