More than 500 people gathered for the annual fair in Mile End Hospital Gardens on Tuesday 15 July.
The event was also used for the Tower Hamlets Integrated Care Awards presentation, organised to recognise the work of services in improving the health and wellbeing of people across the borough.
Tower Hamlets Together is a partnership involving health and social care organisations across the borough, working closer together to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in Tower Hamlets.
In the afternoon, TH GP Care Group Chief Financial Officer, Zainab Arian, and GP Phillip Bennett Richards announced the THT ‘Integrated Care’ Award winners and those recognised as Highly Commended. Certificates were handed out across six categories from a humongous 73 nominations, with some services and individuals being nominated more than once. This showed how much staff are appreciated by their colleagues and peers!
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ELFT received three awards and was highly commended in one category:
Creative Wizard Award for Creativity and Innovation
Joint winners: Admission Avoidance and Discharge Service, Reablement Service, and Community Therapy Teams at ELFT; and Tower Hamlets Foot Health - Homeless Outreach
Building Bridges Award for Partnership Working
Highly Commended: QI Project Team Improving Communications between ELFT and GP Teams
Deputy Director for Tower Hamlets CHS, Petra Nittel, nominated the QI team and said: "The QI project started in May 2022. They worked closely with GPs and system partners to co-create a new website page, new electronic referral template and new podcast series for GPs.
“Collaborative working has led to improved value, improved experience of care, improved population health and improved staff experience."
Bullseye Award for Person-Centred Care
Winner: Complex Emotional Needs and Complex Trauma Team (CEN/CT Team) at ELFT
ELFT Clinical Psychologist, Dr Georgina Aisbitt, nominated the team and said: "The person-centred approach taken by the team transcends levels of care: from day-to-day service delivery to higher-level service policy decisions. The work of the CEN/CT Team is co-designed and co-produced by experts by experience."
Visionary Award for Collaborative Leadership
Joint winner: Mohammed Al-Mahfuz Practice Manager at Health E1
Health E1 Community Mental Health Nurse, Laura Pisaneschi nominated Mohammed and said: "Mohammed has an open door policy ensuring that staff know that he is approachable at any time including when he is not working.
“He has also led the team to provide communication resources for the digitally excluded, which is as a testament to how he has led Health E1 in thinking about creative and adaptable approaches in ensuring uninterrupted access to crucial healthcare services."