We are delighted to announce the NHS Integrated Care Board for Cheshire and Merseyside was highly commended in the 2024 Florence Nightingale Award for Excellence in Health and Care Analytics.
The award, named after the Society’s first female fellow and pioneer of data visualisation, celebrates data analysts in the UK health and care sector whose work has delivered better health outcomes.
Now in its fifth year, the award is supported by the Health Foundation, an independent charitable organisation working to build a healthier UK.
Charles Tallack, director of data analytics at the Health Foundation, commenting on this year’s winners, said: ‘The effective use of data and analytics is crucial to improving the health and care system. These two winning projects are excellent examples of ambitious collaborations that improved health and care by harnessing data in innovative ways. Each team meaningfully involved and engaged patients and the public in their work and published a wealth of information and resources in easily accessible forms. These impactful pieces of work are brilliant examples of how data analysts are tackling real-world problems and benefiting patients. Congratulations to both teams.’
Highly commended: Segmenting and Stratifying Fuel Poor Populations in Cheshire & Merseyside, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside.
This project looked to deliver solutions for the problem of fuel poverty and its impact on the health of those affected to reduce the burden on the health and care system, using linked data to improve insight and deliver the intervention effectively. Two distinct cohorts were identified, and solutions offered included home visits by expert energy advisors from Energy Projects Plus, to advise patients on how best to manage their energy bills, how to combat damp and mould, and wherever possible, to assist them in accessing energy efficient home improvements, from LED light bulbs and radiator reflector panels, through to increased insulation.
The judges were impressed with the rigorous approach to evaluation of the initiative, the resources offered to support replication of their approach and thorough, creative engagement with stakeholders.