This category recognises a local or regional partnership that has made a significant impact on a national healthcare challenge — demonstrating the power of place-based collaboration and innovation.
Successful entries will show how a local approach can lead to tangible improvements in outcomes, service delivery, or efficiency, while offering clear potential for wider replication. Whether co-designed with patients, communities, or local systems, these initiatives exemplify how thoughtful partnership working at the local level can spark national change.
If your project is improving care locally while pointing the way for others across the country, we want to hear your story.
Judging Criteria:
Essential Judging Criteria and Points
The judges will be focusing on the following areas when scoring your entry. Write your entry accordingly.
- Executive Summary (200 words, not scored) This will be used if your entry is selected as a finalist. Please state clearly why this event is award-worthy – what is unique, differentiating and innovative about it.
- Impact on Local Healthcare (600 words, 30 points) – Clear demonstration of improved patient outcomes, service delivery, or efficiency.
- Community & Stakeholder Engagement (500 words, 25 points) – How the project involved local partners, patients, and communities.
- Scalability & Replicability (400 words, 20 points) – Potential for the initiative to be expanded beyond the initial location.
- Innovation & Problem-Solving (300 words, 15 points) – How new approaches were applied to address the local challenge.
- Sustainability & Future Plans (200 words, 10 points) – Strategies for maintaining and growing the partnership.
