National Mental Health Awards 2024 – Winners & Highly Commended

The categories for the National Mental Health Awards 2024 are listed below:-

There are 21 Awards for teams/services/projects and one award for individuals:-  SHORTLISTS BELOW !!

 

1. Innovation in Community Mental Health (including Primary Mental Health Care)

WINNERS

*The Life Rooms – Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

* Management and Supervision Tool (MaST). – CNWL  NHS Foundation Trust & Holmusk
*Mental Health Practitioners in Primary Care – East Team – Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

*The REACH Team – Scarborough  –  TEWV NHS Foundation Trust, North Yorkshire Council and other partners

 

 

 

2. All Age Crisis Pathways (inc Specialist Crisis Care)

WINNERS

*The Moorings @Devon  – Mental Health Matters

 

 

 

 

 

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

*The Circle Hub Space and Cafe –  Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow Mind
*CYP Crisis Peripatetic Service – Suffolk and North East Essex ICS

 

3. All Age In-Patient Care including Psychiatric Intensive Care

 

WINNERS

*Milford House, Inpatient Adult Acute Ward – Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
HIGHLY COMMENDED
*Red Kite View CYPMH Inpatient Service – Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
*Engagement and Observations Project – Essex Partnership University NHS Trust
*Creative Writing Group – Becklin Centre  – Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

4. All Age Eating disorders Services for Adults or Children and Young People.

WINNERS

*Teesside Children and Young People Community Eating Disorder Service  – TEWV NHS Foundation Trust

HIGHLY COMMENDED

*Eating Disorder Service – Kinver Centre – Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

*FREED Pathway (Vincent Square Eating Disorder Service) – CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
*North London Adult Eating Disorders Provider Collaborative – CNWL NHS Foundation Trust (Lead provider)

 

 

5. Older adult functional mental health services and/or dementia care

WINNERS

*Durham and Darlington Care Home Liaison Hub – TEWV NHS Foundation Trust

HIGHLY COMMENDED

*3 Beatrice Place – Older Adults Healthy Ageing Services – CNWL NHS Foundation Trust 
*Creative Group Projects within Older Peoples Inpatient Services – Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 
*Dementia in Prisons – Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

 

 

6. Complex mental health needs, including services working with people with a diagnosis of personality disorder

WINNERS

*Service User Network (SUN) – Essex Partnership University NHS Trust

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

*Mental Health Out of Area Team (MhOAT)- Cheshire And Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
*Wellbeing Unit: Regional Enhanced Mental Health Unit – HMP Hull – TEWV NHS Foundation Trust & HMPPS

 

 

 

7. Mental health rehabilitation and /or recovery services

JOINT WINNERS

*CREST (Community Rehabilitation Enhanced Support Team) Coproduction – West Yorkshire ICS
*Forensic Intensive Recovery and Support Team (FIRST) – Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
HIGHLY COMMENDED
*Inpatient Mental Health Rehab- Preston Triage Ward – CNWL NHS Foundation Trust

8. Peer Support Services with a particular focus on those services that have a pathway onwards, and are co-produced

WINNERS

*Together – Devon Partnership NHS Trust

HIGHLY COMMENDED

*Liaison & Diversion/ReConnect Peer Support Worker pathway – Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

*Lived Experience Leadership team –  Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

*Recovery Engagement and Co-creation Team for Ridgeway – TEWV NHS Foundation Trust

9. Children and young people’s mental health services (including Transition Services and those from 0-25)

WINNERS

*Red Kite View CYPMH Inpatient Services – Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

*MHST South Staffordshire – Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

*Parental Minds

 

 

 

 

 

10. Non-Clinical Team of the Year (inc. admin, facilities, finance, housekeeping etc.)

WINNERS

* Forensic Inpatient Services, Admin Team, Specialist Network – Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED 

*People Partnering and Organisational Development – Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

*The TEWV Employee Support Service – TEWV NHS Foundation Trust

 

11. Perinatal and maternal mental health

WINNERS

*West London Perinatal Diversity and Inclusion Working Group – Tri-borough West London Perinatal Mental Health Service
HIGHLY COMMENDED

*Cheshire and Merseyside Specialist Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health Service – Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust

*North Yorkshire and York Perinatal Team – TEWV NHS Foundation Trust
*VCSE Maternal Mental Health Services – Ways to Wellness in partnership with NHS, Academic, VCSE collaborative

 

12. Addressing inequalities in mental health

WINNERS

*The REACH Team – Scarborough – TEWV NHS Foundation Trust, North Yorkshire Council and other partners

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

*Gender Outreach Workers – Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

*Synergi Leeds Partnership – Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust, Leeds City Council, Public health, Forum Central

 

 

 

 

13- Suicide prevention services with a focus on initiatives which encourage multiagency working (LA / PH / NHS / Police / Third sector)

WINNERS

*Kent and Medway Suicide Prevention Programme

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

*Familiar Faces – TEWV NHS Foundation Trust

*NHS GM Integrated Care – Greater Manchester Suicide Prevention Programme

 

 

 

 

 

14. Innovation in Digital Mental Health Care

WINNERS

*The Digital Angels – Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

*Recovery College Online – TEWV NHS Foundation Trust

*Management and Supervision Tool (MaST) – CNWL NHS Foundation Trust & Holmusk

 

 

 

 

15. Mental Wellbeing of the Workforce

WINNERS

*Staff Physical and Mental Well-being Service – Devon Partnership Trust
HIGHLY COMMENDED
*Employee Support Service – TEWV NHS Foundation Trust
*Lived Experience Leadership  Team – Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
*Kestrel Kite Ward – Ridgeway – TEWV NHS Foundation Trust

 

 

 

 

16. Learning Disabilities and/or Autism

WINNERS

*Mental Health & Learning Disability Team – South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

*Intensive Support Function (ISF) – CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
*IST – Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

17. Integration of Physical & Mental Healthcare

WINNERS

*Staff Physical and Mental Well-being Service – Devon Partnership NHS Trust

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

*3 Beatrice Place – Older Adults Healthy Ageing Services – CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
*Improving the uptake of annual physical health checks for people with serious mental illness – NW London Integrated Care Board
*Mental Health Practitioners in Primary Care –  Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
*Health facilitation Team –  Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

18. Quality Improvement and/or Service Transformation

WINNERS

*Inpatient Nursing Preceptorship Project – Forensic Inpatient Services.  – Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

*The Life Rooms – Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

*Children and Families Care Group in partnership with Whose Shoes – Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

 

 

 

19. Specialist Services (including, Veterans, Substance Misuse, Addictions, Housing, Education and Employment)

WINNERS

*OpCourage North – Provider Collaborative

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

*Assertive Outreach Team – Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

*IPS -TEWV NHS Foundation Trust

 

 

 

 

 

20. Forensic Mental Health Services (including criminal justice, inpatient, liaison & diversion and prison mental healthcare)

WINNERS

*ISU – Integrated Support Team HMP Durham. –  TEWV NHS Foundation Trust
HIGHLY COMMENDED
*Forensic Autism Team – Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS  Foundation Trust

*Forensic Seated Chair Massage team – Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

 

 

 

–21. System wide Commissioning for Positive Mental Health Services

WINNERS

*North West London Mental Health Partnership Programme (NW London MHPP) – The NW London Integrated Care Board (NW London ICB), Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) and West London Trust (WLT)

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

*The Life Rooms- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust  & Partners

*Mental Health Out of Area Team (MhOAT) – Cheshire And Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

 

 

 

22. Outstanding Leadership for Band 7 and 8 staff – INDIVIDUAL AWARD 

WINNERS

Richard Hand  –  TEWV NHS Foundation TrusT

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Faith Edensor – Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Karla Shariff – TEWV NHS Foundation Trust

Alister D’Souza – CNWL NHS Foundation Trust

Eloise Wynter and Ranjyot Panesar. –  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust