Awhina Waitemata Health Campus congratulates all entrants and prize winners. Joint Overall Winners Oral Presentations SafeRx® - Safe Use of High Risk Medicines Presented by Angela Lambie & John Kristiansen Active Choices Exercise creates lifestyle change through exercise & nutritional education Presented by Sonia Thursby Workforce Develop & Innovation Winner (Orals) Clinical Volunteering - "Everyone's a Winner". A Review of the Dietitian Clinical Volunteering Programme offered within Waitemata DHB Presented by Kaye Dennison, Fiona Baggett & Ella Ayoub Workforce Develop & Innovation Highly Commended (Orals) The Orthopaedic NEtP programme - Hub & Spoke Approach Presented by Beverley Hopper, Esme Kenobi, Caroline Harvey & Jacqui Finch Highly Commended  + Awhina Director's Prize Art Enhancing Better Practice in Youth Health - Youth Participation Mural Presented by Darna Appleyard, Ramon Narayan, Waitemata Youth Advisory Group & Cut Collective Highly Commended A Successful collaborative approach to ensure increased breast screening uptake by Asian women on the North Shore Presented by Sue Lim and Moria McLeod Highly Commended Nasogastric Tube (NGT) Placement via Endoscopy Presented by Peter Groom  Highly Commended Fiber Endoscopic Evaluation on Swallowing (FEES) Presented by Mary McFarlane & Rebecca Hammond Highly Commended Implications of developing & maintaining individual DHBs dietetic Stds Of Care & Nutrition Info Sheets Presented by Katrina Pace & Kaye Dennison  Announced 10 November 2011   View poster winners via the 2011 Poster Gallery

 
2010 Award Winners

	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.