The 2003 awards were presented at NT Live on 9 July by the Minister for Health and Community Care
There are six winners this year: one overall winner which received #10,000 and five runners up which received #1000 each.
OVERALL WINNER
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Rita McDade and Joanne Booth from Carronbank Clinic, Forth Valley Primary Care NHS Trust
The 2003 awards were presented at NT Live on 9 July by the Minister for Health and Community Care
IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF NURSE-LED CONTINENCE CLINICS WITHIN PRIMARY CARE
This is an excellent team initiative focusing on a 'taboo area of patient care'. The project involves implementing research evidence which supports the assessment, treatment and review of adults with incontinence by primary care nurses. This initiative will improve the quality of life for people in the community with incontinence.
RUNNERS UP
INDIVIDUALS
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Mel Mackenzie, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust
Early supported respiratory discharge hospital at home in Grampian
This is a nurse led discharge service for respiratory patients who fulfil specific criteria for their medical management at home. Patient, relative and GP satisafaction with the service has been found to be high and this is an excellent example of a service development that has built on developments in practice from other NHS Boards in Scotland. -
Janice preston, Beatson Oncology Centre, North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust
Use of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PiCCs) within Oncology to allow safe delivery of chemotherapy within the patients home
This is an excellent example of a project which has utilised an evidence-base to take forward patient centred change, enabling patients to receive their chemotherapy treatment at home. The judging panel particularly wanted to commend this winner for having the drive and commitment to develop this service. -
Janette Barrie, NHS Lanarkshire
From the myth of cure to the reality of care: shifting the focus to improve care for people with life long illness
The panel was impressed by the quality of this proposal and the commitement demonstrated in striving to create an environment where people are fully empowered and able to live independent lives regardless of their illness.
TEAMS
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Margaret M Brown, Margaret Alexander, Elizabeth Hutchison - Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Lanarkshire Primary Care NHS Trust
Palliative Care in Dementia: an initiative by staff in the Department of Old Age Psychiatry
This is an excellent initiative with the impact of having significant impact in a much neglected area of practice. It is clear to the judges that the shared interests and enthusiasm of the team has driven this development. -
Jane Andrew and Lynn McAllister - Community Macmillan Nursing Service, Tayside Primary Care NHS Trust
The living with breathlessness programme. Introduction of a non-pharmacological approach to breathlessness in an out-patient setting
The overall aim of this programme is to provide a supportive intervention to people with lung cancer experiencing breathlessness to assist them to achieve their physical, emotional, social and spiritual potential. This is a well presented project identifying clear benefits to patient care.
Background to awards
The awards were first introduced in 2001 by the Chief Nursing Officer. The impetus for developing the awards was the publication of Choices and Challenges - the strategy for research and development in nursing and midwifery in Scotland. The aim of the awards is to promote and encourage nurses, midwives and health visitors to implement research evidence into practice leading to improvements in the quality of patient care.
Awards are open to individuals or teams and applicants were asked to demonstrate an improvement in the service to patients that they had delivered through the application of research evidence.
Forty-four applications were received this year and these were judged by a panel chaired by the Chief Nursing Officer with representatives from the partnership forum, Directors of Nursing and a Chief Executive.