2020 Shortlist
Cancer Nursing
- Dr Kershaw's Hospice, Caring hands - end of life community care service
- Hammersmith and Fulham GP Federation, H&F cervical screening project
- Knowsley CCG, Macmillan primary care cancer navigator project
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool virtual community cancer support service
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, “I wanna die at home” Community Palliative care for 16 and 17 year olds
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Remote follow up for radically treated lung cancer patients
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Nurse-led telephone triage and its impact on achieving the prostate cancer best practice pathway
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Black men support group for prostate cancer
- The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Living well with cancer
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Enhanced supportive care
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Lung health screening programme
- Wessex Cancer Alliance, Cancer nursing across boundaries
Care of Older People
- Brent Council, Oral health promotion
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Frailty ambulatory care improvements
- My Home Life Charity, National social care WhatsApp support group - supporting social care through the COVID-19 pandemic
- NAViGO Health and Social Care CIC, Konar suite, making person centred care a family affair
- NHS Vale of York CCG, Reducing avoidable harm, enhancing clinical outcomes and improving the experience of deteriorating residents in the community
- North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, Parity of esteem in action- fit for frailty in mental health care
- Royal Star and Garter, Outstanding care
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Dignity in a pandemic: creating a COVID-19 cohort ward for the elderly
- Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire CCGs and Staffordshire County Council, The provider improvement and response team
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Improving communications with relatives & carers during Covid 19
- The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Frailty assessment unit
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Integrating a frailty sensitive approach to the care of older people
Children’s Services
- Bladder and Bowel UK and ERIC, Help at school – a partnership approach to providing guidance and practical support
- Bladder and Bowel UK and PADS, Empowering parents via social media
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Children’s acute mental health partnership (ChAMHP) right care, right place, right time
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, School readiness service
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Children's service change
- Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust, Implementation of the derbyshire children’s continence service level 2
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Supporting children to say goodbye to parents dying unexpectedly in adult ICU
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Children's home acute team (CHAT)
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Nottinghamshire mental health support team
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, “I wanna die at home” Community Palliative care for 16 and 17 year olds
- St Nicholas Hospice Care, Life’s questions
- Whittington Health NHS Trust, Undertaking 48hr telephone triage for children and young people who have attended ED in Islington
Clinical Research Nursing
Sponsored by
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Engaging NHS staff in the delivery of clinical research to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, A journey of empowerment: how a small clinical research team made a big impact during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, The rapid training, development to support the deployment of an organization wide COVID-19 Clinical Research Team
- Morecambe Bay GP Collaborative, Innovation: originality of the idea
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Researching together- a roadmap for creating an integrated mental health research service
- Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust, One trust; a united response
- Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and University of Exeter Medical School, Rapid restructuring of clinical research teams in response to the COVID19 pandemic
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Collaboration in a crisis: research nurses band together to tackle COVID
- South West NHS Trusts and Universities, South West NIHR70@70 Senior Nurse Research Leaders: dynamic, responsive research leadership and collaboration in times of crisis
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and NIHR UK CRF Network, Development of the UKCRFN study intensity tool
Continence Promotion and Care
- Bladder and Bowel UK and ERIC, Help at school – a partnership approach to providing guidance and practical support
- Bladder and Bowel UK and PADS, Empowering parents via social media
- Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust, Making continence: everybody’s business
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Pants not pads! Improving continence for stroke patients
- The London Clinic, The pelvic floor bible
Emergency and Critical Care
- Barts Health NHS Trust, Ana Waddington - your stance
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Emergency department navigators
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Family liaison team
- Care UK, COILS (Custodial Officers Intermediate Life Support)
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, Sudden unexpected death in childhood - a multi-professional/agency study day
- East Lancashire NHS Hospitals Trust, NIV improvement in the emergency department
- Healthy Teen Minds, We can talk
- King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre, Life lines
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The learning disability team in the emergency department: improving admission avoidance and patient experience by improving reasonable adjustments for learning disability patients
- NHS Nightingale London, Developing & implementing time critical education for the NHS Nightingale workforce
- Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, A virtual video tour to alleviate relatives fear of the unknown during restrictions of visiting through the COVID Pandemic
Enhancing Patient Dignity
- Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Management of constipation – learning disability matters
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, “I’m still Me” - collaborative tier 2 dementia training
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Development and implementation of a sexual safety assessment and risk management tool - changing the culture for patients and staff in mental health
- Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust, Implementation of the derbyshire children’s continence service level 2
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Reflections on a new end of life initiative
- Four Seasons Healthcare Group, Dignity in the heart, mind and actions at uplands care home
- HCA - Princess Grace Hospital, Leave no woman behind
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust, End of life care and the opening of Wellow unit
- NHS Blood and Transplant, Enhancing the dignity of paediatric organ donors and their families
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, My care card
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Transforming the experience for bereaved relatives visiting the mortuary and increasing respect and dignity afforded to deceased patients
Florence Nightingale Nurse of the Year
Sponsored by
- Warrant Officer 2 Robbie Beech, British Army
- Helen Bishton, Spectrum Community Health CIC
- Gemma Clay, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Carrie Garavan, Public Health Humanitarian
- Natalie Grey, NHS Nightingale London
- Leona Harris, Fairfield Hospital
- Ruth Oshikanlu, Goal Mind
- Louise Rose, King's College London
- Kimberley St John, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Cindy Willcocks, Arterne CIC
HRH Integrated Approaches to Care
Sponsored by
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Health independent sexual violence advisor service
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Children's home acute team (CHAT)
- Hywel Dda University Health Board and Heart Failure Team Carmarthenshire, Breaking service boundaries to help failing hearts
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The first and only NHS, home parenteral nutrition service (R homecare)
- North East Ambulance Service, Macmillan supportive, palliative and end of life care team within an ambulance service
- Nutricia, Integrated clinics in special schools to improve patient and families experience
- Oldham CCG, STICH (supporting treatment in care homes)
- Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Armed forces covenant veteran aware, veteran friendly support
- St Nicholas Hospice Care, Life's questions
- United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Care pathway for hepatitis C testing and treatment in an immigration removal centre
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Developing a Hospital at Home service during the COVID-19 pandemic
Infection Prevention and Control
Sponsored by
- Bangor University, Promoting patient safety: a flexible high quality educational experience in infection prevention and control
- Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, COVID-19 and how BSMHFT mitigated infections as a mental health trust
- Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, Covid-19 community nursing home visiting team
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, PPE safety officers
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Be Safe, Be EquiPPEd
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Changing staff behaviour to enable ownership of CRO risk assessment, screening and management to achieve quality patient care
- Scottish Health Innovations, The infection management game
- Taurus Healthcare, Super green clinic for shielding patients in Herefordshire
- Various NHS Trust and Focus Games, Flu bee game – busting vaccine myths
Learning Disabilities Nursing
- Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Management of constipation – learning disability matters
- Bladder and Bowel UK and PADS, Empowering parents via social media
- Edinburgh Napier University, Life, death and lilies: a public engagement activity supporting people with learning disabilities to discuss loss, death, and bereavement
- Hywel Dda University Health Board, Swansea Bay University Health Board and Powys Teaching Health Board an Improvement Cymru, Development of a primary care education pack for Wales
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The learning disability team in the emergency department: improving admission avoidance and patient experience by improving reasonable adjustments for learning disability patients
- North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, Promoting safe sexual wellbeing
- North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, Coping with my feelings group
- North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, Improving the impact of PBS interventions using a clinic and education based model with adults with learning disabilities
- North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, Learning disability champion scheme; an initiative to address health inequalities
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, An adapted Intervention package for restricted individuals with an IDD/ASD diagnosis
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Lets talk about domestic violence and abuse; a discreet and accessible resource to support people with learning disabilities
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Going to hospital book
Managing Long-term Conditions
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, An integrated approach with the welsh ambulance service to help reduce admissions and enhance patient care
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Promoting self management for patients with chronic vulva disease through education and access to expert nurse support
- Care UK, Promoting dignity at the end of life – HM Prison Oakwood
- Care UK, HM Prison Stafford – a multi professional approach to complex care
- East London NHS Foundation Trust, Teleheath approach in managing long term conditions in Newham
- LloydsPharmacy Clinical Homecare, Developing a remote nurse training service for patients with long-term conditions
- NeuroResponse CIC, Caring together even when we’re apart
- Spectrum Community Health CIC, Introducing haemodialysis in a prison setting
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Whittington Health NHS Trust, Undertaking 48hr telephone triage for children and young people who have attended ED in Islington
- Wirral Community NHS Foundation Trust, Transforming the health of heart failure patients on the Wirral
Nurse Leader of the Year
Sponsored by
- Maxine Buyanga, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Lieutenant Jenny Dyson, HM Forces– Joint Hospital Group South East
- Annette Hand, UK Parkinson's Excellence Network
- Lydia Mair Howells, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
- Jodie Maloney, St Andrew's Healthcare
- Shane Moody, Isle of Wight NHS Trust
- Emily Mulvaney, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Freedom Nwokedi, NAViGO Health and Social Care CIC
- Sally Robbins-Cherry, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Becky Wych, Combe Down Surgery
Nursing in Mental Health
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton admiral nurse service
- Defence Primary Healthcare, Psychotherapy training for defence mental health services
- Healthy Teen Minds, We can talk
- Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, CAMHS DBT service
- Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Trust, Dancing out of the darkness
- Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, ChatHealth
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Innovation and collaboration
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, A better night's sleep: a novel approach to nursing observations at night
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Introducing the first NHS parkrun at Bethlem Royal Mental Health Hospital
- St Andrew's Healthcare, Power to the patient voice
- Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation NHS Trust, Health and justice mental health in reach team HMP holme house
Nursing in the Community
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Homeward bound
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton admiral nurse service
- Defence Primary Healthcare, Early intervention occupational health
- Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust, Implementation of the Derbyshire children’s continence service level 2
- Dr Kershaw's Hospice, Caring hands - end of life community care service
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Children's home acute team (CHAT)
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Partnership working: community respiratory team and ambulance service
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Reaching the unreachable - a holistic approach to HCV, homelessness and liver disease in the community
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Community integrated end of life care service
- Surrey Downs Health and Care, East elmbridge community nursing team
- Whittington Health NHS Trust, Undertaking 48hr telephone triage for children and young people who have attended ED in Islington
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Implementation of an extended 7 day neonatal community outreach service in Worcestershire
Patient Safety Improvement
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Health response to victims of domestic abuse/violence during COVID-19
- East Lancashire NHS Trust, Optimising patient safety through rapid access to an enhanced surgical ambulatory pathway
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The 'First Hour of Care'
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Reducing admission of new born babies to neonatal unit from hypoglycaemia
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, MINIMISE Moisture™ - a patient safety campaign to raise awareness and reduce the incidence of moisture associated skin damage
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Breaking down barriers to safe medication administration
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, Older person team digital NEWS project
- The Reducing Deaths in Custody Team and NHS England, An education and development programme to reduce deaths in the London prisons
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, The vascular limb salvage clinic – a rewarding patient safety improvement initiative
Promoting Patient Self-Management
Sponsored by
- Amcare and ConvaTec, Maintaining healthy hydration during covid-19 when you have a stoma
- Barts Health NHS Trust, Shared care in haemodialysis: a path to independence
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Switch of treatment to promote patients independence and provide patient centred care
- Bladder and Bowel UK and PADS, Empowering parents via social media
- Care UK, Promoting patient self-management at HMP huntercombe
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Promoting self-management for respiratory patients within the RESPS team
- Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Development of an assessment clinic to promote patient self-management of wound care
- Royal Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust, Living with COVID and cystic fibrosis
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Getting a grip on nebulisation therapy in children with cystic fibrosis
- The Cuckoo Lane Practice, Promoting patient self-management through group consultations
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Rheumatology connect - a self-management app for patients
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, At the heart of a pandemic: A virtual cardiac rehabilitation model realises actual benefits in cardiovascular patient care
Respiratory Nursing
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, COVID drives oxygen team outdoors
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Respiratory clinical nurse specialist virtual response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Yellow lanyard – respiratory skills team
- Hywel Dda University Health Board, Developing an interface asthma specialist nurse between primary and secondary care
- ImpACT+, Community respiratory service
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Community respiratory emergency response car
- Remeo Healthcare and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Respiratory nursing category - launch of the first ever advanced respiratory high dependency nursing degree significantly improves outcomes and quality of life for ventilator dependent patients
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gamification to increase compliance with airway clearance in cystic fibrosis
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Lung health screening programme
Rising Star
Sponsored by
- Lyndsey Bibby, Spectrum Community Health CIC
- Tanya Cannon, Coleridge Medical Centre
- Rhianna Colyer, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
- Sophie Daniels, Guildowns Group Practice
- Nicola Farnell, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Sgt Lucy Laughton, HM Forces
- Ediscyll Lorusso, St George's University Hospitals Foundation Trust
- Julia Shaw, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Charlotte Smith, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Naomi Nadine Thickett, Swansea Bay University Health Board
- Emily Wates, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Zara Zaman, Barts Health NHS Trust
Surgical Nursing
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, A prospective surgical site infection reduction pathway and surveillance program in paediatric spinal deformity surgery – a six year program at the Evelina London children’s hospital
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Interventional radiology theatre nursing: pocket cards
- Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, Early nurse led mobilisation and discharge in elective enhanced recovery
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Introduction of a dedicated adult airway service for neck breathing patients
Team of the Year
Sponsored by
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, An integrated approach with the welsh ambulance service to help reduce admissions and enhance patient care
- Devon Partnership NHS Trust, Devon community forensic team
- Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, CAMHS DBT service
- Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Trust, Dancing out of the darkness
- Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust, “Productive People”: maintaining the health of South Lincolnshire’s factory workers
- Marie Stopes UK, Innovation during a crisis
- NHS Highland, Delivering equitable healthcare in remote and rural areas
- NHS Nightingale London, Education faculty
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, “I wanna die at home” Community Palliative care for 16 and 17 year olds
- Spectrum Community Health CIC, Maintaining an outstanding service for North Yorkshire patients
- The Reducing Deaths in Custody Team and NHS England, An education and development programme to reduce deaths in the London prisons
- Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Ward A7 & critical care outreach team
- West London NHS Trust, Avonmore ward: spirit of the NHS in action
Technology and Data in Nursing
- Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Medway care plan development
- Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Avatar based virtual world software as an adjunct to clinical interventions and reflective practice in a medium secure setting
- Dr Kershaw's Hospice, Improving patient care with instant access for multiple users to a live electronic patient record
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust, 21st century nursing - bringing pandemic support to the masses with Diabetes 101; a response to Covid 19
- NHS Wales, The national transformation of nursing documentation
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, A better night's sleep: a novel approach to nursing observations at night