10 April 2024
The Best Practice Awards highlight outstanding services and excellence across rheumatology. We are excited to recognise innovative initiatives that are driving advancements in patient care.
Our winners demonstrated a strong dedication to making a positive impact in rheumatology.
They are:
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust: Bridging the Gap Between Primary and Secondary Care Through the Rheumatology Academy and Collaborative Network (RheumACaN).
Commenting on their win the team said:
"This is a defining moment for our team as this award is a platform for us to showcase and share our collaborative working and educational programme with GPs and community physiotherapists through RheumACaN to improve diagnosis and management of rheumatic diseases."
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: The Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Network – Improving Care for All Patients with HLH.
Delighted on their win the team commented:
"We are honoured to receive this recognition from the BSR. It reflects our collective efforts to improve the outcomes for patients with HLH. The HLH network improves outcomes for people with the disease through an accessible and collaborative national multi-disciplinary approach."
- Southmead Hospital North Bristol NHS Trust: Pharmacist-Designed Best Value Biologic and Targeted Synthetic DMARD Shared Decision-Making Web Tool to Empower Patients, Support Clinicians and Save Money.
Reflecting on their win they said:
"Our RxInvolve web tool has been designed to support equitable, cost-effective prescribing of b/tsDMARDs whilst enabling clinician judgement and empowering patient choice. Winning the prestigious Best Practice Award is very exciting as we hope it will give us a platform to share this work which would be highly beneficial to all rheumatology teams and their patients."
Our panel of judges were impressed by the innovative approaches showcased by the five shortlisted candidates, acknowledging their efforts to enhance patient outcomes through new methods of operation.
Through the sharing of best practices, we aim to inspire others and influence decision-makers in commissioning and policymaking.
We will be spotlighting the winning projects during a dedicated session at the Annual Conference, delving into their work and accomplishments. Additionally, all shortlisted projects will be presented as posters at the conference and featured online.
Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge congratulations to the winning teams.