Kneu Health, ESNEFT & Health Innovation East Shortlisted for the 2024 HSJ Awards, Setting a New Standard for Healthcare Excellence

Kneu Health is thrilled to announce that ESNEFT & Health Innovation East's project, Innovating Parkinson's Care with Kneu Health, has been shortlisted for the Digitising Patient Care Award at the prestigious 2024 HSJ Awards. This recognition highlights an outstanding contribution to healthcare and secures a coveted spot at the awards ceremony later this year.

This year, the HSJ Awards received over 1,350 entries, with only 234 projects and individuals making it to the final shortlist. The exceptional quality and innovation displayed across all entries emphasize the impressive advancements in care and technology within the UK's healthcare networks.

Following a rigorous judging process, Kneu Health, ESNEFT & Health Innovation East have been shortlisted, with their project, Innovating Parkinson's Care with Kneu Health, standing out as a significant success story. The official awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on 21st November 2024.

About the Project: Innovating Parkinson's Care with Kneu Health

Facilitated by Health Innovation East (HIE), the East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has adopted Kneu Health's Kneu Platform to revolutionise care for people with Parkinson's Disease (PD). By utilising smartphone-based monitoring, AI and machine learning algorithms, and a clinician-facing dashboard, clinicians are equipped with longitudinal data, enabling proactive clinical decision-making. This integration has led to reported improvements in patient care, clinic efficiency, and overall patient experience. Through seamless digital transformation, this collaboration exemplifies how digitising patient care can reshape healthcare delivery, ultimately providing better outcomes for both patients and staff across the NHS.

Caroline Cake, Co-Founder and CEO, commented, "We are delighted to be shortlisted for the Digitising Patient Care Award at the HSJ Awards 2024. This recognition is a tremendous boost for the dedicated and hardworking teams involved at ESNEFT, Health Innovation East and Kneu Health. It reflects the importance of innovations to improve the lives of People with Parkinson's Disease"

HSJ editor Alastair McLellan added, "It gives me great pleasure to congratulate our finalists at this stage of the judging process. This year is no exception as we recognize ESNEFT, Health Innovation East and Kneu Health for being shortlisted in the Digitising Patient Care Award category."

The 2024 awards judging panel featured a diverse range of highly influential and respected figures within the healthcare community, including Stephen Powis, National Medical Director, NHS England; Rosa Waddingham, Chief Nurse, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB; and Matthew Style, Director General, Secondary Care and Integration Department of Health & Social Care, alongside Chief Executives from NHS Trusts across the UK.

The full list of nominees for the 2024 HSJ awards can be found at https://awards.hsj.co.uk/, along with details of the Awards partners at https://awards.hsj.co.uk/partners.

About Kneu Health

Kneu Health is pioneering a new model of precision neurology for Parkinson's and dementia: care that is proactive, compassionate, and designed for the realities of everyday life. Built on one of the most advanced longitudinal datasets in Parkinson's care — the Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre Discovery Cohort — Kneu's smartphone-based platform turns structured at-home assessments into actionable insights, enabling clinicians to detect decline earlier and act before symptoms escalate. The technology analyzes speech, movement, memory, and cognition in just minutes a day, using trained models to generate predictive scores and digital biomarkers that inform treatment and care. Kneu is working with leading U.S. health systems to expand access, ease workforce strain, and set a new standard for brain health monitoring.

About the HSJ Awards

The HSJ Awards are the most coveted accolade in UK healthcare, representing the largest annual benchmarking and recognition programme in the sector. Celebrating healthcare excellence for over 40 years, the awards have honoured achievements through significant political, technological, and financial challenges. Through a rigorous, fair, and transparent judging process, the awards highlight the best organisations, teams, and individuals in the NHS and the broader health sector.

About HSJ Awards

The Health Service Journal (HSJ) is the only publication covering all aspects of publicly funded healthcare. It provides news, analysis, and best practice information from some of the most powerful and respected figures in health. The HSJ audience comprises healthcare leaders from clinical and non-clinical backgrounds in both public and private sectors.