HSJ Award Shortlist Posted or Updated on 13 Aug 2024

Primary Care Sheffield is delighted to announce that an innovative project delivered by its PCS|Practice team has been named as a finalist in the Digitising Patient Care category at this year’s prestigious Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards.

The HSJ Awards recognise an outstanding contribution to healthcare and Primary Care Sheffield is proud to announce that the work the PCS|Practice teams have done to make it easier for patients to get the care they need has been selected as a finalist from over 1350 entries for this year’s awards.

Primary Care Sheffield runs nine practices – PCS|Darnall, PCS|North Darnall, PCS|Highgate, PCS|Mulberry, PCS|City, PCS|Heeley, PCS|Sothall, PCS|Buchanan and Harold Street – which had previously been financially unviable or had other issue which might lead them to close.  These practices are largely in areas of high deprivation, with a large number of patients for whom English is not their first language. The practices have been working hard over the last year to change the way they work and introduce a brand new system to get rid of the 8am appointment rush and make it easier for patients to get access to the care they need.

Lynsey Hughes, Primary Care Sheffield’s Director of Operation’s said “We’re delighted to be shortlisted for at the HSJ Awards 2024. The practice teams deserve this for the work they have done. They are hugely dedicated to their patients and have worked so hard to make improvements to services. I am so proud that their work has been recognised at a national level.

“Whatever the result ‘on the night’, we already feel like winners for getting this far and want to make sure we share everything we have learned with other practices who want to take the same journey.”

HSJ editor Alastair McLellan, adds; “The judges picked out PCS|Practices with their work standing out as a real ‘success story’ worthy of a prized place on the panel’s shortlist. We can’t wait to welcome Primary Care Sheffield to the awards ceremony in November and to recognise and applaud such impressive achievements across the sector.”

The winner of the Digitising Patient Care Award will be announced at the official awards ceremony to be held in London on 21st November 2024.

The full list of nominees for the 2024 HSJ awards can be found at https://awards.hsj.co.uk/ alongside details of the Awards partners at https://awards.hsj.co.uk/partners.