Hunter New England Health awarded Best Overall Performing Health Service at peak health awards
Hunter New England Health was recognised as the state’s leading Area Health Service on Friday night, taking out ten categories at the 2009 NSW Health Awards, including Best Overall Performance by an Area Health Service.
A number of local services were also recognised for their outstanding performance, including Tamworth and
The Awards recognise excellence and innovation from individuals and teams, and showcase the range of quality improvement work which has been undertaken over the past 12 months.
Acting Chief Executive Chris Kewley said Hunter New England Health’s exceptional performance at the Awards was a credit to the hardworking teams of staff across the area.
“These Awards are significant for both our staff and our communities,” Mr Kewley said.
“Recognition at this level reaffirms our belief that Hunter New England Health has an outstanding and dedicated workforce, committed to improving the health and well-being of our communities,” he said.
Mr Kewley said the Awards recognised the performance of individual health care facilities, as well as area-wide projects.
“These achievements demonstrate excellence across the healthcare spectrum – for innovation, improvement and clinical excellence, as well as for hospital performance in both primary and community and the acute sectors.
“Our communities should be confident in the services delivered by their local health service as we continue to demonstrate our commitment to improving healthcare for our metropolitan and rural communities,” he said.
Hunter New England Health also won the Minister’s Award for innovation, excellence and commitment within the health system for their project: Transfusion – improving patient safety as well as the Clinical Excellence Commission Award for Improvement in Patient Safety for Pressure Ulcer Prevention – a Crystal Solution.
“While this is wonderful recognition for the Hunter New England Health workforce, the Awards are also a strong testament to the calibre of staff working within the NSW public health sector.
“The Awards remind us that we are making a difference to people’s lives. This acknowledgement is really important for the thousands of doctors, nurses, allied health and support staff across the state who spend each day directly caring for others or supporting staff who do,” Mr Kewley said.
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Among the major categories on the evening, Hunter New England Health was awarded the Minister’s Award for Innovation, Excellence and Commitment within the Health System, as well as Best Overall Performance by an Area Health Service.
Other awards picked up by Hunter New
Health Improvement and Patient Care Awards
Category: Creating Better Patient Journeys - Improving Patient Experience
Winner: HNE Health: Transfusion – Improving Patient Safety
Category: Improving Primary Health and Care in the Community
Winner: HNE Health: Armidale Community Aboriginal Mothers and Babies Service (AMBS)
Category: Being ready for new risks and opportunities
Winner: HNE Health: Exercise “Forrest Gump” provides Excellent Pandemic Preparation
Health Services Performance Awards
Category: Make prevention everybody’s business
Winner: Hunter
The health service performed particularly well on: high rates of immunisation for influenza and pneumococcal in people aged 65 years and over; a high rate of childhood immunization; and a low rate of fall injuries leading to hospitalisations for people aged 65 years and over.
Category: Create better experiences for people using health services
Winner: Hunter
The health service performed particularly well on: emergency admission, patients transferred to an inpatient bed within 8 hour benchmark time; emergency department triage 3 treatment (within 30 minutes); elective surgery patients admitted within the Category 2 (90 day) benchmark; a low rate of unplanned readmissions; and high ratings of care received.
Hospital Performance Awards
Category: Major Non-Metropolitan
Winner:
The hospital performed particularly well on: off-stretcher time within (30 min) benchmark; emergency admission, patients transferred to an inpatient bed within 8 hour benchmark time; elective surgery patients admitted within Category 1 (30 day) and Category 3 (365 day) benchmarks; a low rate of unplanned readmissions; and high ratings of care received.
Category: Smaller Rural District
Winner:
The hospital performed particularly well on: emergency admission, patients transferred to an inpatient bed within 8 hour benchmark time; emergency department triage 3 treatment (within 30 minutes); elective surgery patients admitted within all categories; and high ratings of care received.
Contact: Nicole Fuller
Phone: 4921 4477