Publish date: 10 June 2025
Northumbria Healthcare makes five shortlists at national patient safety awards
Northumbria Healthcare has been shortlisted as a finalist in 5 different categories at the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Patient Safety Awards.
The HSJ Patient Safety Awards celebrate those who go above and beyond to protect patients from harm and reduce risks across the sector.
Judges have named Northumbria Healthcare as a finalist in five categories including Patient Safety Education and Training, and Maternity and Midwifery Services Initiative of the Year. At Northumbria Healthcare’s Health and Care Academy, teams engage in real-time maternity training using immersive visuals, touch, smells and sound using Gener8 technology.
The trust was also shortlisted in the Advancing Patient Safety with Data and Analytics category for its work in tackling health inequalities in endoscopy. The public health team has been working to target the most deprived communities with a focus on early-stage cancer diagnosis and helping patients overcome barriers which may impact them being able to get to their appointment.
Mental Health Safety Improvement was another category in which Northumbria Healthcare received recognition from the judges. North Tyneside Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) has been working to understand the personal story of a child or young person to help capture the full context of their emotional state using a narrative risk assessment tool.
The final category the trust made the shortlist for is the Staff Wellbeing Initiative of the Year. This recognises the work teams have done to promote and prescribe movement to people who may have health conditions that have prevented them from being more active.
Birju Bartoli, chief executive at Northumbria Healthcare, said: “I am delighted we have been shortlisted five times in the HSJ Patient Safety Awards. This recognition at a national level highlights the incredibly important work of our teams across the trust in delivering high-quality and safe patient care. I’m proud of the work we do to drive innovation within healthcare and keep patient safety at the top of our priority list.”
This year’s awards ceremony will take place on September 15, 2025, at Manchester Central. The celebration will bring together hundreds of healthcare professionals from across the country as the winners are announced.
For more information about the HSJ Patient Safety Awards, visit: https://awards.patientsafetycongress.co.uk
Media contact
Lillian Musgrove, marketing and communications officer (public health), Northumbria Healthcare
lillian.musgrove@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk