Innovation Award

This award is for an outstanding person or group of people who have actively pursued and implemented innovative solutions that have led to improving the quality of services and the experience of people using or working in those services.

Sponsored by Interim Chief Operating Officer, Susan Smith and presented by Director of Transformation, Phill Mantay.

Winner:

• Stour Clinic Team

For their development of a model of general practice and primary care supporting the physical health and wellbeing of people receiving care at Langdon.

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

Highly Commended:

• Connelly House

For their work as an occupational therapy-led facility, using professional strengths to target areas of need and to think differently about how they meet people’s needs. This has resulted in reduced lengths of stay and increased people’s confidence as they prepare to move on from Connelly House.

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

• Russell Norton

For his role within the implementation of Steps 1 - 3 of the Stepped Care Model in all three of Devon’s prisons.

Russell is pictured above with Chief Executive Melanie Walker and Chair Julie Dent CBE.