Community Care initiative of the year

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The NHS Long Term Plan described several new ways of working in community care that can increase the focus on patient safety, including the development of integrated care services, virtual wards, expansion of digital health services and new discharge processes to reduce delays to patients returning home and service redesign.

Eligibility

This award is open to all NHS community care teams who can demonstrate improved patient safety and outcomes.

Ambition

Provide a clear rationale for the work, and provide context as to why the initiative or improvements were required.
What was the ambition for the project, and how did this draw on, or differ from, existing best practice?
Outline the targets set for patient safety and quality improvement, and what measures were put in place to achieve them.

Outcome

Clearly demonstrate the benefits of the initiative on quality of care, using quantitative evidence to show tangible positive impacts on the safety of patients within a community care setting.
Discuss any other positive outcomes that were a result of the initiative, which could include improved patient experience, waiting time reduction, capacity increase or optimised treatment pathways.
Include patient and/or staff testimonials supporting the efficacy of the initiative.

Spread

Show how these improvements in provision of safe, high-quality community care are replicable and scalable.
Outline the efforts made to share best practice, or examples of where this project has embedded and spread to other departments, settings or organisations.

Value

Clearly evidence how the initiative has improved value for patients and staff, in terms of patient experience, staff satisfaction and quality of care.
If possible, provide evidence of value creation in other areas, in terms of increased capacity, reduced costs, reduced variation and/or improved efficiencies.

Involvement

Show how patients were involved in decisions around their care, and their views were embedded in the design of the initiative
Provide clear evidence of a multidisciplinary approach, with all relevant parties fully engaging in the work, including managers, medics and nurses as well as patients and families, and how this has led to improved safety