Improvement Award

This award recognised sustained high quality improvements, aligned to our aims, what have had an impact over time.

Sponsored by Director of Quality Improvement, Dr Helen Smith.

Winner:

• Sally Pritchard, Mark Harrison and the Beech Ward Team

For driving forward a journey of continuous improvement and quality assurance. Sally, Mark and the team had successfully developed and adopted a number of innovations and improvements that ensure they deliver the safest possible care. These include the introduction of the electronic whiteboard and the 4 Steps to Safety programme – which has significantly reduced violence and aggression on Beech ward.

The team are pictured above with Chief Executive Melanie Walker and Chair Julie Dent CBE.

Highly Commended:

• Jane Gosling and the Catering Team

For being a true inspiration, constantly looking at ways to improve the service whilst ensuring people who use our services are at the centre and sustaining the Soil Association Silver Award for another year.

The team has also made a number of improvements based on the learning from the poor weather conditions experienced at the start of the year, ensuring they can continue to deliver a high quality service if we ever see extremes of weather like that again.

Some members of the team are pictured above with Chief Executive Melanie Walker and Chair Julie Dent CBE.

• Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service

For consistently delivering a high quality service within Bristol and sustaining high quality improvements working closely with communities and service users.

Members of the team are pictured above with Chief Executive Melanie Walker and Chair Julie Dent CBE.