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Bupa Foundation to grant awards recognising excellence in healthcare
12 May 2004
The Bupa Foundation is inviting entries for its 2004 awards, which recognise exceptional achievement in healthcare and research. There are six categories awarded in the Bupa Foundation awards, each promoting excellence in their field:
- Care award for excellence in the development of care for older people
- Communication award to encourage improvement in effective communications between healthcare professionals and patients
- Clinical excellence award for work with a multi-disciplinary approach that demonstrates an improved clinical outcome for patients or clients
- Health at work award for excellence in occupational medicine
- Epidemiology award for excellence in the long-term study of a chronic disease
- Research award for the best emerging medical researcher in the UK
The deadline for entries to the awards is 1 July 2004. For further information on how to enter please contact the awards administrator on 020 7656 2246 or log onto www.bupafoundation.co.uk.
Dr Andrew Vallance-Owen, Bupa medical director and governor of the Bupa Foundation says: "The standard of submissions is always very impressive. I hope that clinicians and researchers across all six categories will put forward their very best ideas and achievements for recognition in this year's awards."
All category winners are invited to attend the Bupa Foundation awards dinner in London, in November 2004.
Now in its silver jubilee year, the Bupa Foundation has awarded grants in excess of £11 million for medical research and development. It is an independent medical research charity that supports research projects to help advance medical knowledge and improve treatments. This year, Bupa itself has donated £2.5 million to the Foundation.
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