QiC Awards 2022 winners announced at prestigious ceremony
Teams who have gone above and beyond to improve diabetes care during the COVID-19 pandemic have been recognised at the 12th annual Quality in Care (QiC) Diabetes Awards.
The highly respected awards ceremony took place on the evening of Thursday, October 13, at Sanofi’s UK headquarters in Reading.
QiC Diabetes recognises initiatives that improve the quality of life for people living with diabetes, as judged by the NHS, people with diabetes and industry.
It is truly a real honour to support the QiC awards as they recognise and reward our NHS heroes who continuously go above and beyond to improve the lives of people with diabetes with such passion, commitment and enthusiasm. Jessamy Baird, Country Lead and Head of General Medicines for Sanofi in UK and Ireland
This year, the awards celebrated the exceptional work that has been undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jessamy Baird, Country Lead and Head of General Medicines for Sanofi in UK and Ireland, said:“It is truly a real honour to support the QiC awards as they recognise and reward our NHS heroes who continuously go above and beyond to improve the lives of people with diabetes with such passion, commitment and enthusiasm.
“The QiC diabetes programme is not only about celebrating innovation, service improvement and success, but also about sharing best practices across the NHS. We congratulate everyone and thank them all for such a tireless and heroic contribution to high-quality diabetes care.”
Full list of winners:
| Equality, Diversity and Health Equalities |
| COMMENDED:
Sheffield’s South Asian Support Pilot by Sheffield CCG |
| Clinical Pathways Using Technologies |
| WINNER:
Assisting Bradford and Craven Beating Diabetes (ASSIST BCD) by Act as One BDC HIGHLY COMMENDED: Diabetes Clinic @ Home by Swansea University Medical School |
| Patient Care Pathway, Secondary and Community |
| WINNER:
North-East London Type 1 Diabetes Transformation (NATALIE) Project by North-East London (NEL) Sustainability and Transformation Project (STP) COMMENDED: Pharmacist Led GLP-1RA Initiation Clinic in a GP Practice by NHS Ayrshire and Arran |
| NHS England Outstanding Contribution Award |
| Coventry Diabetes Team |
| Diabetes Collaboration Project of the Year |
| WINNER:
Virtual Schools Training Package by the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust HIGHLY COMMENDED: Diabetes Health Matters with Dr Joan St John by Diabetes Africa COMMENDED: ComPASSION by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust |
| Wellbeing |
| WINNER:
Improving Mental Health in People with Recurrent Diabetic Ketoacidosis by Bart’s Health & East London Foundation Trust |
| Diabetes Education Programmes – Healthcare Professionals |
| WINNER:
DEVICE (Diabetes Emergencies: Virtual Interactive Clinical Education) Project HIGHLY COMMENDED: EDEN / Sanofi Cares Programme by the Leicester Diabetes Centre COMMENDED: SANDRA – Supporting PrActice Nurses in Diabetes Care Revalidation & Appraisal by NHS Grampian |
| Diabetes Education Programmes – People with Diabetes |
| JOINT WINNER:
Teaching ‘Dynamic Glucose Management’ using digital ‘Flipped Learning’ by the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Deapp – Structured Diabetes Education Designed to be Fun and Simple for Patients, Families and Staff by the HEAL.med Community Interest company Deapp Education |
| NHS Wales Outstanding Contribution Award for Services in Diabetes |
| WINNER:
Alison Ellis Diabetes Specialist Nurse in Cardiff and Vale Health Board |
| Insulin Safety Week Award |
| WINNER:
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital |
| Unsung Hero Award |
| WINNER:
The Diabetes Football Community London |
| Judges’ Special Award |
| WINNER:
DEVICE (Diabetes Emergencies: Virtual Interactive Clinical Education) Project |
| Diabetes Professional of the Year |
| WINNER:
Dr Stephen Stanaway |
| Outstanding Educator in Diabetes |
| WINNER:
Fiona Munday |
| The People’s Award |
| WINNER:
Lochlan Murdoch |
Quality in Care Diabetes is partnered with Sanofi and supported by the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD), Association of Children’s Diabetes Clinicians (ACDC), Children and Young People’s Diabetes Network (CYPDN) , the Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse (DISN) UK Group, The Diabetes Specialist Nurse Forum (DSN) UK, Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation (DRWF), Diabetes UK, JDRF the type 1 diabetes charity, Primary Care Diabetes Society (PCDS), Trend Diabetes, Young Diabetologists and Endocrinologists’ Forum (YDEF) and the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association (UKCPA).