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.
Judges will be looking for examples of approaches that have had a direct impact on the safety of patients from organisations that have responded across the system to tackle clinical variation, prevention and self-care.
Eligibility
This award is open to all NHS community care teams who can demonstrate improved patient safety and outcomes.