Everton in the Community has announced that its BEAT Breathlessness Hub has been shortlisted for two awards at the prestigious 2025 HSJ Partnership Awards, recognising an outstanding dedication to improving healthcare and effective collaboration with the NHS.
Now in their eighth year, the HSJ Partnership Awards have become the most recognised and respected mark of the strongest collaborations with the NHS.
Following the thorough judging process, EitC was included in 180+ organisations, projects and individuals that made the final shortlist amid 280+ entries submitted for the 2025 awards programme.
EitC’s BEAT Breathlessness Hub has been shortlisted for both ‘Most Effective Contribution to Improving Care for Those with Long-term Conditions’ and ‘Most Impactful Partnership in Preventative Healthcare’.
Situated within The People’s Place, the charity’s Breathlessness Hub is England’s first community-based heart and lung screening hub which provides local people with access to early diagnosis and treatment for heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other chronic conditions.
Made possible thanks to unrestricted grant funding from AstraZeneca and delivered in partnership with University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, the hub aims to demonstrate that early detection and intervention in a community setting can significantly improve the management of long-term conditions and overall patient outcomes. This proactive approach has enabled EitC to identify these conditions at an earlier stage when interventions can be more effective and less costly, alleviating pressure on the region’s public health services and saving the NHS approximately £110,000 to date.
The BEAT Breathlessness Hub is delivered in Liverpool 4, which is one of the most socially deprived wards in the UK, meaning that local residents are much more likely to develop a long-term condition due to prevalent health inequalities in the area. Since its launch in May 2024, EitC has screened 1,200 individuals and of those, 42 potential heart failure cases were detected, 28 were identified with atrial fibrillation and 420 had poorly controlled blood pressure.
Lucy McLean, Health Screening Coordinator at Everton in the Community said:
“We are delighted to be shortlisted for at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2025. It’s testament to our hardworking team at The People’s Place and all our key partners who have helped to make the BEAT Breathlessness Hub a success.
“The HSJ awards programme is a high profile and hugely respected platform to showcase the work and achievements of the many healthcare professionals who enter, and so we’re delighted to have been recognised on this prestigious shortlist for two 2025 HSJ Partnership Awards. We look forward to the awards ceremony in the New Year.”
EitC would also like to place on record its thanks to Pumping Marvellous, Edge Hill University, Us2.AI, Lumira-Dx, National Service for Health Improvement and Health Innovation North West Coast for their collaborative efforts in helping the charity to deliver the BEAT Breathlessness Hub.
To find out more about the hub, you can email peoplesplace@evertonfc.com
The selected winners will be announced during the awards ceremony at Evolution London on Friday 20 March 2025.
The full list of nominees for the 2025 HSJ Partnership Awards can be found here.
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