Oncology team wins national award
The Whittington’s Oncology team, led by consultant Pauline Leonard, won this year’s Oncology team of the year award, at The British Oncological Association Excellence in Oncology awards.
The awards took place on Tuesday 9 November in St George’s Hall, Liverpool during the National Cancer Research Institute conference. We are delighted that the oncology team have been recognized for their ongoing hard work, which this year has seen a piloted model of altered cancer care that could save 2700 bed days (patients spending an entire day in bed) a year in a four hundred bed hospital. It works by enabling the acute care and ED clinicians to access the oncology specialist electronically and as easily as ordering a blood test or chest X-ray, which speeds up the treatment of diagnosed and undiagnosed cancer patients, instead of having to wait for specific appointments with these specialist staff.
About the awards:
The Excellence in Oncology Awards recognise and reward best practice in oncology management, education and patient care throughout the UK. A collaboration of the British Oncological Association (BOA) and Pfizer, the Awards are now in their fifth year.
The Awards are judged by a multidisciplinary panel of eminent national oncology healthcare professionals and representatives from cancer patient groups. The panel is chaired by Richard Sainsbury, President of the BOA and Consultant Breast Surgeon at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Last updated11 Nov 2010