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NEWS
Quality in Care (QiC) Diabetes
awards October 2021
Best practice in UK diabetes care recognised at
prestigious national awards
NHS teams from Surrey, Leicester
York and Scarborough, London
North West and Cambridge, were
among those recognised at the
10th annual Quality in Care (QiC)
Diabetes Awards.
QiC Programmes are run by
PMGroup and were first launched in
2011 to bring the NHS, industry and
patient groups closer together to
increase joint working, with the goal
of recognising good practice in the
UK and providing opportunities for
sharing projects and initiatives that
will ultimately benefit patients. The
programmes recognise, reward and
share good practice in patient care
within specific treatment areas. QiC
Diabetes recognises initiatives that
improve the quality of life for people
living with diabetes, as judged by the
NHS, patients and industry.
Debbie Woods, Head of Medical
General Medicines Sanofi UK &
Ireland, which sponsored the awards,
said of the awards, "Sanofi continues
to be committed to the care for
people with diabetes and we are
proud to support Quality in Care
Diabetes again in 2021. These awards
provide a great opportunity for the
inspirational work done across the
country, often unrecognised on
a regional or national level, to be
shared and for us to show how much
we value those individuals, teams,
Trusts and partnerships who strive
to improve the quality of care and
support provided to their patients
with diabetes. These awards are an
important stage for great practice to
be disseminated to a wider audience
and act as a trigger for service
improvement or an inspiration for
new projects which lead to innovative
improvement in outcome, safety
or experience for all patients with
diabetes. We look forward to seeing
the winning projects and helping
to disseminate them more widely
for the ultimate benefit of people
with diabetes and their families
and carers."
The team behind Diabetes 101 including, left to right, Professor Partha Kar, Dr Philip Newland-Jones, Becky Reeve
(for sponsors Sanofi), Dr Rose Steward, Amanda Epps, Beth Kelly, Maria Leverage, Sam Barnard, Dr Rebecca Thomas,
Vicki Alabraba. www.diabetes101.co.uk.