The Academy of Fabulous NHS Stuff, an online resource set up to share examples of best practice, great ideas and service solutions for the health service, has held its first awards ceremony, singling out the cream of the crop from this year’s ideas.
The website was set up earlier this year by health market commentator, Roy Lilley, to act as a repository for ideas for improving the NHS.
Visited by 1,000 people every day, the site provides ideas and solutions that are replicable and transferable to other care settings.
The award winners were voted for by visitors to the website and they were announced at an informal ceremony held at the Village Underground in central London.
Lilley said: “The NHS is full of great ideas and Fab NHS Stuff has become a repository of excellence and innovation. Our followers do amazing things and, by sharing these posts, we’re ensuring we don’t reinvent the wheel, but continue to learn from each other.
“Today's celebration of fabness is our way of recognising and promoting the great stuff happening in the NHS every day. It is also our opportunity to say a huge thank you to the fabulous people who are determined to make a difference.”
The winners were:
5127 Award: 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s ‘Street triage for people in mental health crisis’ – A scheme that prevents people who are having a mental health crisis being detained in police custody.
TNT Award: Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s ‘Dining companions’ – a programme where volunteers help on wards at mealtimes, specifically to help patients eat their meals or just keep them company.
Rosa Parks Award: Motiv8 North West Wales for ‘Promoting the links between mental health and activity’ – an annual event of sports activities that make people feel able to connect with others, have fun, and not feel so isolated in such a rural location.
4 Candles Award: South Glasgow University Hospital for ‘Reliably finding out what matters to older people in hospital’ – posters displayed above a person’s bed to remind anyone supporting that patient of the things that are important to the people in their ward.
Hartly Larkin Award: NHS Emergency Care Intensive Support Team’s ‘The SAFER patient flow bundle’ – a set of simple rules that, if followed routinely, will help improve patient flow, patient experience and reduce length of stay across adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals.
Penguin Teamship Award: Department of Health with SAPHNA, QNI and RCN’s ‘School nurses supporting well being of young carers’ – a pathway designed to support integrated working between the school nursing service, other public health nurses and partners in supporting young carers and their families.
Piccalilley Award: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s ‘The Singing Sensations’, ‘Because they want to’, ‘Nutrition Assistants – Making a difference’, ‘Wellbeing Library’ – A series of projects at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust that aim to improve patient experience.
Overall Winner Award: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust’s ‘Safe Staffing App’ - a simple, quick-to-use tool that allows the trust to see an accurate, live staffing position from ward to board.
