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Secondary Care Team of the Year finalists' showcase
This award recognises hospital teams that demonstrate improved outcomes in patient care
Category sponsored by:
HBV Immunisation programme, NHS Croydon, UK
Croydon has a high burden of maternal hepatitis B infection and
before this initiative the rates of immunisation of at risk infants was
low. By developing a clear pathway leading from antenatal screening to
preschool booster immunisation, a team at NHS Croydon achieved 100%
coverage of children up to 24 months old.
Paediatric Sickle Cell Disease Team, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK
By
screening children with sickle cell disease with transcranial Doppler
ultrasound, and electively transfusing those at high risk of stroke,
this team at King’s College Hospital, London, reduced the number of
children with infarctive strokes presenting to hospital to zero.
Freeman Hospital Mechanical Assist Devices for Advanced Heart Failure team, UK
In the past two years this team has provided circulatory support for more than 50 patients awaiting cardiac transplantation. After their hospital admission, with the team’s assistance most patients have been successfully managed at home - in places as far afield as Aberdeen, Bristol, and Belfast.
