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The Bupa Foundation Awards are made annually in recognition of excellence in medical research and healthcare in seven categories, including communication. Each award is £15,000. This is divided into two parts: £5,000 will be paid direct to the individual or team members and £10,000 will be for use to further the award winner's project.

Communication award for effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients

This award recognises effective communication between the medical profession and patients. It is run in association with PiF. Applications are open to healthcare professionals who are UK residents only. All entries should have their origins in work which commenced after 2003 and which has been completed recently or is currently active.The submission must demonstrate:

• enhanced mutual understanding between patients and healthcare professionals, and should describe work which could be widely adopted for the benefit of patients
• tangible evidence of improvement in communication, eg through case studies
  

And improvement in at least one of the following:

• communication between healthcare professionals and the general public
• communication skills of individual healthcare professionals as a result of the project
• methods of transferring information between healthcare professionals and patients
• in-patient systems

For more information go to:  www.bupafoundation.co.uk/asp/awards/how_to_enter.asp

For application forms contact: The Awards Administrator, The Bupa Foundation, Ground Floor, Bupa House, 15-19 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2BA. Telephone: 020 7656 2246
Email: bupafoundationawards@googlemail.com

Closing date for entries is 1 July 2010.