Lean Healthcare practitioners celebrate with Virtual College

Lean Healthcare practitioners celebrate with Virtual College:

Last week the 2012 Lean Healthcare e-Academy Awards were held at the Marriott Hotel in Leeds, celebrating the best examples of Lean techniques being implemented across the healthcare sector. As well as being an opportunity to acknowledge some outstanding achievements, our Lean Healthcare e-Academy hosts the annual event to bring together professionals from across the UK to network and discuss how changing and updating techniques and practices help their

organisations to reduce costs and improve service.

The day started in our exhibition hall where guests could see the latest from carefully selected sponsors, before being invited into break out rooms where key speakers and award nominees led seminars and discussions.

The winners of each category are listed below, but for full details of the conference, case studies and video from the event you can visit and bookmark http://www.leanhealthcareacademy.co.uk/lhaawards2012

The Best Impact on Patient Experience Award

SOUTH TYNESIDE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

For their project:
Improving the patient Experience for COPD patients in Sunderland

The Sustained Improvement Award

DONCASTER AND BASSETLAW HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

For their project:
Jeep's Disease: Changing Practice

Pioneers of Telehealth / Telecare Award

SOUTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST

For their project:
Implementation of Remote Tele-monitoring for People with Long Term Conditions

Lean Champion of the Year Award

Richard Wylde

AIREDALE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

The Productive Series Award – International

HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND

For their project:
Releasing Time to Care Implementation Programme

The Productive Series Award – International

SOUTH TEES HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

For their project:
Time to Care – The spread of 'productives' across an acute setting

The Embracing Technology Award

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE

For their project:
Embracing Technology – Pharmacy Robot

The Sharing Best Practice Award

RSL STEEPER

For their project:
Prosthetic Rehabilitation: the use of best practice to drive quality and cost effectiveness

Improving Services through Training & Development Award

ROYAL FREE NHS TRUST

For their project:
Implementation of a hospital-wide 'diabetes care bundle' to improve inpatient safety

Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Lean Award

Susan Speak

AIREDALE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

People's Choice Award

BRADFORD DISTRICT CARE TRUST

For their project:
The adoption & spread of the productive mental health ward programme in a learning disability inpatient unit.

This year’s main sponsor for the event was NETS – North East Transformation System. The NETS team help to promote their model as best practice to organisations within the local NHS. Our appreciation also goes to Lesley Holdsworth from Java Productions who assisted with organising the event.