Congratulations to the 2010 Award Winners
Announced at the prize giving evening 29th June

	Orals
Overall Winner	An Innovative, Effective, Self-Reflective and Self-Paced - eLearning CALD Culture and Cultural Competence Training Module
Runner-up	An Objective Approach to Haemostasis Following Trans-Radial Cardiac Catheterisation
Highly Commended	Enua Ola Healthy Weight For Pacific People
Highly Commended	It's in the Bag - patients' home medications
Highly Commended	An evaluation of a pictorial childhood asthma medication plan for supporting asthma self-management in Pacific families
Highly Commended Workforce Development	An Innovative, Effective, Self-Reflective and Self-Paced - eLearning CALD Culture and Cultural Competence Training Module
Winner Workforce Development & Innovation	The Residential Aged Care Integration Programme Impacts Acute Care Utilisation
	Posters
Overall Winner	Active Choices Exercise (ACE) creates lifestyle change through exercise and nutritional education in a  supported environment for young people with disabilities
Runner-up	"Hooking in" to the Hookwire Biopsy Process
Highly Commended	X-Rays in Space
Highly Commended	Teen Dads Group - Support out West helping young Dads do their best
Highly Commended	Teaching House Officers Procedural Skills: a collaborative, workforce improvement exercise that will result in improved healthcare
Highly Commended Workforce Development	Blowing Bubbles- Developing the child and adolescent mental health workforce for our future generation
Winner Workforce Development & Innovation	Emergency Nurse Specialists streamline ECC patient journey
People's Choice	Active Choices Exercise (ACE) creates lifestyle change through exercise and nutritional education in a  supported environment for young people with disabilities

2009 Award Winners

	Orals
Overall Winner	Gasp: A web-based asthma assessment and decision support tool
(Joint) Runner-up	Team Working & Collaborative Practice in Rural Primary Health Care
(Joint) Runner-up	Breast Cancer Service Improvement Project
Highly Commended	Tupu Youth Drama
Highly Commended	DAFNE NZ (Dosage Adjustment For Normal Eating) - Structured Group Education for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
	Posters
Overall Winner	Dectecting Malnutrition: a re-audit of Malnutrition Screening at Waitakere Hospital
Runner-up	Breast Service Patient Journey Improvement: Patient Co-design of Breast Service
Highly Commended	Primary Healthcare New Graduate Nurse Development Programme: A successful innovation in Waitemata District
Highly Commended	Warm n Well - Warmer Homes Healthy Families – Reduced Inequalities in Health Status
Highly Commended	Go Ortho, Grow Ortho - Growing Our Own Orthopaedic Nurses
People's Choice	Hit and Miss

•  Acknowledge work done by people working in the district to improve the quality of service and to improve health gain.
• Recognise achievements of individuals, teams, wards, departments, primary care providers and GPs participating in quality improvement projects.
• Improve co-operation and understanding between primary care providers and WDHB.
• Contribute to the quality and research focus of WDHB.
• Provide a public showcase for these projects.