The MS TrustQuDos Awards 2016
Nominate outstanding MS health professionals for the QuDoS in MS Awards highlighting innovation and excellence in MS management and service delivery
Calling all MS health professionals: enter or nominate colleagues for the 2016 QuDos in MS awards!
The MS Trust is looking to celebrate the work of the MS health professionals that have delivered outstanding, innovative care for people affected by MS. This means MS specialist nurses, allied health professionals (such as physiotherapists and occupational therapists), neurologists and multidisciplinary teams – but also any health professionals that work with or deliver services for people with MS, including GPs, pharmacists and commissioners.
The deadline for nominations is 5pm 12 September. To see how to enter visit qudos-ms.com.
You may nominate/enter as many categories as you wish.
Who can enter?
Entries/nominations are invited from:
• MS specialist nurses
• Other nurses working in MS
• Allied health professionals, including physiotherapists and occupational therapists
• Neurologists – specialist registrars and consultants
• Pharmacists
• GPs
• District nurses, practice nurses, community matrons
• Healthcare professionals working in the community, a hospital or primary care setting, a nursing or care home or a rehabilitation or palliative care setting.
• Other nurses working in MS
• Allied health professionals, including physiotherapists and occupational therapists
• Neurologists – specialist registrars and consultants
• Pharmacists
• GPs
• District nurses, practice nurses, community matrons
• Healthcare professionals working in the community, a hospital or primary care setting, a nursing or care home or a rehabilitation or palliative care setting.
Last Years Winners were
Outstanding MS specialist nurse
Sian Locke, Helen Durham Centre, Cardiff and Vale Health Board, University Hospital of Wales
Liz Watson, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Outstanding allied health professional working in MS
Wendy Hendrie, Norwich MS Centre
Outstanding neurologist in MS treatment
Michael Douglas, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Multidisciplinary team of the year
Tayside and North East Fife MS Service
Innovation in practice: Pathway redesign to promote seamless services between hospital and community
Derek Laidler and Andrea James, NHS Highland and Lorn and Oban Healthy Options
Information in practice: Outstanding use of information and shared decision making in MS care
PML risk communication information resource, Gavin Giovannoni, Queen Mary University of London and Bart’s Health NHS Trust
Evidence in practice: Using audit, evaluation or research to improve user experience/outcomes of care
Multiple Sclerosis Aqua Research Team (MSART), University of Brighton and Burrswood Hospital
Judges’ Special Award
Family Focused Support Team, Oxford Centre for Enablement, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Christine Singleton, specialist physiotherapist, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust
MS Trust 2016 Conference 6-7 November 2016
The MS Trust conference is when the MS health professional community comes together to learn, share expertise and focus on improving care for pwMS.
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I contacted the MS Trust earlier in the year to see if people with MS could nominate. I thought is could be a lovely way for people with MS to give something back, and a good way to engage the MS population, give people a voice etc.The answer was no, no reason given. These are awards MSers have no say in. Very disappointing and ironic given the nature of the awards and who runs them. Such a shame MSers are excluded from entering, we are after all the people at the receiving end of service delivery, yet ours views don't count.
I know that the UK MS Society has held similar awards where people with MS can nominate.But I do not understand why it is only health professionals etc. who can nominate in these awards. This does not make sense to me at all. Is there a reason?
I don't know maybe the MS Trust can enlighten us
Yes there is a reason. The awards are self nominating because neuros need a self boost. Every industry and every professional body has self nominating awards – nothing unusual about those. Just funny that the neuro self nominating awards are being advertised in the same space as where patient engagement happens. Apparently, what's motivating for the neuros should be motivating for their patients too lol.
People with MS are not the only readers of the blog, it is read by health care professionals too.
I really hope health care professionals read this blog. Like on going CPD.
I know. The commenters above were asking why they could not make nominations. My perspective hasn't changed lol.
I agree it would be nice if MSers could nominate. My NHS Trust has staff awards for staff recognition, they have an awards ceremony. I can think of an MS medical professional who I might nominate. May be other trusts do similar awards?
Hi This is Amy Bowen, Director of Service Development at the MS Trust. I am really sorry to hear that you didn't feel you got a clear explanation as to why nominations for QuDoS are only open to health professionals. This is the second year of the awards and they were set up to give MS health professionals a way to celebrate their work. There are other examples in health, such as the HSJ awards. We have had a few requests from people with MS to make nominations and this is something we are definitely talking about for the next round. We have run a separate Super Nurse award in the past and one idea is to bring that into QuDoS. Our intention was never to exclude people with MS but rather to give MS teams the chance to acknowledge each other. There is no other opportunity like that for MS teams and it is a big boost for them to have that endorsement from their colleagues. I agree that bringing that together with nominations from people with MS would strengthen it further. Hope that helps explain our thinking and sorry again that you didn't get a straight answer the first time round.
Thanks for the quick response
As a patient I support health professionals having the opportunity to nominate each other. They are as well placed as anyone, even better placed in some ways, to know what their colleagues have achieved and contributed. I don't think that is necessarily something patients should be involved in.
If awards are based on self perception rather than stakeholder engagement, then doesn't it follow that self perception may not reward what the stakeholders need rewarded?
I absolutley disagree with this whole concept. It is the patients that should be nominating. Not nurses nominating themselves. I wonder if the results would be the same if it were the patients nominating – I very much doubt it. Why do they feel they need an award? Surely they are there doing a job that they are being well paid for just like any other nurse. Self praise is no honour.