2014 Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District

QUALITY AWARDS

2014

17 July 2014 4pm - 6pm South Block Auditorium, Nepean Hospital

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Partnerships

The Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is seeking supporting partnerships from the local business community and suppliers, corporate organisations and education partners in the Western Sydney and Nepean Blue Mountains areas. We provide you with an opportunity to promote your organisation or service as a supporter of quality health care initiatives benefitting the local and wider community as well as advancement in clinical best practice and research. For more about sponsorship benefits, see page 5.

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This year’s Quality Awards has a total of ten categories, which are derived from the NSW Ministry of Health’s CORE values (Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Empowerment) and support NBMLHD’s SAFE values (Safety, Agility, Fairness, Excellence). The main awards consist of the following categories: Patients as Partners, Integrated Healthcare, Local Solutions, Healthy Living, Building Partnerships in Delivery of Care, Collaborative Team, Achievement in Reducing Healthcare Associated Infections, and Corporate Innovations which is a new category for 2014.

In recognition of local priorities, outstanding nominees are also selected for the Chief Executive’s Research Award for Innovation and the Chairman’s Award for Safety and Quality. Winners in any of these categories may be selected for participation at state level in the NSW Health Awards.

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2014 Quality Awards

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2014

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The inaugural Quality Awards Program was launched by NBMLHD in 2012. The program aims to recognise the outstanding achievements of staff who contribute to quality improvement in the delivery of healthcare services across the Local Health District. It provides an opportunity for staff to showcase the outcomes of quality improvement projects and share their successful initiatives with colleagues across the District. It also creates an essential environment for staff projects and initiatives to be recognised by the Board, the Executive and the wider community.

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District staff rise to meet the challenges of a constantly changing healthcare environment with new and emerging technologies by continuing to engage in quality improvement projects and initiatives designed to address the healthcare needs of patients in a diverse community.

Introducing

NBMLHD Quality Awards

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A look back

2013 NBMLHD Quality AwardsThe NBMLHD District Quality Awards 2013 celebrated quality and safety initiatives across the District. The response from staff was overwhelming with a large number of nominations reflecting an impressive variety and quality of services provided and highlighting staff enthusiasm and commitment to the delivery of exceptional healthcare. 150 guests and 24 nominee teams attended the Quality Awards ceremony which was held on July 17. Nominations demonstrated high calibre, staff-driven projects and initiatives with focus on quality improvement, patient outcomes and cutting edge research. A team of judges reviewed and assessed 24 projects to award nine winning teams with plaques, and nine highly commended teams for their impressive efforts.

Of last year’s projects, a team of dedicated Mental Health clinicians won the Patients as Partners category award for their initiative, Implementing an Assertive Community Treatment Team, and then went on to win the Minister for Mental Health Award for Excellence in the Provision of Mental Health Service at the prestigious 2013 NSW Health Awards.

Today, or not today? Emergency surgery within 24 hours, a Clinical Redesign Project, won the Chairman’s Award for Safety and Quality by exceeding the NSW benchmark for patients requiring surgery within 24 hours.

Friendly bacteria (probiotics) saving tiny lives, a Neonatal Intensive Care Project, was awarded the Chief Executive’s Medical Research Award for pioneering research in the use of probiotics with infants, and was also nominated as a finalist for the 2013 NSW Health Awards.

Winners of the 2013 Quality Awards, in the Patients as Partners category, Bethany Pade, Enrique Albornoz , Helen Hallett, Colin Rath, Kirrily Warner , Joanna Luczak-Kaczynska, Stanley Capouski and James Adriganc have made significant improvements to Mental Health services by working collaboratively with consumers (top right).

Their project ‘Implementing an Assertive Community Treatment Team to support consumers with a serious mental illness to live a life of their choosing in the community’, continues to support Mental Health consumers to live a fulfilling life and to reduce the number and length of hospital admissions. Just one year after the project was introduced there was a marked decrease in length of stay and number of acute admissions for these consumers. Bed days (length of stay) were reduced from 3022 to 569 and the average admitted bed days per patient were reduced from 79 to 15. The project has produced excellent outcomes for consumers who previously needed long and multiple admissions by creating the possibility for them to stay in their own

environment and engage in meaningful activities.

Dr Girish Deshpande, Dr Lyn Downe , Dr Vijay Shingde, Dr Marcel Leroi and Jing Xiao were the highly anticipated winners of the Chief Executive’s Medical Research Award for Innovation with their project ‘Friendly bacteria saving tiny lives’, which researched the prevention of a deadly bowel condition common among premature babies through probiotic supplementation (bottom right).

Since the introduction of routine probiotic supplementation in the Nepean Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), no babies have contracted the deadly decease. Specialists from across the country and around the world have approached Dr Deshpande’s team to ask how they can implement probiotic supplements in their NICUs. This project was hand-picked by Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District Chief Executive, Kay Hyman, for promoting innovative medical research and driving clinical improvement within the Local Health District.

2013 WINNERS

Mental Health Team

Nepean Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Team

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VALUE BENEFIT

GOLDCash or gifts

in kind to the value of

$7,500 to $10,000

• Opportunity to present awards to two category winners and professional photograph

• A two (2) minute speech allocation • Acknowledgement in the NBMLHD Chief Executive’s foreword in the Quality

Awards program book and Awards ceremony speech • Opportunity to screen a two (2) minute video (as approved by NBMLHD) to

profile Supporting Partner organisation• Stall in the foyer outside auditorium on day of event• Logo included on Quality Awards program and presentation slides• Logo included on Nepean NBMLHD internet and intranet home pages and

the Quality Awards internal website for the duration of four (4) weeks• Acknowledgement as a Gold Supporting Partner of the Quality Awards on all

appropriate media releases produced by NBMLHD• Acknowledgement in the District newsletter ‘NBM News’ • Full page, colour advertisement in the Quality Awards program book• Display of two (2) corporate banners (supplied by Supporting Partner) to be

prominently displayed on stage • Provision for up to four (4) VIPs to attend awards ceremony

SILVERCash or gifts

in kind to the value of

$3,000 to $7,500

• Opportunity to present award to one of the category winners, including professional photograph

• Mention in Awards ceremony speech• Logo included in Quality Awards program book• Acknowledgement as a Silver Supporting Partner of the Quality Awards on

all appropriate media releases produced by NBMLHD• Mention in article in the District newsletter ‘NBM News’ • Half page colour advertisement in the Quality Awards program book• Display of one (1) corporate banner (supplied by Supporting Partner) to be

prominently displayed on stage • Provision for up to two (2) VIPs to attend awards ceremony

BRONZECash or gifts

in kind to the value of

$500 to $3,000

• Acknowledgement as a Bronze Supporting Partner of the Quality Awards on all appropriate media releases produced by NBMLHD

• Logo included in Quality Awards program book• Mention in article in the District newsletter ‘NBM News’ • Mention in Awards ceremony speech • Provision for 1 (one) VIP to attend awards ceremony

SUPPORTER Less than $500 • Mention in speech during Awards ceremony

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AboutNepean Blue Mountains Local Health DistrictNepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) provides community health and hospital care for people living in the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Lithgow and Penrith Local Government Areas (LGAs) and tertiary care to residents of the Greater Western Region.

Community Health Centres are located throughout the District and the main hospitals are Nepean Hospital, Blue Mountains District Anzac Memorial Hospital, Springwood Hospital, Lithgow Hospital and Portland Tabulam Health Centre. Hawkesbury Hospital (for public patients), is operated under contract with Hawkesbury District Health Service. Our facilities provide a full range of services including Drug and Alcohol and Mental Health; Nepean Hospital has the third largest Oral Health Centre in NSW, and a new Mental Health Centre, which opened in February this year.

Public Health, Health Promotion, HIV and Related programs and Sexual Health have important roles working in partnership with our community to change behaviours affecting health and lifestyle choices and promoting illness prevention.

Our strategic vision is to achieve better health for our community by working in partnership to improve the quality of existing health services and engage in adopting new models of care. In doing so, we are committed to improving the safety and quality of services and enhancing our performance culture.

With over 5000 staff, NBMLHD is the largest employer in the Penrith LGA, with the majority of staff residing locally (77%). Our workforce includes staff from a broad range of medical and professional disciplines, from medical and nursing staff to allied health, administration, maintenance and general services staff.

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District is committed to working with our local community and partners to deliver safe and high quality health services, which provide value for money and the best use of funding.

Become a supporting partnerSupport our community’s healthContact us to enquire about how you can become a Supporting Partner and give valuable support to the provision and planning of quality health care services in the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District.

For expressions of interest contact the Media and Communications team.

Director: Caroline Noonan-Edwards – 02 4734 3608, 0427 574 093 caroline.noonanedwards@health.nsw.gov.au

Senior Media Officer: Ida Rohne – 02 4734 2024, 0417 143 680 ida.rohne@.health.nsw.gov.au

www.nbmlhd.health.nsw.gov.au