Royal Berkshire claim Gold in the 2010 Clinical Audit Awards

Last night's HQIP Clinical Audit Awards saw Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust claim the Gold Award in respect of its outstanding achievement regarding audit work on stroke treatment.

Other winners included Cambridgeshire Community Services, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust, Surrey Community Health and a joint award for Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Kingston Hospital NHS Trust in the Creating or Improving Efficiencies category.

"This year's awards were unprecedented both in terms of the number and the quality of submissions," HQIP Chief Executive Robin Burgess told the gala dinner ceremony at The Belfry. "It was extremely difficult for the panel to select winners, which is testament to the achievements being made in clinical audit and quality improvement."

"These two awards recognise the real improvements to patient care at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust," said Clinical Governance Manager Katharine Young. "This has been achieved through a dedicated, multi-disciplinary team and the clinical audit and effectiveness department and facilitator working closely together."

HQIP Clinical Audit Awards 2010 Winners:

Patient Safety - Cambridgeshire Community Services

Patient Involvement - Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 

Sustained Improvement - South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust

Creating or Improving Efficiencies - joint winners - Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Kingston Hospital NHS Trust

Partnership Working - Surrey Community Health

Local improvement following national audit participation - Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Gold - Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Over 100 submissions were received this year and the awards categories were expanded from three to six. The Gold Award - presented in recognition of outstanding achievement in more than one of the standard categories - was also a new addition.

Today marks the final day of this year's Clinical Audit Conference at The Belfry, themed ‘Evolution: Taking clinical audit to the next level'. This morning's keynote speakers included Health Foundation Director Martin Marshall and Dr John Bullivant of the Good Governance Institute, while this afternoon will see National Voices Chief Executive Jeremy Taylor present the closing session.