What are the Hospice Friendly Hospitals Quality Improvement (HFHQI) Awards?
Since 2019, the Hospice Friendly Hospitals Quality Improvement Awards have recognised projects dedicated to improving end-of-life care for patients, families, staff, and the hospital.
Over the past six years, the HFHQI Awards have awarded funding for 58 projects across 32 hospitals. The HFHQI Awards have provided an opportunity to inspire, encourage and support staff to continually strive for a quality improvement approach to End-Of-Life Care (EOLC).
All staff from HSE/Voluntary Acute Hospitals who are engaging within our HFH programme are eligible to apply. Those successful will receive financial support of up to €1,000 for their project. Recognising that staff are central to continual quality improvement within end-of-life care, the awards allow those with the knowledge, experience, and passion to put forward their ideas.
Awards
Awarded
Hospitals
Figures based on awards granted from 2019 to 2024.
Purpose of the HFHQI Awards
Reflective in nature, the HFHQI Awards requires staff to work cohesively and collaborate to examine current practices and look at new ways of working. At the heart of the awards is the aim of continuing to improve the end-of-life care approach and to help hospital towards the implementation of the Quality Standards for End-of-Life Care.
Goals of the HFHQI Awards
When considering potential projects for HFHQI Awards, we encourage staff to consider the goals of the awards.
Explore current practices.
What are we doing we
could do better? What
do we want to accomplish?
Raise awareness of how
Quality Improvement methods
can be used to make EOLC better.
Explore creative and
innovative ways to
improve the way we work.
Shine a light on
improved ways of
providing person
-centred EOLC.
Use a robust Quality
Improvement approach
to make those changes.
Evaluating the HFHQI Awards
To understand the impact and value the HFHQI Awards has had to date, we will be evaluating the programme in 2025. Therefore, the HFHQI Awards will not be held this year. We look forward to sharing the results of the evaluation in 2026.
HFHQI Support Sessions
HFHQI Award applicants are supported through the HFHQI Support Sessions, which are delivered in partnership with the HSE Quality and Patient Safety Improvement Team. The aim of these sessions is to help applicants navigate the application process, gain information on quality improvement (QI), and share and inspire ideas.
All previously delivered support sessions have been recorded and can be viewed on our HFHQI Support Sessions webpage.
Questions?
For queries about the HFHQI Awards, contact the HFH Programme team by emailing [email protected] or calling (01) 679 3188.
