Barnardo’s Early Intervention and Prevention for Children, Young People and Families Award

Summary

The HSJ Awards recognise the most impactful work happening across the NHS, driving best practice adoption at scale across health and care sector.

WHY ENTER THE HSJ AWARDS?

• Gain national recognition by showcasing your achievements: gain a stamp of approval for your projects from a brand that makes your chief executive take notice. Establish your organisation as a leader in the sector, and develop the employer branding needed to inspire, retain and recruit top talent.
• Benchmark your success: measure your projects against the country’s leading projects and set a standard for excellence. Show your colleagues that everyone has a role to play in driving better quality and safer care.
• Improve staff culture and boost morale: recognise the hard work of your team, shifting the conversation from challenges to achievements and recognising the real impact on patient care
• Strengthen your organisation’s reputation: shape how your organisation is viewed in the health and care community. Winning or being shortlisted reinforces your organisation’s standing and builds trust with patients, staff and partners.

Early Intervention and Prevention for Children, Young People and Families Award

Early intervention is vital. Many health inequalities begin in childhood, influenced by various factors, including social determinants and congenital conditions. Addressing these early can significantly improve health trajectories, prevent chronic conditions, and reduce reliance on healthcare services later in life.

In today’s healthcare landscape, there’s a growing recognition of the need to balance immediate crisis response with proactive, early intervention, particularly for babies, children and families. Integrated Care Systems, faced with the twin pressures of laying the foundations for a healthy society and integrating current health and care provision, can often find their priorities weighted towards crisis intervention over early intervention and prevention as they work to address day-to-day challenges.

Therefore, Award entries should focus on addressing these multiple challenges, supporting user experience and reversing crisis-management, so that babies and children are not destined to rely on frequent and expensive health care as they grow into adulthood.

Judges are particularly looking for entries that demonstrate tangible improvements in access, experience and outcomes for babies and children built on strong partnerships and using data and insights effectively and intelligently to target interventions and demonstrate measurable impact, outlining what has made a difference for our future generations.

Eligibility
This award is open all public sector healthcare providers in the UK. This includes NHS trusts, charities, GPs and federations etc.