Working partnerships – from rhetoric to action!

• You have the infrastructures that support the partnership e.g. local strategic partnership, local implementation team for a national service framework, multi-professional/disciplinary group etc.

• You have researched the evidence-base before initiating the partnership and service change

• The partnership contributed to joined up services which reflect good practice and improved service user/carer experience

• The results have evaluated well and can evidence the commitment to spread and sustainability

Nominations in this category are:

Title of submission:          From prickly porcupines to purring pussycats -

                                               professional partnerships improving the discharge process

Lead organisation:             Erewash PCT

Contact person:                  Jenny Harrison, Acting Matron

Title of submission:           Partnership with Gypsy-Travellers to improve their health

Lead organisation:             Newark and Sherwood PCT - Winners

Contact person:                   Arun Patel, Specialist Registrar in Public Health

Hearty congratulations to the Healthy Partnership with Gypsy-Travellers Team of Newark and Sherwood PCT!!

Title of submission:            Partnership working to address child obesity in Nottingham City

Lead organisation:              Nottingham City PCT

Contact person:                   John Wilcox, Heart Health Coordinator

Title of submission:            Working partnerships - a new model for delivering multi-professional

                                                support for deaf children with cochlear implants

Lead organisation:              The Ear Foundation

Contact person:                   Sue Archbold, Education Co-ordinator,

                                                The Ear Foundation and Advisor to the Cochlear Implant Programme, QMC

For the full submissions and contact details please follow the links