Entries will be reviewed against the following criteria 

Ambition - The challenge and context within which your project, person or organisation is set alongside your goals and targets whether quantitative or qualitative.
Outcome - The benefits realised from the point of view of patients, organisation, leadership, value creation, efficiencies, and cost. 
Spread - The dissemination of your success in terms of how your work has been picked up and replicated elsewhere. 
Value - The creation of value from the point of view of patient satisfaction and experience, reduction in bureaucracy, time saved for staff at any level.
Involvement - The stakeholders buy-in and contribution toward the project initiatives and outcomes. How have the relevant staff, patients and partnerships worked together to realise the success?

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Service / System Innovation

Advancing Patient Safety with Data and Analytics
Advancing Patient Safety with Data and Analytics
Best use of integrated care and partnership working
Best use of integrated care and partnership working in patient safety award
Harnessing a human factors approach to improve patient safety award
Harnessing a human factors approach to improve patient safety award
Neighbourhood and Community Health Safety Initiative of the Year
Neighbourhood and Community Health Safety Initiative of the Year
Digital Clinical Safety Initiative of the Year
NEW: Digital Clinical Safety Initiative of the Year
Patient involvement in safety award
Patient involvement in safety award
Primary Care Safety Initiative of the Year
Primary Care Safety Initiative of the Year
Safety improvement through technology award
Safety improvement through technology award
Urgent and Emergency Care Safety Initiative of the Year 
Urgent and Emergency Care Safety Initiative of the Year 

Clinical and Specialist

Improving medicines safety award
Improving medicines safety award
New project
Improving Safety and Outcomes for Minority Ethnic Communities
New project
Improving safety for older people initiative of the year
Maternity
Maternity, Midwifery and Neonatal Safety Initiative of the Year
Mental health safety improvement award
Mental health safety improvement award
New project
NEW: Palliative and End-of-Life Care Safety Initiative of the Year
New project
NEW: Surgical Care Safety Initiative of the Year
Nursing-Led Patient Safety Initiative of the Year
Nursing-Led Patient Safety Initiative of the Year
New project
Paediatrics and CYP Safety Initiative of the Year

Enacting organisation-wide change

Developing a positive safety culture award
Developing a positive safety culture award
Early-Stage Patient Safety Innovation of the Year
Early-Stage Patient Safety Innovation of the Year
Patient Safety Education and Training Award
Patient Safety Education and Training Award
Patient Safety Pilot Project of the Year
Patient Safety Pilot Project of the Year
Patient Safety Team of the Year
Patient Safety Team of the Year
Quality Improvement Initiative of the Year
Quality Improvement Initiative of the Year
Staff wellbeing initiative of the year
Staff wellbeing initiative of the year