“Team Wales” celebrates success at Quality in Care Diabetes Awards 2019
Originally posted Mon 28th Oct 2019
Staff from NHS Wales were celebrating at the Quality in Care Diabetes (QiC) Awards on Thursday 17 October. The awards ceremony was held at the Sanofi UK & Ireland Headquarters in Reading and hosted by Dr Hilary Jones, television presenter and GP. Teams from Wrexham and Cardiff were successful as was the national diabetes team.
The Wales Network Referral Pathway for newly diagnosed children and young people was recognised as best practice, winning an award for Diabetes Collaboration Initiative of the Year. The pathway has been audited in Cardiff & Vale University Health Board where it was first piloted and it appears that inappropriate delays in referral have been reduced. The NHS Wales Deputy Chief Medical Officer has asked all health boards in Wales to adopt the Pathway.
In the same category, the All-Wales Standard for People with Diabetes Moving from Peadiatric to Adult Services within NHS Wales was highly commended. This Standard was launched in 2017, after an extensive development programme. It has now been recognised as best practice and health boards are encouraged to continue implementing its recommendations.
The full list of winners were:
Wrexham Maelor Hospital Transition Team – WINNER, Emotional Wellbeing Programmes for People with Diabetes – Children, Young People, And Emerging Adults
Cardiff & Vale University Heath Board Paediatric Diabetes Team – Highly Commended in the Emotional Wellbeing Programmes for People with Diabetes – Children, Young People, And Emerging Adults category, for their futsal days for young people
Cardiff & Vale University Heath Board – WINNER, Diabetes Collaboration Initiative of the Year, CYP and Emerging Adults. This was for the successful pilot of the Referral Pathway.
NHS Wales / NHS Wales Transitional Care Co-ordinator – Highly Commended, Diabetes Collaboration Initiative of the Year, CYP and Emerging Adults, for the All-Wales Standard for People with Diabetes Moving from Peadiatric to Adult Services within NHS Wales.
Dr Sam Rice of Hywel Dda University Health Board was also honoured with the first NHS Wales Outstanding Contribution for Services in Diabetes. Sam also presented to the Awards about work carried out in Wales to empower people living with diabetes through the development of Pocket Medic films explaining aspects of life with diabetes. Sam was also part of the Cambridge Diabetes Education Programme who won the Diabetes Education Programmes – Healthcare Professionals category for their insulin safety training programme.