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Health and Social Care awards
28 May 2010
News > Evaluating the quality of health information
Nominations for the ninth Health and Social Care Awards – to highlight excellence and innovation in health and social care at regional and national levels – are now open. This year six categories are focused around the quality and efficiency agenda. NHS and local authority chief executives are encouraged to nominate outstanding teams within their organisations.
The assessors will base their decisions around applications that comply, in full, with the core criteria, as well as the category-specific criteria. Applicants will need to respond to at least one of the four core principles around QIPP (see below) and demonstrate, with evidence, effective delivery.
- Quality
- Innovation
- Productivity
- Prevention
National Categories
1. Success in Partnership Working
2. Acute Care
3. Primary Care and Community Based Integration
4. Excellence in Commissioning
5. Mental Health and Wellbeing
6. Support for Independence
The closing date for all applications is midnight, Friday 18 June 2010.
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