Hull & East Yorks health organisations shortlisted for prestigious Health Service Journal awards

NATURE AND TECHNOLOGY: Sheep grazing in a field of solar panels near Castle Hill Hospital

By Simon Bristow

Two city health organisations are in the running for national awards.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH), and Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, have both been nominated for Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards, the most prestigious health and social care awards in the country.

HUTH, which runs Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital, was shortlisted this week in the Towards Net Zero category of the Health Service Journal Awards 2022.

This is in recognition of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainability. The trust has made a bold commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030 - 15 years earlier than the target set by the Department of Health.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted in three categories: Communications Initiative of the Year; Community and Primary Care Provider of the Year; and Integrated Care System of the Year.

‘THIS IS FANTASTIC RECOGNITION’: Michele Moran, chief executive of Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

The communications shortlisting is for the trust’s ‘Humbelievable’ recruitment marketing campaign, while the Specialist Treatment and Recovery Service (STaRS) was shortlisted in the Community and Primary Care Provider category for its work providing mental health rehabilitation interventions to adults with complex and challenging mental health needs.

The trust has also been acknowledged in the shortlisting of the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership for Integrated Care System of the Year, recognising the partnership’s mental health programme, focusing on maternal mental health and the overall integrated care framework for children and young people.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health, addictions, learning disability, wellbeing, community and specialist services across Hull and East Yorkshire.

Marc Beaumont, head of sustainability for HUTH, said: “It’s great to be recognised for the work we’ve been doing but our achievements are not just down to a few, they’re the result of all staff pulling together to do their bit, so I’d like to thank everyone whose actions are helping to bring the ultimate goal of carbon neutrality that little bit closer every day.”

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The Trust’s sustainability team must present its case to the HSJ judging panel in October, before winners are revealed at a special awards ceremony in mid-November.

Michele Moran, chief executive of Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, said: “I am delighted to see Trust work recognised in three categories at this year’s HSJ Awards. This is fantastic recognition of the hard work and resilience shown by our diverse teams, and reinforces our commitment to providing the highest standards of health and social care to the communities we serve.”

HSJ editor Alastair McLellan added: “On behalf of all my colleagues, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust on being shortlisted as a finalist in three categories. All of the applications represent the ‘very best of the NHS’ and often leave our esteemed panel of judges with an impossible choice.

“Year on year the number of entrants continue to rise which I find so encouraging and is testament to the effect that HSJ Awards can have on improved staff culture and morale.”

The HSJ is a news service covering policy, management and other issues in the NHS.