Friday 18 September 2015

NHS Halton CCG has been shortlisted for 3 HSJ Awards


NHS Halton CCG has been shortlisted in three categories for Health Service Journal 2015 Awards.  Judges for the awards have sifted through and scored over 1600 entries, so getting shortlisted is in itself a fantastic achievement. 
We have been shortlisted in the Primary Care Innovation category for our Wellbeing Practices, which serve our whole practice population. Operation Emblem, the mental health diversion scheme for people who may have been subject to intervention under s136 of the Mental Health Act, has been shortlisted in the Innovation in Mental Health category. This work includes NHS Warrington CCG, Cheshire Police and 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. 
The third category is in the CCG Commissioning for Carers category and is for the development and commissioning of an integrated system for carers services in Halton. We now have to meet the judging panels for each of the categories over the next month. We will then find out on 18th November 2015 if we have won.  
Simon Banks
Chief Officer