Sponsored by Winner: Oxfordshire County Council The local multi-agency children's mental health service, funded jointly by the county and health authority, works with some 1200 children a year to support children's agencies professionals and has attracted national interest because of its success rate. FINALISTS: (Click on the links to read councils' submissions to the judges) Hertfordshire County Council Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council London Borough of Southwark Staffordshire County Council COMMENDED: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham London Borough of Haringey Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Wear Valley District Council West Lothian Community Health & Care Partnership Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council About the sponsors: NHS Connecting for Health is delivering the National Programme for IT to bring modern computer systems into the NHS. These systems will improve patient care and services. Over the next ten years, the National Programme for IT will connect over 30,000 GPs in England to almost 300 hospitals and give patients access to their personal health and care information, transforming the way the NHS works. Back to the MJ Awards Home