A pioneering community nursing project which was started in South Holland has scooped a national award.
The project was initiated by community nursing team case managers to change the way they work to better support their patients and colleagues – and such has been the success of it that it is now being developed across the county.
Called the ‘Supporting Positive Change in the Community’ project, it was set up by nurses from the Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) along with colleagues in the organisational development team.
Its aim was to ensure they could compliment their existing skills in delivering great hands-on care with additional skills to lead their teams and plan caseloads.
This would ensure care was managed proactively rather than reactively, at the right time, by the right nurse and to those who need it most.
And their good team-work and team building received praise from judges at the Aston Organisational Development Award for team-based working at Healthcare People Management Association Excellence in HRM annual awards.
More than 470 guests had gathered to celebrate the contributions of human resources healthcare teams from across the country at the ceremony at the Westminster Plaza in London.
Janine Gargett, integrated clinical team lead for LCHS, was full of praise for the staff who helped land the award.
She said: “We are very proud that our teams have gained the recognition they deserve, but are prouder still that they are doing everything they can to support our patients to have positive outcomes.”
