RESEARCHERS at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised in the Clinical Research Network (CRN) Wessex Awards for their outstanding collaborative working for a study.

The awards ran by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) saw nominees from across the region gather in Southampton to celebrate how their innovative research is helping to improve patient care.

The team from won the outstanding collaborative working award for the way a study on the ReSPECT process was seamlessly mobilised across all three hospitals run by the trust in Winchester, Andover and Basingstoke.

Research was conducted about ReSPECT, which was implemented across Hampshire Hospitals in 2017 as one of the first trusts in the UK to adopt the process, to look at how, when and why treatment plans are made and the effects they have on patient care.

Alex Whitfield, chief executive of Hampshire Hospitals, added: “Research and collaboration are both incredibly important in our Trust and it is fantastic to see these two principles working hand in hand. Studies like the ReSPECT Study are hugely important so that we can continue to deliver the best possible care to our patients. I am exceptionally proud of our research team and all of the other staff across 37 wards in our hospitals who were involved in delivering this study, and getting the recognition they so clearly deserve.”