Quality Improvement and Research Excellence Award

The Quality Improvement and Research Excellence Award aims to celebrate and recognise outstanding contributions to enhancing patient experience through quality improvement or research.

In addition to the core criteria judges will be looking for evidence of:

QI Criteria: For an individual or team who has designed, tested and implemented a quality improvement within their area of work. Small or large scale, the improvement will have significantly enhanced the quality of service delivery and/or care, and will be clearly evidenced. Nominations can be made for clinical or non clinical quality improvements as well as:

• Collaboration, co-design and co-production
• Evidence of the Trust's Quality Improvement methodology
• Clarity of the Quality Improvement project's aim, driver diagram and change ideas
• Measured Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) testing and associated learning
• Impact, showing the extent of the improvement
• Who, and how many people, it has benefited
• Sustainability

Research Criteria: For an individual or team who has supported, facilitated or carried out research relevant to health in the Trust. Small or large scale, the research will have the potential to significantly enhance care or diagnosis and the team or individual will have made extra efforts to ensure the research can be effectively carried out. Projects can be completed since 2022 or ongoing. Nominations can be made for clinical or non clinical staff linked to research, as well as:

• Collaboration, co-design and co-production
• Engagement with public and patient involvement
• Enhancing recruitment of services and patients
• Speeding up processes to allow the research to proceed on time
• Impact including evidence of improvement and benefit
• Creating a research culture in their service