Patient and Public Involvement Hero 2023

Submissions must meet the following criteria:

• Must involve a clinical audit(s)*
• Individuals or teams can be nominated by themselves or by others
• Projects, individuals or teams can be involved in any type of healthcare setting in the UK
• Those nominated must have led or made a substantial contribution to the successful delivery of the project
• Includes evidence specific to each award
• The project period must have been since 1st October 2021
• Shows evidence of effectively engaging patients, carers and the public
• Eligible to both staff and those involved in engagement eg volunteers, patient panels, members of project teams etc.

*HQIP Best Practice in Clinical Audit

A key theme running through all categories is excellence in clinical audit and quality improvement techniques, with clinical audit helping to fuel real and impactful improvements in health and care.

Submissions will be judged on the following criteria:

• Topics are aligned with patient priorities for improvement*
• Evidence of engagement of patients, the public and carers during the planning stage
• Evidence of engagement of patients, the public and carers when reviewing findings
• Evidence of engagement of and collaboration with patients, the public and carers when planning implementation of quality improvement
• Evidence of patient, carer and public involvement in continuous improvement

*HQIP’s Guide to developing a patient and public involvement panel for Quality Improvement