After a fantastic inclusive day, we are delighted to announce our finalists and winners of the 2022 National Service User Awards:
The complete list of categories and finalists is as follows:
Health and Wellbeing
Winner:
Create & Resonate
Rampton Hospital, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Modern occupations rely on digital technology. Accessing this technology is challenging in high secure environments. It is this issue ‘Create & Resonate’ aims to address. Through the mediums of music, film-making and animation we aim to support meaningful patient led content whilst developing living skills for everyday life.
Other finalists:
- Riding for Ukraine Francis Willis Unit, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Every Voice Francis Willis Unit, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Never Lose Hope Arnold Lodge, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
The project that won the service user choice vote was Riding for Ukraine, Francis Willis Unit, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust.
Excellence in Co-Production
Winner:
Co-Produced Patient CPA / Ward Round Training
Arnold Lodge, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust & IMPACT Collaborative
IMPACT our collaborative partner of Medium Secure Mental Health Services in the Midlands have identified too many service users don’t have the confidence to lead their ward rounds and CPA meetings. As such Impact’s Lived Experience Facilitator launched a pilot to help service users co-produce a co-delivered training program.
Other finalists:
- Waterloo’s Christmas Market 2021 Waterloo Manor, Inmind Healthcare
- My Story – co production to make changes Experience & Engagement team, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Bierley Bulletin Cygnet Hospital Bierley, Cygnet Health Care
- Mental Health Natters podcast Recovery for All, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust
The project that won the service user choice vote was Waterloo’s Christmas Market 2021, Waterloo Manor, Inmind Healthcare.
Recovery and the Arts
Winner:
The SHH Podcast
Stockton Hall Hospital, Priory Group
A service user at Stockton Hall asked to run a podcast regarding Mental Health Stigma. He spent a great deal of time promoting and advertising the podcast to potential guests. Over the last 18 months or so we have produced 6 episodes of service users and staff giving their honest opinions on Mental Health Stigma and where they believe it fits in to modern society.
Other finalists:
- Mural for Hope Cygnet Churchill, Cygnet Health Care
- Sock Animals Waterloo Manor, Inmind Healthcare
- Music 2 Empower Cygnet Hospital Woking, Cygnet Health Care
The project that won the service user choice vote was Music 2 Empower, Cygnet Hospital Woking, Cygnet Health Care.
Breaking Down Barriers
Winner:
Deaf Awareness Week
Grampian Ward, Rampton Hospital, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Service users of Grampian (Deaf) ward planned and hosted events for Deaf Awareness Week, including a “voices off” football tournament, challenging hearing service users to play without sound; a charity event with activities like lipreading challenges and “Guess the Sign”; and have co-written a Deaf Awareness presentation to deliver to hearing peers.
Other finalists:
- Self Harm: My Journey Calder Ward – Cheswold Park Hospital, Riverside Healthcare Ltd
- Music Session – Service user led Performance Swift & Sycamore wards – Cygnet Hospital Taunton, Cygnet Health Care
- Confidence and Strengths Group Recovery Academy Edenfield Centre, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust
The project that won the service user choice vote was Self Harm: My Journey, Calder Ward – Cheswold Park Hospital, Riverside Healthcare Ltd.
Outstanding Service User Leadership Award
Winner:
A Tale of Three Cities
Mental Health Network, NHS Foundation
Bringing together Centre for Mental Health, Anna Freud Centre, 42nd Street and Forward Thinking Birmingham, A Tale of Three Cities was a series of events during Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month that aimed to break down stigma and put the voices of service users at the heart of vital conversations.
Other finalists:
- Developing a Recovery College at Heatherwood Court Heatherwood Court, Ludlow Street Healthcare
- Hospital Patient Forum Chair Cannock Ward – Arnold Lodge, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Chris Francis Willis Unit, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Autism Awareness Day Cygnet Elms, Cygnet Health Care
The project that won the service user choice vote was Autism Awareness Day, Cygnet Elms, Cygnet Health Care.
The Mark Britton Service User Choice Award
Winner:
Self Harm: My Journey
Calder Ward, Cheswold Park Hospital, Riverside Healthcare Ltd
A service user written presentation aimed at breaking down the barriers and removing the stigma from self-harm. Written from lived experience, and using real-life situations to explore the reasons that people may engage in self-harm and what staff can do to support those in crisis from a service-user’s perspective.