Castle Point and Rochford People Powered Results 100-Day Challenge

In May 2015, two areas of the NHS in Essex in the UK decided to embark on 100 Day Challenges in order to help implement their program of transformation in health and social care. The aim was to stimulate action and involvement of frontline staff to innovate and create approaches that would reduce non-elective unplanned admissions into hospitals.  Four 100 Day Challenges were carried out, resulting in the generation of a number of innovations and shifts in working practices and behaviors. 

Three key strands of activity emerged from the four 100-Day Challenges; improving communication across the system, collaborating to reduce GP pressures and building a hydration movement to prevent UTIs.  Through working together across the system, the participants identified this range of activities which encompassed behavioral, structural and clinical components, resulting in positive outcomes towards goals, as well as sustainable building blocks for future change.