2019 Finalists
This year, more than 140 entries were submitted across 12 categories.
We were overwhelmed by the high standard of the applications submitted, showcasing the richness of research and innovation taking place across the north west coast.
Thank you to everyone for taking the time and effort in applying.
The shortlisted organisations are, by award category:
Clinical Research Practitioner of the Year
Dr Christian DeGoede, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Christian DeGoede - Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Clinical Research Practitioner for 'Many a Year'
Dr Dhiraj Gupta, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Slave to the Rhythm: improving outcomes for patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Professor Simon Harding, St Paul's Clinical Eye Research Centre, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust
Professor Simon Harding
Clinical Research Rising Star of the Year
Dr Amara Nwosu, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust; Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool; Palliative Care Institute Liverpool, University of Liverpool.
Improving palliative care research opportunities for patients in the North West
Dr Andy Nixon, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Research Rising Star of the Year Nomination for Dr Andy Nixon
Eleanor Sowerby, Queen Square Medical Practice
Tangible Impact on Research
Clinical Research Site or Team of the Year
Research Team, St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Respiratory Research Team, Accelerator Research Clinic: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Accelerator Research Clinic (ARC) providing the future for respiratory research at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM)
University of Liverpool Wolfson Centre for Personalised Medicine and the North West Coast Research Taskforce
Collaborative working to facilitate participant recruitment.
Culture for Innovation
Johnnie Johnson Housing
Using our values and behaviours to align and empower our people
Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust
District Nursing
Morecambe Bay Hospitals
The Bay Way - a fundamental shift in the way we work and lead
Excellence in The Delivery of Commercial Life Science Research
Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Improving lives for patients living with lung disease.
Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust (Royal Liverpool Clinical Research Facility) & Professor William Hope (Chief Investigator) University of Liverpool, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and Allecra Therapeutics
NIHR CRF Supporting Clinical Evaluation in Novel Therapeutics
St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Clyz Labs Limited
St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Clyz Labs Limited
Outstanding Contribution to Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in Research
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Community and Mental health Services - The Life Rooms
The Life Rooms
NIHR CLAHRC NWC
Jointly addressing challenges of embedding PPI in a multi-partner collaboration: Public collaboration to improve the impact of PPI
Sandra Smith, CLAHRC NWC
Sandra Smith helping shape MND research from a carer perspective
Partnership in Innovation
Carehub.info Ltd
CareHub.info Connecting Patients with Care Providers
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
Care Cube
NHS Halton Clinical Commissioning Group
Well Halton
Patient Safety Innovation
BBI (Europe) Ltd
Prevention Made Real - Using the SEM Scanner to achieve zero or near zero pressure ulcers
Pendle View Medical Center
Self Monitoring of Warfarin
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WHH)
NEWS2 – A clinically led change to support the implementation of best practice.
Research for Wellbeing
CLAHRC NWC Neighbourhood Resilience Programme (Public Health Theme)
Art & Storytelling in Health Inequalities Research
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS)
Community Connectors project
University of Liverpool, CLAHRC NWC
Wigan Later Life and Memory Service (LLAMS): Improving Young Onset Dementia (YOD) Services
Research Student of the Year
Lancaster University
Helena Tendedez
LSTM and RLBUHT
Dr Victoria Connor
University of Central Lancashire and CLAHRC NW Coast
Naoimh McMahon
Taking Research into Practice
Aintree University Hospital
Urolift - Implementation and moving from operating theatre to outpatient department
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Knowsley CGL (Change Grow Live)
Reaching the "unreachable"
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
The WOMAN Trial
Transformation Award
Merseyside Pharmacy Local Professional Network
Large-scale implementation of Transfers of Care Around Medicine (TCAM)
Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust - Joint Health
Getting it right, a musculoskeletal service redesign - our journey.
Wirral Community NHS Foundation Trust
Teletriage Service