18th April 2012
Truthfully, we’ve stopped entering awards at present. It seems relatively easy for us to get nominated in just about everything we enter. It’s impressive really, judges can immediately see the benefits of what we’re doing and we seem to sail through to the finals. In February we reached the finals of “The UK’s Most Innovative
27th February 2012
The recent mapps and apps event organised by the department of health has certainly produced a good amount of publicity for health related apps. Including obviously, Florence. Here’s two news clips from Sky: and:
14th November 2011
Jo and myself were shellshocked on Friday when they announced we’d won the Dadi Award for Best Use of Mobile. We’d fought off competition from the likes of Tesco, Manchester City FC, Racing Post, and Waitrose. Apparently the standard of entry was exceptionally high but Florence stood out way beyond the competition. I guess no
24th August 2011
The Dadi awards are hosted in association with The Drum with the key aim to celebrate and award digital excellence. The awards are in November so we’ll have to wait to find out if we’ve won. We’ve become accustomed to Florence being nominated in Healthcare or Public Sector Categories but this time she’s found her way into Best Use of Mobile
23rd June 2011
Another day another award eh?! We seem to be on a roll now, the story of Florence is getting out to the world and it’s the stories of how patients are finding a better quality of life that really grabs attention. 160 Characters is the SMS and Mobile Messaging Association and the award was for
17th June 2011
Last night Florence won the award for Best Public Sector Project at the Big Chip Awards. We’re certainly not in this for the awards but, gaining recognition in this way is a welcome pat on the back, and helps motivate us through the next stages of development. The judges could see how simple the application
8th October 2010
This one just in from the West Midlands region. Our collaboration partner Stoke on Trent PCT has just won a regional Health and Social Care Awards, transforming community services category. This is amazing news, so early on in the project and our story is compelling enough to win awards.
14th September 2010
As a general rule we don’t strive to win awards, they’re generally a bit vain and unnecessary. But one thing you can’t escape is winning one (or even being nominated) certainly makes you feel good. HSJ Awards are all about recognising innovation, best practice and inspiration in the healthcare profession. According to the highly revered