WYAAT is proud to reveal that one of its programmes, the West Yorkshire Vascular Service (WYVaS), has been shortlisted for Provider Collaboration of the Year at this year’s HSJ Awards, recognising its outstanding contribution to healthcare and earning the opportunity to showcase their achievements on a national platform. 

The West Yorkshire Vascular Service is a single, regional vascular service, ensuring that patients have equity of access to the same high-quality treatment, regardless of where they live within West Yorkshire. 

1067 entries were received for the HSJ Awards 2022, with 219 projects and individuals making it to the final shortlist (from across 162 organisations). 

The judging panel was made up of a diverse range of highly influential and respected figures within the healthcare community, including; Sarah-Jane Marsh (Chief Executive, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s FT); David Probert (Chief Executive, University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust); Dr Bola Owolabi (Director of Health Inequalities, NHS England and NHS Improvement); Eugine Yafele (Chief Executive, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust) and Tracy Allen (Chief Executive Officer, Derbyshire Community Health Services Foundation Trust).

Following the thorough judging process, the West Yorkshire Vascular Service was shortlisted, ahead of the official awards ceremony to be held later this year on November 17th.  At this first stage of judging, the shortlist was based on ambition, outcome, value and involvement and crucially, how the project might be “picked up” and replicated elsewhere for the benefit of both patients and professional colleagues.

HSJ editor Alastair McLellan, said; “On behalf of all my colleagues, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate the West Yorkshire Vascular Service on being shortlisted as a finalist in the category of Provider Collaboration of the Year. All of the applications represent the ‘very best of the NHS’ and often leave our esteemed panel of judges with an impossible choice!

“Year on year the number of entrants continue to rise which I find so encouraging and is testament to the effect that HSJ Awards can have on improved staff culture and morale.

“We’re all very much looking forward to welcoming our finalists to the awards ceremony in November, celebrating their impressive achievements and jointly acknowledging our values of sharing best practice, improving patient outcomes and continuously driving for better service. But we never forget that the award ceremony is not just a celebration within a night, but a platform to recognise the hard work of all our NHS staff, all year round.”