Deputy Premier Don Morgan on behalf of Premier Brad Wall announced the four teams and two individuals who will receive the 2016 Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Public Service for their outstanding work this evening.
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The Meadows Wins National Award from Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships
TORONTO, Nov. 8, 2016 – The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) is proud to announce that The Meadows, Swift Current Long-Term Care Centre is the Silver Award recipient in the Infrastructure category of the 2016 National Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships (P3s).
The Meadows replaces three aging facilities in the region adding beds for long term and palliative care. It significantly modernized the delivery of health services in southwest Saskatchewan.
The Meadows is Saskatchewan’s first P3 project. The Design Build Finance and Maintain project had a total cost of $ 108.5 million and a Value for Money saving of $ 16.5 million.
The success of The Meadows demonstrates the benefits often attributed to the P3 model – cost-savings; on-time, on-budget delivery; and design innovations. Positive feedback received upon completion of this project proves that P3s have earned their place in the Saskatchewan market.
The Awards Panel was impressed with the “human design” of the project – moving away from institutional facilities towards family design and the integration of inter-generational elements. Panelists also applauded the high level of local contractor and community involvement.
The CCPPP National Awards will be presented on Monday, November 14th, 2016 at the 24th Annual CCPPP National Conference – INNOVATING OUR FUTURE at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in downtown Toronto.
“The Meadows was our first P3. This award again confirms it was the right choice. The whole community worked together and they created a world class facility. My regards go to every resident, nurse, local business and friend of the project that made The Meadows a success.”
- Gordon Wyant, Saskatchewan’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General, and Minister Responsible for SaskBuilds
“The Meadows is a landmark project that demonstrates exemplary innovation and partnering between the Province of Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Health, SaskBuilds, the Cypress Region and Plenary Health. We are thrilled that it has been recognized with an award from the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships. Congratulations to the entire team for achieving a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership for the Province of Saskatchewan,”
- Mike Marasco, CEO Plenary Concessions
“Saskatchewan has been one of the most active P3 markets in Canada. It has quickly developed nine projects at the provincial and municipal levels in a variety of sectors. Each of these P3 projects has demonstrated hundreds of millions of dollars in savings and innovatively addressed the needs of communities across the province.”
- Mark Romoff, CCPPP President and CEO
Women’s and Children’s Unit Receives Recognition Award for moreOB™ Program
The Women’s and Children’s Health Services Unit at the Cypress Regional Hospital recently accepted a recognition award for outstanding performance in the application of knowledge, commitment, and teamwork through their involvement with the moreOB™ improvement program.
The Managing Obstetrical Risk Efficiently (moreOB™) is a continuous patient safety improvement program led by a multidisciplinary team comprised of nursing staff, physicians, specialists, midwives, and other staff at the Cypress Regional Hospital in Swift Current. The three year program uses a collaborative approach that’s intended to decrease adverse events and clinical errors by ensuring that all team members are involved in safety efforts and improvement initiatives.
After their first year of implementing the moreOB™ program the team received the moreOB™ Recognition Award for outstanding performance in the application of knowledge, commitment, and teamwork. On April 18 the team was formally acknowledged for their hard work and dedication in achieving over 80% compliance in each area of the first module of the program.
“I am very proud of the team and how they are working together to achieve the best results for our patients. Each time that I work with them, I see a change in communication and an easiness of working together. This benefits everyone involved.” commented Beth Adashynski, Vice President of Performance and Quality for Cypress Health and team sponsor of the moreOB™ initiative.
The team has incorporated many improvements through module one of the moreOB™ program including skin to skin care between parents and their newborn, Vitamin K administration for infants, management of women in labour, and the timing and use of epidurals.
The Cypress Health Region extends its appreciation to moreOB™ team members and their dedication to enhancing the existing quality programming offered within the Women’s and Children’s unit.
The moreOB™ program is the signature performance solution offered by Salus Global, an international leader in the delivery of patient safety performance solutions. For more information please visit www.salusglobal.com and www.moreob.com.