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Who has been given a Bupa Foundation award
The Bupa Foundation is an independent charitable organisation that funds medical research and since 1979 it has awarded grants in excess of £19 million to medical research and healthcare initiatives across a broad range of disciplines from surgery to occupational health.
The Bupa Foundation Awards are made annually to recognise excellence in medical research and healthcare.
To learn more about the Bupa Foundation award winners for each year, please click on the links below:
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Winners in 2008
Research Award for the best emerging medical researcher in the UK
This award was given to Dr Michael Eddleston of the University of Edinburgh for a study into pesticide self-poisoning. The research aims to give a better understanding of the mechanisms of this type of poisoning in order to develop new treatments.
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Epidemiology Award for Excellence in the long-term study of a chronic disease
The Bupa Foundation Epidemiology Award went to a study of convulsive status epilepticus (CSE), the most common neurological emergency of children - with an incidence of between 17-23 episodes taking place per 100,000 children every year. The study provides evidence for the benefit of early and aggressive treatment.
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Communication Award for effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients
This year the Bupa Foundation Communication Award has been given to a training programme developed by those with aphasia (speech loss usually caused by stroke) to help improve communications with healthcare workers. There are around 250,000 people living with aphasia in the UK.
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Patient Safety Award
The Bupa Foundation Patient Safety Award has this year been presented to a substance misuse service that treats heroin and cocaine addicts, with the objective of having no preventable deaths by overdose.
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Clinical Excellence Award for work that demonstrates an improved clinical outcome for patients
The Bupa Foundation Clinical Excellence Award has been given to Professor Jon Raphael of Birmingham City University for developing a regional service for patients suffering from chronic pain, a debilitating condition, which affects 20 percent of the British population, and is estimated to cost the UK taxpayer approximately £5 billion per annum.
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Health at Work award for excellence in occupational medicine
Dr Kim Burton of the University of Huddersfield has won the Bupa Foundation Health at Work Award for a study into upper limb disorders (ULD), also known as musculoskeletal disorders, which affect 50 percent of people of working age.
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Care Award for Excellence in the development of care for older people
This award was given to Professor Bim Bhowmick on behalf of Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust for developing a new community based service to provide older people in the borough with real choice about who, where and when they are treated, with a real emphasis on care at home where possible.
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Winners in 2007
Research Award for the best emerging medical researcher in the UK
For recognising the benefits of readily available drugs for stroke patients which will save lives the Bupa Foundation Research Award has been handed to Dr Ming-Yuan Tseng from Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
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Epidemiology Award for Excellence in the long-term study of a chronic disease
The Bupa Foundation Epidemiology Award went to a study that proved a promising link between BCG vaccination and a reduction in the incidence of childhood Asthma, Dr Mary Linehan's investigation found that those who received this early boost to their immune system had a 27 percent reduction in the chance of developing childhood wheeze.
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Communication Award for effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients
This year the Bupa Foundation Communication Award has been given to a project that has dramatically reduced medication errors by introducing a simple patient-held booklet.
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Patient Safety Award
The Bupa Patient Safety Award has this year been presented to a multi-disciplinary team in a children's hospital which has piloted an observation tool to prevent admissions to specialist care from the wards by identifying deterioration early.
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Clinical Excellence Award for work that demonstrates an improved clinical outcome for patients
The Bupa Foundation Clinical Excellence award has been given to an early intervention service which has helped over 80 percent of the young people they see back into work or education after their first experience of a psychotic illness.
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Health at Work award for excellence in occupational medicine
Lesley Munro of Macmillan Cancer Support has won the Bupa Foundation Health at Work award for an innovative project to produce a workplace DVD and booklet to help employers and employees deal with the difficult issues of coping with cancer in the workplace.
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Winners in 2006
Care Award for Excellence in the development of care for older people
The Bupa Foundation Care Award has this year been presented to a project that has managed to halve the number of falls of elderly patients in hospital. The award was presented to Dr Opinder Sahota, a consultant physician at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Clinical Excellence Award for work that demonstrates an improved clinical outcome for patients
The Bupa Foundation Clinical Excellence award has been given to a pioneering clinic that has taken the lead in the fight against childhood obesity, a condition that affects one in five children. The award was presented to Dr Julian Hamilton-Shield on behalf of the Care of Childhood Obesity Clinic at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
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Communication Award for effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients
South Asians living in the UK are 50 percent more likely to die from a heart attack than people of European origin. This year the Bupa Foundation Communication Award has been awarded to the producer of an all-singing, all-dancing Bollywood-style comedy film that is successfully educating this high-risk community about the dangers of heart disease. The award was presented to Dr Rumeena Gujral, a trustee of the South Asian Health Foundation.
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Epidemiology Award for Excellence in the long-term study of a chronic disease
The Bupa Foundation Epidemiology Award went to a study that showed the introduction of pedestrianisation and traffic restrictions in Oxford has greatly improved the respiratory health of the city’s children. The award was presented to Stephanie MacNeill, a medical statistician at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London.
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Health at Work award for excellence in occupational medicine
The most comprehensive guidance ever published to tackle the alcohol and drug culture in the British workplace has won the Bupa Foundation Health at Work Award. Seventeen million working days are lost every year through alcohol-related sickness alone. This guide is a one-stop shop handling all issues relating to the misuse of drink and drugs. The award was presented to the Faculty of Occupational Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians.
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Research Award for the best emerging medical researcher in the UK
With bowel cancer killing 16,000 people every year, the Bupa Foundation Research Award has been handed to a team of doctors who have pioneered groundbreaking surgical techniques that allow for the very early detection of the disease. This not only dramatically improves survival rates but means patients can be diagnosed and treated in a single day. The award was presented to Dr Paul Hurlstone, a consultant endoscopist at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield.
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Winners in 2005
Care Award for Excellence in the development of care for older people
The Bupa Foundation Care Award has this year been presented to a project that has succeeded in doubling the chance of older stroke victims getting back on their feet and being active again. The award was presented to Dr Philippa Logan on behalf of the University of Nottingham and the Rushcliffe Primary Care Trust.
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Clinical Excellence Award for work that demonstrates an improved clinical outcome for patients
The Bupa Foundation Clinical Excellence award has been given to a groundbreaking NHS service catering specifically for the needs of adolescents suffering from arthritis. The chronic condition affects one in a thousand teenagers. The award was presented to Dr Janet McDonagh on behalf of the Adolescent Rheumatology Team at the Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust.
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Communication Award for effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients
According to the BMJ about half of the medicines prescribed for people with chronic conditions are not taken. The Bupa Foundation Communication Award has been awarded to a simple idea that calls for a rethink on how prescriptions are labelled. A few extra words explaining what the medicine is for are added to the prescription to improve both patient safety and drug compliance. The award was presented to Dr Nigel Masters, a general medical practitioner from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.
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Epidemiology Award for Excellence in the long-term study of a chronic disease
The Bupa Foundation Epidemiology Award went to a study that discovered that regular use of cannabis trebles your risk of suffering from schizophrenia. The award was presented to Dr Stanley Zammit, a clinical lecturer in psychological medicine at Cardiff and Bristol Universities.
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Health at Work award for excellence in occupational medicine
Occupational asthma is the largest cause of occupational respiratory disease in the developed world - in the UK alone more than 3,000 new sufferers are diagnosed each year. The Bupa Foundation Health at Work award has been presented to the organisation behind a set of guidelines that will play a key role in helping the HSE reach their target of cutting the incidence of occupational asthma by 30 percent by the year 2010. The award was presented to the British Occupational Health Research Foundation.
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Research Award for the best emerging medical researcher in the UK
The Bupa Foundation Research Award has been handed to scientists deciphering the genetic code that will help doctors predict which patients are at risk of particular diseases and allow them to give patients more targeted and effective treatments. The award was presented to Dr Julian Knight, a senior research fellow in clinical science at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in Oxford.
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Winners in 2004
Care Award for Excellence in the development of care for older people
Was awarded to Professor Esme Moniz-Cook on behalf of the Hull Drop In Memory Centre developed by Hull and East Riding Community Mental Health NHS Trust and Hull Social Services along with Age Concern and the Alzheimer's Society.
The Drop In Memory Centre provides early diagnosis for older people with memory problems so that a more effective treatment can be planned. It also helps the individuals and their families maintain the best possible long term quality of life. They can meet others who are living with dementia and receive support and training from a nurse or psychologist.
Clinical Excellence Award for work that demonstrates an improved clinical outcome for patients
Was awarded to senior research fellow, Maxine Power, on behalf of a team at Hope Hospital, part of Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, who improved care for stroke patients by speeding up the time it takes them to receive a prescription of aspirin.
It involved a simple but effective rearrangement of services so that senior nurses now have clinical governance approval to order CT scans, administer the first doses of aspirin and to assess patients' ability to swallow in order to decide the best method for the aspirin to be administered. The result would be the equivalent of ten lives saved every year in the Salford area alone.
Communication Award for effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients
Was awarded to Dr Ann McPherson, co-founder and medical director of DIPEx on behalf of the a health information website www.dipex.org which features a wide range of patients' experiences and evidence-based health information.
The website currently contains information on cancers, heart disease, epilepsy and mental health and eventually will cover 100 main illnesses and diseases. For each illness the website contains video, audio and written interviews with patients, evidence-based information about the illness, choices of treatments and their side effects, patients' questions and answers, links to other relevant websites and a community message board.
Epidemiology Award for Excellence in the long-term study of a chronic disease
Was awarded to Dr Joe West, a research fellow from Nottingham University's medical school, who has found that sufferers of the digestive disorder coeliac disease have a decreased risk of breast and lung cancer and lower cholesterol and blood pressure than those without the condition. He also found the digestive disorder is more prevalent than previously thought. Up to one person in every hundred has coeliac disease but is unaware of it.
The research was made possible by new blood tests to screen for the disorder. It is not known why coeliac disease might have beneficial effects and so Dr West suggests that further research is needed before mass screening is introduced.
Health at Work award for excellence in occupational medicine
Was awarded to Dr Shaun Austin, a consultant in the Occupational Health Department at the Royal Oldham Hospital, part of the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, who provides occupational health services at foam manufacturer British Vita. Process workers handling uncured polyurethane foam found in furniture are exposed to diisocyanates, chemicals associated with respiratory disease. Usual methods of assessing the potential risk are based on analysis of the air in the manufacturing environment. Dr Austin developed a new method of assessing contamination through the skin.
His results suggested that diisocyanates could be absorbed through the skin in significant enough quantities to be detected in urine. He concluded that skin protection for workers handling uncured polyurethane foam should be considered and workers should be given information and training on appropriate safeguards.
Research Award for the best emerging medical researcher in the UK
Was awarded to Dr Gordon Jayson, from the University of Manchester and Cancer Research UK's Department of Medical Oncology, for his work into a possible new drug treatment for advanced cancers which would starve them of their blood supply leading them to shrink or at least stop growing.
Tumours need a very rich blood supply and as they grow they need new blood vessels. Dr Jayson's research found that drugs directed at the blood vessels in these tumours caused them to shrink. Such treatment could improve survival of patients with advanced cancers and trials of such a drug could start in the next two years.
Winners in 2003
Care Award for Excellence in the development of care for older people
Was awarded to the Falls and Syncope service at Newcastle's NHS Royal Victoria Infirmary, which has saved the health service around £2.5 million each year. Addressing the causes of falls and blackouts by providing treatment for low blood pressure and heart irregularity, the unit has relieved substantial pressure on emergency hospital admissions.
Clinical Excellence Award for work that demonstrates an improved clinical outcome for patients
Was awarded to a new service which has reduced waiting times for hospital appointments and cut costs at a Southampton NHS hospital trust. GPs, physiotherapists, podiatrists and occupational therapists now work together as a multi-professional triage team which has helped the trust to achieve its waiting time targets three years in a row.
Communication Award for effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients
Was awarded to a team at Sheffield Children's NHS Trust Hospital led by Dr Helena Davies and Dr Jim Crossley who carried out a study into how doctors communicate with their patients. The results of the study will form the basis of new assessment and training programmes for doctors and should help to maximise the benefit patients receive when they visit their doctor.
Epidemiology Award for Excellence in the long-term study of a chronic disease
Was awarded to Jonathan Emberson, part of the British Regional Heart Study team, from the Royal Free & University College Medical School in London. His research into coronary heart disease (CHD) found that small changes to diet and lifestyle are more effective than drugs and could reduce the 125,000 UK deaths from CHD by a quarter.
Health at Work award for excellence in occupational medicine
Was awarded to a team led by Dr Tim Carter from the Department for Transport who developed a new framework to minimise the health risks to those who live and work at sea. Together with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Chamber of Shipping and maritime unions, Dr Carter developed a new manual for the doctors who carry out medical assessments, and plans to introduce web-based reporting to speed up the results process.
Research Award for the best emerging medical researcher in the UK
Was awarded to Dr Rachel Batterham from University College London for identifying a naturally occurring hormone which controls hunger and could help people to lose weight. Dr Batterham will be carrying out further trials on the hormone, PYY3-36, to establish if the decrease in appetite translates into weight loss.
Winners in 2002
Care Award for Excellence in the development of care for older people
Was awarded to Dr Jim George and the nursing and therapy staff from the specialist medical ward Elm-B in the Cumberland Infirmary within the North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust for the development of a specialist assessment unit that was set up to ensure effective diagnosis, treatment and support for elderly confused patients.
Clinical Excellence Award for work that demonstrates an improved clinical outcome for patients
Was awarded to Dr Taj Hassan, Consultant in Emergency Medicine on behalf of the Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) Group at the Leeds General Infirmary for the development of CDUs at Leeds General Infirmary and St James' Hospital in Leeds. The units have redefined the gate-keeping role of the hospitals' A&E departments and are helping to alleviate pressure on hospital beds and avoid inappropriate discharge from hospital.
Communication Award for effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients
Was awarded to Dr Jill Thistlethwaite, Senior Lecturer in community-based teaching in the Medical Education Unit at the University of Leeds, and Mr Barry Ewart, community education development officer at the Unit, for a new course at Leeds University's School of Medicine. The course encourages students to explore their own attitudes and gain a better understanding of different cultures in order to improve communication between doctors and patients.
Epidemiology Award for Excellence in the long-term study of a chronic disease
Was awarded to Dr Rustam Al-Shahi, MRC Clinical Training Fellow based at the University of Edinburgh's department of clinical neurosciences at the Western General Hospital, and his colleagues collaborating with the Scottish Intracranial Vascular Formation Study, for their work into a condition that causes strokes in young adults.
Health at Work award for excellence in occupational medicine
Was awarded to The Workwell Project, established by the Sandwell Primary Care Trust and Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, to address social exclusion and inequality by improving occupational health in the working population of Sandwell, a Health Action Zone.
Research Award for the best emerging medical researcher in the UK
Was awarded to Dr Peter Francis, Ophthalmology Fellow at the Institute of Ophthalmology, London, for his research into all forms of inherited childhood cataracts.
Winners in 2001
Clinical Excellence Award for work that demonstrates an improved clinical outcome for patients
Was awarded to Sarah Jane Renton, registered nurse, throughcare co-ordinator Western Infirmary, Glasgow and her colleagues Joyce Brown, service manager, Fiona Taylor, occupational therapist and Mary Angela McKenna, nursing sister/team leader, for the development of a supported discharge service enabling patients to leave hospital more quickly.
Communication Award for effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients
Was awarded to Dr Ann McPherson, a GP and fellow of Green College, Oxford, and Dr Aidan Macfarlane, a consultant in public health in Oxford, for the development of an educational health website for teenagers.
Epidemiology Award for Excellence in the long-term study of a chronic disease
Was awarded to Dr Mehool Patel, clinical research fellow in stroke medicine, Public Health Sciences, Guy's, King's & St Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College, London, and Dr Cother Hajat, lecturer in stroke medicine, Dr Kate Tilling, medical statistician and Dr Ajay Bhalla, clinical research fellow in stroke medicine for their study on the impact of stroke in a deprived inner-city population.
Health at Work award for excellence in occupational medicine
Was awarded to Professor Jenny Firth-Cozens, professor of clinical psychology, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, for research amongst healthcare professionals into depression in the workplace.
Research Award for the best emerging medical researcher in the UK
Was awarded to Dr David Newby, department of cardiology, University of Edinburgh, for cardiovascular research. His research, using specialised probes to measure the flow of blood, and three-dimensional computer technology to visualise the artery wall, has the potential to help scientists understand why heart attacks occur.
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