Liverpool Health Partners (LHP) were delighted that LHP SPARK Response to COVID was shortlisted for Best Healthcare Provider Partnership with the NHS at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2022.

LHP SPARK is the Single Point of Access to Research and Knowledge and is a joint research service which brings together Liverpool Health Partners’ NHS and Universities research support functions to facilitate and deliver world-class health research. It acts as a single point of access for investigators and research teams.

The nomination recognised the outstanding contribution to healthcare in response to COVID – in what has been an exceptional and challenging period across the sector.

In March 2020, LHP SPARK pivoted to tackle the COVID pandemic stewarding the research workforce across the eight NHS organisations with NIHR CRN North West Coast, developing efficient and streamlined single processes, reporting and shared strategic decision making.

This allowed for the efficient setup and rapid recruitment to NIHR Urgent Public Health (UPH) studies, COVID vaccine studies and local strategic research.

The awards ceremony took place on 24th March at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel in London and a huge congratulations to the category winner Blue Prism & Royal Free London FT – Making Time Matter for the NHS with Automation.

Find out what our team members and representatives from our 12 partners said about the nomination on our twitter feed @LivHPartners

You can find out more about the HSJ Partnership Awards and this year’s winners here.