Keeping People Healthy Award

Finalists

An Extraordinary Response to the Global COVID-19 Pandemic (NSW Health Pathology)

COVID Clinics: A Massive Drive-Through Response (Hunter New England Local Health District)

Keeping Them Safe: A Rapid Response for Vulnerable People During COVID-19 (Sydney Local Health District)

About the Keeping People Healthy Award​

NSW Health is committed to promoting good health through raising awareness of healthy choices, preventing ill health and improving the overall health and wellbeing of the community.

The Keeping People Healthy award, formally The Harry Collins Award, has previously commemorated the outstanding commitment and passionate contribution of Mr Henry (Harry) Collins. Harry made a particularly outstanding contribution to the 'Clean Hands Save Lives' campaign prior to his death in November 2007.

This campaign is an example of a Keeping People Healthy initiative. His dedication to bringing the community’s perspective to the prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections is greatly appreciated by both patients and staff of the NSW health system, and NSW Health is proud to recognise these achievements.

This award aims to acknowledge similar innovative projects and programs which promote:

• reducing negative health impacts through improvements in environmental health
• action to support individuals, families and communities to make healthy lifestyle choices
• closing the gap in Aboriginal health outcomes
• improving lifestyles by targeting public health priorities such as tobacco control, physical activity, obesity, infectious disease, oral health, diabetes prevention and addressing harmful risk factors
• identifying and improving health outcomes for risk groups, for example, children, youth, older people, workers and disadvantaged groups
• primary, secondary and population health prevention
• the integration of the CORE values in promoting healthy living.