2015Celebrating excellence in patient care

The NHS Wales Awards 2015 are now open – and waiting for you to enter! The awards provide a great opportunity to celebrate the innovative work of organisations and teams across NHS Wales to deliver excellent patient care.We are looking forward to receiving entries about all the innovative work that staff are carrying out every day across Wales.Plus! Have you completed an Improving Quality Together (IQT) Silver Level project? If you have, a Silver Level project is perfect for entry into the Awards!

So ask yourself – have you been taking forward improvement work that’s making a real difference to patients and raising the quality of care? Now it’s time to tell others about it!

Closing date for entries: 5.00pm Friday 30 January 2015

Finalists announced: March 2015

NHS Wales Awards Ceremony: July 2015

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Will your team be a

winner in the NHS Wales

Awards 2015?

Why your team should enter

To share how you have improved patient care – let’s make sure that every patient in Wales benefits

So your team’s work is recognised - it’s an opportunity to celebrate your achievements

If you’ve completed Improving Quality Together Silver Level, you’ve got a project ready to enter!

Improving Quality Together (IQT) is a national initiative to equip NHS Wales staff with skills that will help improve standards and delivery of care.The Silver level focuses on applying the skills to deliver quality improvement projects in the workplace and these projects are perfect for entering into the NHS Wales Awards.Helen Dinham, Theatre Manager at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, completed a silver level project which looked at overcoming the obstacles that were preventing the correct level of cleaning taking place in operating theatres.She said, “Improving Quality Together helped me look at exactly what the problem was and not just assume I knew what it was,” she says. “It enabled me to use tools and methodology I hadn’t used before to achieve 100% compliance in cleaning that has reassured our patients about the quality and standard of care they receive. I was delighted to be shortlisted for the 2014 NHS Wales Awards.”

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“In an age of austerity the pressures on our services are real.

“Against that background, it is especially

important to recognise the efforts of staff who work so hard in caring for and supporting patients.

“The NHS Wales Awards 2015 are a chance for us to celebrate all that is good about the NHS and I would encourage anyone who works in the NHS to take advantage of this opportunity to celebrate excellence in care by submitting an entry to the Awards.”

Mark Drakeford Minister for Health and Social Services, Welsh Government

We’re waiting for your entry! Tell us about what you’re doing and you could be one of our 2015 winners!Here are the categories – remember, you can enter as many times as you like!

Citizens at the centre of service re-design and delivery

Developing a flexible and sustainable workforce

Improving patient safety

Improving quality through better use of resources

Promoting better health and avoiding disease

Promoting clinical research and application to practice

Students improving patient safety and quality

Working seamlessly across organisations

Outstanding innovation in care The winner of this category will be chosen from the finalists of the other eight categories

A panel of experts will decide on a shortlist of finalists and visit organisations to find out more about work being taken forward. The winners will be announced at a special NHS Wales Awards ceremony in July 2015.

@NHSWalesAwards www.nhswalesawards.org.uk www.iqt.wales.nhs.uk

Important dates: Closing date for entries: 5.00pm Friday 30 January 2015

Finalists announced: March 2015

NHS Wales Awards Ceremony: July 2015

Who should enter? All NHS Wales staff can enter the NHS Wales Awards:

Clinical staff

Non-clinical staff

Students – we have a special category just for you!

Follow these five simple steps to enter:1. Visit the NHS Wales

Awards website at www.nhswalesawards. org.uk

2. Read the guidance on how to enter.

3. Choose the category which is right for your work.

4. Download the storyboard template form and complete it.

5. Get Chief Executive approval and submit your entry before the closing date