UCLH projects shortlisted for HSJ Digital Awards

We are proud that three UCLH projects have made the shortlist for this year’s HSJ Digital Awards, which celebrate the power of NHS digital projects, services and teams to transform care delivery, enhance efficiency, and improve patient outcomes.

Offering a digital first approach to patient information at UCLH, has been shortlisted in the ‘Moving Towards Net Zero through Digital’ category.

UCLH has transformed its patient information delivery system from paper-based and downloadable PDF leaflets to an innovative digital-first approach, demonstrating environmental leadership while enhancing patient care. By creating a web-based repository of patient information, accessible via QR codes throughout the hospital, UCLH has significantly reduced paper waste and associated carbon emissions. The project delivers multiple benefits: improved accessibility through screen readers and automatic translation, guaranteed up-to-date information, and reduced environmental impact. This initiative exemplifies how digital transformation can simultaneously advance both sustainability goals and patient experience.

Blueprint for embedding digital clinical safety in healthcare has been shortlisted in the ‘Digital Clinical Safety’ category.    

Consisting of an enhanced digital clinical safety process, including a digital safety toolkit, the project aims to provide staff with the resources and guidance needed to consistently and accurately manage the safety of their digital projects, ultimately ensuring patient safety.

The innovative Surgical e-consent project is also shortlisted in the ‘Digital Clinical Safety’ category and the ‘Moving Towards Net Zero through Digital’ category.

At UCLH, we have transformed surgical consent from previous paper-based workflows to enable full digitalisation across our organisation. This reduces the risk of errors and omissions, and improves patient experience, operational efficiency, and helps us to be kinder to the environment.

UCLH chief executive David Probert said:

“Digital is hugely important to the way we plan and deliver services and moving from analogue to digital is a key priority for all NHS organisations. I’m really proud of the way we’re embracing digital approaches to healthcare at UCLH, and having three projects shortlisted for these awards is a great credit to the teams throughout UCLH that are working hard and innovating to ensure we’re using new technology to improve the care we offer patients, make UCLH a better place to work and better for the environment.”

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 26 June 2025 at the ICC, Birmingham.

Good luck to all the UCLH teams shortlisted!