10th January 2012
MediWales Award Winners 2011: NHS Categories
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Innovation in the NHS
Sponsored by Wynne-Jones, Lainé& James LLP
Winner: Mr Richard Penketh, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
The Innovation within the NHS Award was won by Mr Richard Penketh, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. Richard’s project, enabled by a health foundation grant and an equipment loan from Karl Storz, relocates the traditional procedure of cutting fibroids and polyps under general anaesthetic to outpatients under local anaesthetic. The project has received excellent feedback from patients and has made significant savings for the Trust. The team hopes this positive change will be adopted across the UK. This Award is sponsored by Wynne-Jones, Lainé& James LLP.
NHS Partnership with Industry
Sponsored by National Institute of Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR)
Winner: Professor Judith Hall, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
The NHS partnership with Industry Award went to Professor Judith Hall, a consultant anaesthetist at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, for the collaborative development of the Hall Lock device with Flexicare Medical. Judith’s brain child, this new system of connectors is designed to stop drugs being given to patients by the wrong route. It is an important patient safety innovation and a cost-effective solution for a major problem in health. The development of this device is an excellent example of what can be rapidly achieved when academia, the NHS and industry work together. This Award is sponsored by the National Institute of Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR).
NHS Judges Awards
The NHS Judges’ Award was received by Dr Kathryn Head, Clinical Lead and Speech and Language Therapist at Cwm Taf Health Board. Kathryn’s collaborative University of Glamorgan and Cwm Taf project is a bedside dysphagia screening process aimed at improving patient safety. Dysphagia – difficulty in swallowing – affects up to 78% of stroke patients. The process has been successfully implemented by NHS nurses and Kathryn intends that with further collaboration and funding it can be rolled out across Wales.