Four teams from Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been shortlisted in prestigious national healthcare awards.
The maternity parent education team, along with additional needs navigator Naomi Hargreaves, Bradford Royal Infirmary’s ward 31 and the Trust’s early innovation team are all nominees in this year’s Health Service Journal’s Patient Safety Awards 2024.
The parent education team has been shortlisted in the ‘Maternity and Midwifery Services Initiative of the Year’ category for delivering patient education in diverse communities.
Parent Educators, Gina Melia and Caroline Lamb, explained: “We have transformed the way we deliver parent education to enable all families living within our diverse community to access a wide variety of information in multiple formats.
“These include virtual, face-to-face, phone contact, written information, videos, 24/7 availability on our website, information in multiple languages and accessing women at every opportunity.”
Additional Needs Navigator, Naomi Hargreaves, from the Trust’s additional needs team, has made the grade in the awards’ ‘Learning Disabilities of the Year’ group.
Assistant Chief Nurse for Vulnerable Adults, Sarah Turner said: “An additional needs navigator was initially set up for six months, but this role became essential in providing practical help to access services in the hospital and a point of contact for families and carers.
Falls Prevention Lead, Paul Street, is also celebrating after colleagues on ward 31 were nominated for the work they have done to prevent patients from falling.
The team is up for the ‘Harnessing a Human Factors Approach to Improve Patient Safety’ award for improving patient outcomes by reducing potential harm from hospital falls. The ward placed a strong focus on ‘bay tagging’ where a nursing colleague is in a bay at all times to observe and monitor patients.
Trust experts are also shortlisted for the ‘Early-Stage Patient Safety Innovation of the Year’ award for spotting signs that a patient’s condition may be deteriorating.
The team includes Consultant Anaesthetist Dr Brian Wilkinson, Sepsis Nurse Specialist Clare Nandha, Ward Manager, Kam Kaur, Senior Sister Critical Care Outreach Karon Todd, Quality Improvement Manager Lisa Jamieson, Head of Quality Improvement and Clinical Outcomes Dr Liz Tomlin, Senior Sister Critical Care Outreach Margaret Molloy, Ward 21 Sister, Rebecca Metcalf and Ward 9 Manager, Sandra Madalena.
The HSJ Patient Safety Awards help drive improvements in culture and quality across the NHS. These awards recognise and reward the hard-working teams and individuals who, in these times of austerity, pay restraints and workforce shortages, are striving to deliver improved patient care.
The awards ceremony is on16 September.