AN innovative project which aims to reduce the length of stays in hospital and better support has been shortlisted for a prestigious award.

The ‘Technology and Relationships Improving Flow’ project has been shortlisted for the Performance Recovery Award at this year’s HSJ Awards.

The project was shortlisted from more than 1,000 entries of which 219 have made the final shortlist.

Professor Mel Pickup, chief executive at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and place-based lead for Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership said: “This really is wonderful news - the fact we’ve been shortlisted for the Performance Recovery Award in the HSJ Awards 2022 will undoubtedly be a huge ‘pat on the back’ for our amazingly hard-working and deserving team.

HSJ editor Alastair McLellan added: “On behalf of all my colleagues, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership on being shortlisted as a finalist in the category of Performance Recover All of the applications represent the ‘very best of the NHS’ and often leave our esteemed panel of judges with an impossible choice.

“We’re all very much looking forward to welcoming our finalists to the awards ceremony in November.”

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