WARRINGTON and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for a top regional award.
The Trust is shortlisted for the Research Delivery Team of the Year award in the North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards – the only health awards event for the region, run by three NHS bodies focussed on research and innovation.
Pioneering individuals and teams from across Cheshire are among the finalists.
The University of Chester – which has a centre in Warrington – is a finalist in the Ruth Young Award for Research Implementation, for their work tackling serious stress.
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is shortlisted in the same category, for their Complex Needs Escalation and Support Tool.
The Cheshire and Merseyside Specialist Perinatal Service is shortlisted for ‘Collaboration and engagement putting patient voices at the centre’; and NHS Cheshire and Merseyside for “Collaborative and community focused approach to sustainability”.
Hosted by the Innovation Agency; Clinical Research Network North West Coast (CRN NWC); and Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast (ARC NWC) the event attracted around 180 entries.
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria and NHS Cheshire and Merseyside are sponsoring two categories in the areas of sustainability and tackling health inequalities.
Twelve awards in total will showcase the best research and innovation from NHS organisations, industry and academic partners, third sector organisations, local authorities and other collaborators in health innovation.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony on June 22 at The Royal College of Physicians, The Spine in Liverpool.
Pictured: Winners at last year’s event
