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Less than a week until the Awards!
The BMJ Group Improving Health Awards - by doctors, for doctors, for patients
The Awards are run by doctors to recognise the hard work of fellow doctors who are making a difference to the lives of their patients. Improving Health is the BMJ Group's commitment to the world of medicine and the Improving Health Awards is a very tangible way of demonstrating that commitment. As such we have a number of new categories, largely aimed at showcasing the best medicine being practised in the UK and reflecting the changing healthcare environment.
Who has been shortlisted?
*View the full list of shortlisted candidates*
Who will attend?
Comedy actress and scriptwriter Sally Phillips has recently been announced as ceremony host. Sally is best known for appearing alongside Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones’ Diary as well as leading roles in The Green Wing and Clare in the Community. She now appears in BBC comedy Miranda and is shortly to play a lead role in new Sky 1 comedy series, Parents. Sally will host the Awards alongside BMJ Editor in Chief, Fiona Godlee.
Guests also include TV doctors from Channel 4’s Embarrassing Bodies and other distinguished guests from the medical community including Dr Andrew Deaner, the consultant cardiologist who ran onto the pitch to lend his expertise when footballer Fabrice Muamba collapsed due to heart failure last month.
What is the dress code?
Dress code is Black Tie - men in dinner jackets and women in cocktail/long dresses
Latest news
During the Awards we will be accepting donations for Mind, the mental health charity whose invaluable work the BMJ Group is supporting during 2012.
In Britain in any one year, 1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health problem and, tragically, over 5,000 people will take their own lives. Mind exist to make sure anyone with a mental health problem has somewhere to turn for advice and support. Each year,163 local Minds help around quarter of a million people rebuild their lives, and their helplines provide a listening ear to over 37,000 callers, empowering them to make informed choices about their mental health.
Mind campaigns to improve services, promote understanding and raise awareness of mental health in our local communities, in the media and in Parliament. By bringing mental health into the open Mind is changing attitudes and breaking down stigma and discrimination. Find out more at mind.org.uk or make a donation at out dedicated webpage.
Become a 2012 sponsor
★ Contact Joy Clarke on 020 7383 6055
★ View sponsorship opportunities for 2012
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