Awards categories

For the 2010 Advancing Healthcare Awards we welcome entries in the following categories:

1. The Chief Health Professions Officer’s award for leadership (England)
Sponsored by Department of Health England
The CHPO’s award seeks to recognise AHPs, at any stage of their careers, who demonstrate in their everyday behaviour and attitudes the essence of leadership in the clinical setting. They should show courage and determination in working with others to improve the quality of patient care in ways that are demonstrably cost effective and sustainable. We are looking for those who to transform services and consistently deliver high quality care.

The shortlisted entries in this category will win a place on a GateHouse management or leadership course, and in addition the winner will receive a cash prize to be used for personal or professional development with the commitment to report back a year later on what has been achieved.

2. The Chief Scientific Officer’s award for leadership (England)
Sponsored by Department of Health England
The CSO’s award seeks to recognise healthcare scientists in the early years of their careers, who demonstrate in their everyday behaviour and attitudes the essence of leadership. They should show courage and determination in working with others to improve the quality of patient services in ways that are demonstrably cost effective and sustainable. We are looking for those who to transform services and consistently deliver at a high level.

The winner will be offered a coaching session with an international expert in leadership development.

3. Achieving excellence in learning, teaching, development or mentorship
Sponsored by GateHouse Training
This aims to encourage creative entries which take a broad approach to learning and development. Entries are invited from practitioners at any level who have achieved excellence and innovation in education and professional development to enhance knowledge and skills to the benefit of patient care.

The winner of this category wins a free one-day GateHouse in-house course for their organisation on a topic of their choice.

4. Enhancing public health and creating healthy communities
Sponsored by Welsh Government
Healthcare practitioners must seize every opportunity to encourage healthy living among their patients and clients. This award invites entries which describe projects to foster healthy living among disadvantaged or hard-to-reach communities.

5. Innovation in recruitment and career development
Sponsored by NHS Employers
In this ever-changing jobs market, this award aims to recognise and reward those who have developed robust recruitment strategies or demonstrated career development initiatives in any or all of the professions and specialties covered by these awards.

6. Joint working between allied health professionals and healthcare scientists
Sponsored by Unite the Union
Entries are invited to illustrate successful collaboration between these groups. An essential part of modernising healthcare is developing team working across professional groups. AHPs and healthcare scientists do not always come into contact with one another but in some spheres effective joint working can revolutionise patient services.

7. Rethinking the patient care pathway
Sponsored by Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Northern Ireland
The work of healthcare scientists in diagnostics and treatment is key in ensuring patients are treated promptly and the work of AHPs helps to speed their journey home. This award recognises the crucial part these professionals play in improving access and boosting productivity.

8. Enhancing self-care and independent living
Sponsored by NHS Scotland
This new award seeks to celebrate ‘patient-centredness’ by demonstrating how healthcare professionals can encourage and support people in self-care and independent living. The project must demonstrate sustained patient empowerment with the professional in an enabling, facilitating role.

9. Overall winner
Sponsored by NHS Employers
The judges will select an outstanding entry from the winning entries in each category This category may not be entered directly.

Entries may be made by individuals, small groups working together, a department, a hospital or a trust based in the UK. Simply decide which category your project fits best, and enter by Friday 6 November 2009.The entries will be judged by an expert panel of judges, drawn from the professions and sponsors. All shortlisted entrants will be notified by email and will be asked to attend a judging day on Tuesday 19 January 2010 in central London.


Categories and criteria
		For the 2010 Advancing Healthcare Awards we welcome entries in the following categories: 1. The Chief Health Professions Officer’s award for leadership (England) Sponsored by Department of Health England The CHPO’s award seeks to recognise AHPs, at any stage of their careers, who demonstrate in their everyday behaviour and attitudes the essence of leadership in the clinical setting. They should show courage and determination in working with others to improve the quality of patient care in ways that are demonstrably cost effective and sustainable. We are looking for those who to transform services and consistently deliver high quality care. The shortlisted entries in this category will win a place on a GateHouse management or leadership course, and in addition the winner will receive a cash prize to be used for personal or professional development with the commitment to report back a year later on what has been achieved. 2. The Chief Scientific Officer’s award for leadership (England) Sponsored by Department of Health England The CSO’s award seeks to recognise healthcare scientists in the early years of their careers, who demonstrate in their everyday behaviour and attitudes the essence of leadership. They should show courage and determination in working with others to improve the quality of patient services in ways that are demonstrably cost effective and sustainable. We are looking for those who to transform services and consistently deliver at a high level. The winner will be offered a coaching session with an international expert in leadership development. 3. Achieving excellence in learning, teaching, development or mentorship Sponsored by GateHouse Training This aims to encourage creative entries which take a broad approach to learning and development. Entries are invited from practitioners at any level who have achieved excellence and innovation in education and professional development to enhance knowledge and skills to the benefit of patient care. The winner of this category wins a free one-day GateHouse in-house course for their organisation on a topic of their choice. 4. Enhancing public health and creating healthy communities Sponsored by Welsh Government Healthcare practitioners must seize every opportunity to encourage healthy living among their patients and clients. This award invites entries which describe projects to foster healthy living among disadvantaged or hard-to-reach communities. 5. Innovation in recruitment and career development Sponsored by NHS Employers In this ever-changing jobs market, this award aims to recognise and reward those who have developed robust recruitment strategies or demonstrated career development initiatives in any or all of the professions and specialties covered by these awards. 6. Joint working between allied health professionals and healthcare scientists Sponsored by Unite the Union Entries are invited to illustrate successful collaboration between these groups. An essential part of modernising healthcare is developing team working across professional groups. AHPs and healthcare scientists do not always come into contact with one another but in some spheres effective joint working can revolutionise patient services. 7. Rethinking the patient care pathway Sponsored by Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Northern Ireland The work of healthcare scientists in diagnostics and treatment is key in ensuring patients are treated promptly and the work of AHPs helps to speed their journey home. This award recognises the crucial part these professionals play in improving access and boosting productivity. 8. Enhancing self-care and independent living Sponsored by NHS Scotland This new award seeks to celebrate ‘patient-centredness’ by demonstrating how healthcare professionals can encourage and support people in self-care and independent living. The project must demonstrate sustained patient empowerment with the professional in an enabling, facilitating role. 9. Overall winner Sponsored by NHS Employers The judges will select an outstanding entry from the winning entries in each category This category may not be entered directly. Entries may be made by individuals, small groups working together, a department, a hospital or a trust based in the UK. Simply decide which category your project fits best, and enter by Friday 6 November 2009.The entries will be judged by an expert panel of judges, drawn from the professions and sponsors. All shortlisted entrants will be notified by email and will be asked to attend a judging day on Tuesday 19 January 2010 in central London.














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