Awards went to winners of six categories, for which there were 29 entries.
Award winners:
Hawke's Bay District Health Board, Outstanding Contribution to Hawke's Bay health: Winner - 'A purpose built one-to-one health and urgent care facility', Hastings Health Centre; Highly commended - Tō Waha, a collaborative approach to whanau-centred oral health care, Tō Waha team.
Health Hawke's Bay, Commitment to working together to improve community health and wellbeing: Joint Winners, 'Poipoi Mokupuna, Presbyterian Support East Coast, Hawke's Bay DHB, Oranga Tamariki, Family Works HB, Te Ikaroa Rangatahi Social Services, and Improving the cervical health outcomes for wahine' - Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, Hawke's Bay DHB, Choices
Southern Community Laboratories, Excellence in Service Improvement: Winner, 'Improving elective surgery through a redesigned pre-admission process' - Hawke's Bay DHB Pre-Admission Clinic, Perioperative Department and Surgical Services.
Buddle Findlay Excellence in person and whānau-centred care: Joint winners, 'Supportive Care Clinic – Renal 'Dying Well' - Cranford Hospice Trust, Primary Care GP Representative, HBDHB renal service, Maori Health and Pastoral Care teams, and 'Relationship Centred Practice Training'- Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Skyline Aviation, Excellence in the use of knowledge to deliver innovative solutions: Winner, 'He Korowai Manaaki – A protective cloak for Hapū mama and Whānau' – Ngāti Pāhauwera Development Trust and Te Tātai Hauora O Hine (Centre for Women's Health Research, Victoria University of Wellington); Highly Commended: 'Collaboration brings credentialed nurse mental health service to primary care' – Health Hawke's Bay, Community Hawke's Bay DHB, Hawke's Bay General Practice network.
BAND, Commitment to quality improvement and patient safety: Winner, Helping Maori and Pacific Island Children breathe better: Pharmacy develops respiratory WOF tool.
Royston Hospital Acurity Supreme Award: 'Helping Maori and Pacific Island Children breathe better', Hastings Unichem Pharmacy, supported by The Doctors Hastings and Breathe Hawke's Bay.