Sydney Local Health District embraces, encourages and supports a culture of innovation through its innovation challenge - The Pitch.

The Pitch empowers staff to 'pitch' their innovative idea - no matter how big or small - to improve our system, better the patient experience, enhancing delivery of healthcare and minimising waste.
The Pitch will:

• Infuse a culture of innovation
• Capture the hearts and minds of innovators across the District
• Encourage both junior and senior staff to participate
• Allow staff to act quickly to identify where to invest adequate resources
• Follow a one page application process - removing application hurdles
• Three to four presentations will be showcased each month
• Competitors (presenters) will compete for resources and funding
• Winning ideas and project teams will be well supported with coaching, mentoring and project management training from the District's finest clinicians and project managers

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1. Launch Pad - The Pitch is broadcasted across different mechanisms

• Grand Rounds
• Allied Health
• Nursing Meetings
• Corporate etc

2. Facilitators/Energisers - Assist with application and refining

• Five (5) or more key champions from each Launch Pad
• Sub-champions
• Bottom-up approach

3. Screening/Process - Innovations

• Group to trial process Administrative process

4. Feedback Mechanism to the Applicant

• If proposal not accepted, provide feedback
• Feedback process to be further refined
• Define what innovation is and vision of The Pitch

5. Application Process

• Decision to submit to the panel
• Submission of one (1) page application

6. Panel

• The Pitch panel selection of project/s