\n The Marie Curie Responsive Emergency Assessment and Community Team (REACT), based in Bradford, was named one of the national winners at the first-ever NHS Excellence Awards, held as part of NHS ConfedExpo in Manchester, which celebrated some of the most innovative and impactful healthcare initiatives from across England.\n<\/p>\n
\n REACT received the Working in Partnership award for its collaborative work with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in delivering urgent palliative and end-of-life care in the community.\n<\/p>\n
\n Dr Sarah Holmes, chief medical officer at Marie Curie, said: “We have been working with Bradford Teaching Hospitals on the REACT service for four years now, and I am over the moon to see our partnership receive national recognition at the NHS Excellence awards.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Currently, almost 1 in 3 people die without the care they need and one of the reasons REACT was developed was in recognition of the unmet palliative care needs across Bradford.\n<\/p>\n
\n “This award is a fantastic achievement and is a true testament to the incredible work of the Marie Curie team who deliver this service in the local community every day.\n<\/p>\n
\n “A big congratulations to REACT and everyone involved in this partnership.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Operating in both the emergency department at Bradford Royal Infirmary and in the surrounding community, REACT identifies patients in need of end-of-life care earlier and provides specialist palliative assessments to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.\n<\/p>\n
\n Since launching in November 2022, the service has reduced average hospital bed days from 38 to 17 in a patient\u2019s final year of life, saving more than 20,000 bed days to date.\n<\/p>\n