Innovation and Excellence Awards
Celebrating achievements and recognising staff across our District.

About the Awards
The Sydney Local Health District Innovation and Excellence Awards aim to recognise, celebrate and encourage healthcare innovation and excellence in line with the District's values, strategic focus and vision to achieve 'Excellence in health and healthcare for all'.
The winners of the 2023 Innovation and Excellence Awards will be announced at the Sydney Local Health District Annual General Meeting, held at Sydney Education, Rozelle, on Wednesday 6 December 2023.More details
Categories
The 2023 award categories recognise programs and projects as well as individual awards.
Team Awards
Our District is committed to collaborating and purposefully working in partnerships across government and community organisations.
This award recognises and showcases innovation in improving the quality and safety of mental health patient care.
Support for our people is one of our most important investments in delivering excellence in healthcare for all.
We are committed to ensuring that our District and the services we provide are inclusive of all people in our community regardless of race, gender, sexuality and ability - and that everyone is accepted, welcomed and valued.
Keeping our community healthy is one of our key priorities. This includes raising awareness of healthy choices, and improving the overall health and wellbeing.
Patient safety is one of the most important parts of providing excellent care. This includes engaging patients as partners in their care and delivering care in ways that they will find relevant.
Patient-centred care is at the heart of our strategy. Every patient experience is an opportunity to deliver on our shared vision, and this category recognises the projects which have transformed patient experiences.
Collaboration between clinicians, researchers, policy makers, service users, health managers and consumers in healthcare is critical – and can lead to service improvements and research findings that improve outcomes for our patients.
This award recognises a team, or teams, who have transformed their processes to deliver exceptional patient and family-centred care.
This awards recognises the outstanding contributions of teams in our District.
Individual Awards
This Award recognises the contribution of an individual who provides excellent support for patients, carers and families and acts as a role model for volunteering in our District.
This category recognises hospital assistants who demonstrate excellence in their cleaning role.
This award recognises employees who have made an exceptional contribution to the services provided by the District.