Wednesday, August 24, 2016

iNetwork Innovation Awards 2016 Now Open for Nominations

The Advancing Quality Alliance (AQuA) is encouraging members to enter the iNetwork’s Innovation Awards, by nominating their projects or services for the dedicated Health Award.

Celebrating the best in public sector innovation, the awards are seeking entries that have designed or delivered exceptional projects or services to patients and service users.

Helen Kilgannon, Head of System Transformation, said:
Working with our members, we see first-hand some of the brilliant improvements and innovations made by staff on a daily basis across teams, projects and services.

“As the North West partner for iNetwork, we want see as many AQuA members as possible to celebrate their efforts by nominating themselves for the awards.

“With this year’s awards boasting a brand new category for Health, this is a great recognition of their success and achievements in improving outcomes and services for patients.”

Other categories open to members include:

  • ·         Outstanding Contribution Award
  • ·         Innovative Access to Public Services (IAPS)
  • ·         Effective Service Redesign and Reform
  • ·         Excellence in Information Sharing and Security
  • ·         Connected Procurement
  • ·         iStandUK (electronic data standards)
  • ·         Supplier Excellence

iNetwork help support public sector organisations to improve local services, by encouraging collaboration and sharing best practise. Members can access their events and training for free through AQuA membership.

Entries for nominations close on Tuesday 27 September before being put out to a public vote on 30 September.

Nominations with the most votes will then be reviewed by a judging panel and announced in October, with finalists invited to attend the awards ceremony and dinner at iNetwork’s winter conference on 16 November in Manchester.

Entries will be judged on their evidence of making an impact, innovative nature of the work, and potential to be adopted by others.

Members can submit their nominations here, or visit the iNetwork website for further information on individual categories.

For more information about iNetwork, including events and training, please visit the iNetwork website