Stockport NHS Foundation Trust shortlisted for HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2023

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted in three categories at the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Patient Safety Awards 2023.

The trust, which runs Stepping Hill Hospital and community NHS services in Stockport, is a finalist in the areas of supporting patients to improve their pain management, safely increasing rates of elective day-care surgery, and improving outcomes for mothers from ethnic minorities using maternity services.

The pain management team at the trust are shortlisted in the Patient Involvement in Safety Award category for their co-designed project with service users for patients living with chronic pain. The project is helping the patients to develop the self-management of their pain in a way that best meets their own individual needs,  empowering them to make choices which will achieve the best possible outcomes for them.

The trust’s surgical division has been recognised in the Safe Restoration of Elective Care Services Award category for developing and implementing a new digital dashboard to support improvements in the number of patients who receive appropriate treatment in a day-case environment. Their work has helped to reduce a backlog of surgery caused following COVID-19 and lockdown, and reduce waiting times for patients.

The trust’s maternity department are shortlisted in the Improving Health Outcomes for Minority Ethnic Communities Award category for their response to the maternity needs of asylum seekers in the Stockport area, where the community midwifery team has established close collaborative working with partners in Stockport in responding to challenging needs of this group.

Karen James OBE, Chief Executive for Stockport NHS Foundation Trust said:

“Ensuring the best possible standards of safety is a fundamental part of the care which we provide, and so we are greatly proud our efforts in this area have been recognised in the HSJ Patient Safety Awards. Being shortlisted in three different categories shows the many and diverse ways we are improving safety for patients in different areas, and in both the hospital and the community.” 

The winners of the 2023 HSJ Patient Safety Awards will be announced a ceremony on Monday 18^th September.