10th March, 2010 - Hilton on Park Lane

The annual BMJ Group Awards in association with MDDUS recognises individuals, organisations and initiatives that have demonstrated outstanding and measurable contributions to health care.

With over 550 tickets already sold, this event is proving to be a sure sell-out. Act quickly to book your seats before it's too late. 

This year's BMJ Group Awards will be a memorable evening during which we will be proud to announce the winners for the eleven awards, including three new categories: Primary Care Team of the Year, Secondary Care Team of the Year and Junior Doctor of the Year.  

You can vote for the lifetime achievement award winner on bmj.com from a shortlist of ten candidates chosen on the basis of who has, over his or her working lifetime, made a unique and substantial contribution to improving health care until the 15th February.

Headline sponsor MDDUS said about the their association with the BMJ Group Awards: "MDDUS strives for the highest standards in supporting its members throughout the UK - so we are proud to have the opportunity through the BMJ Group Awards to encourage and recognise excellence and innovation in other healthcare organisations and individuals."

Previous Awards

The 2009 BMJ Group Awards was attended by some of the most influential men and women in healthcare from around the world. The ceremony highlighted superior achievements in health care across the globe with award categories ranging from Research Paper of the Year and Best Quality Improvement to Clinical Leadership.

Previous winners include Dr Val Curtis PhD, Director for the Hygiene Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who won the award for Health Communicator of the Year for getting a simple message out across the world - hand washing can save your life. Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award, Professor Judith Longstaff Mackay, was praised for her tireless and courageous campaigning on behalf of patients and public healthcare, and Peter Rothwell, Professor of Clinical Neurology at the University of Oxford won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Evidence Based Health Care for his innovative work on stroke prevention.