{"id":286171,"date":"2025-11-27T13:18:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/286171\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T13:18:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:18:33","slug":"hsj-awards-2025-innovation-and-improvement-in-reducing-healthcare-inequalities-award-hsj-awards-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/286171\/","title":{"rendered":"HSJ Awards 2025: Innovation and Improvement in Reducing Healthcare Inequalities Award | HSJ Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Well Farmers for Wiltshire pilot addressed rural health inequalities by bringing preventive healthcare services directly to Salisbury Livestock Market. Developed in partnership with farmers and backed by 14 system partners, the programme offered health screenings, mental health support, and social care guidance in an environment where farmers felt comfortable and trusted.<\/p>\n

The initiative achieved significant clinical outcomes, identifying six cases of early-stage cancer and enabling multiple urgent medical interventions. Crucially, it reached individuals who had previously been disengaged from traditional healthcare services, improving access for a typically hard-to-reach population.<\/p>\n

Despite operating with minimal funding, the pilot delivered exceptional value for money while strengthening collaboration between different sectors. The programme has established a foundation for sustainable, community-led healthcare delivery and is now informing broader strategic planning and engagement approaches across the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Integrated Care System and other areas.<\/p>\n

Read a detailed case study about this project at HSJ Solutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Highly commended<\/p>\n

Manchester University FT:\u00a0Manchester Sickle Cell Improvement Programme<\/p>\n

Finalists<\/p>\n

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB:\u00a0Luton Cancer Outcomes Project<\/p>\n

Homerton Healthcare FT and Hackney Marshes PCN:\u00a0Vocational Rehabilitation Occupational Therapy in Primary Care<\/p>\n

NHS England SW, University West of England, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston FT:\u00a0Reframe – Diverse Images Library\u00a0<\/p>\n

North Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Care Partnership:\u00a0Cervical Screening Project<\/p>\n

RM Partners (RMP), North West & South West London Cancer Alliance:\u00a0Improving the Early Diagnosis of Cancer QI Scheme\u00a0<\/p>\n

South East London ICB, South London Office of Specialised Services:\u00a0Addressing Inequalities Through Enhanced Community Sickle Cell Services in South East London<\/p>\n

Wirral Community Health Care Trust:\u00a0Sexual Health Wirral \u2013 ourPlace Young Person Clinic\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Partnered by The Well Farmers for Wiltshire pilot addressed rural health inequalities by bringing preventive healthcare services directly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-286171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}