Simplyhealth Caring Awards 2007: the search is on..
The Simplyhealth Caring Awards (in partnership with The Princess Royal Trust for Carers) is now in its fourth year and looks to celebrate and recognise the fantastic work carried out by individual GPs, GPs surgeries and now Primary Care Trusts that support unpaid carers across the UK.
These awards are a way of rewarding all their hard work and of highlighting some of the best practice that is happening across the country.
There are three awards to take part in this year, which are described below:
Simplyhealth Carers’ Choice Award
Are you an unpaid carer that has an amazingly supportive GP? Then you may want to say thank you for all the help that they have given you by entering them in this award. This year’s prize is £250 each for the winning GP and for you. To nominate, all you need to do is write a letter about how your GP supports you as a carer. It is very important to focus on the support they have given to you, not just the person you care for.
Please e-mail GP Awards or write to:
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
FREEPOST
LON 2278
London EC3B 3PS
You need to remember to include contact details for both yourself and your GP.
Simplyhealth Caring Surgery Award
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and Simplyhealth are inviting GPs to enter this award by filling out an application form (see below) to tell us more about how they support carers in their practice. There is a Gold Award of £2,000, a Silver Award of £1,000 and Bronze of £750. We ask the winning surgeries to put at least half of the money back into carers support.
Poster for GP surgeries (36 KB)
For information dedicated to health professionals working with carers: visit our Professionals website
NEW Simplyhealth Caring PCT Award
We are inviting PCTs for the first time ever to enter this award by filling out an application form to tell us more about how they support unpaid carers through GP surgeries. There will be four regional winners selected. Please fill out the application below.
For information dedicated to health professionals working with carers: visit our Professionals website
The closing date for all applications is 24 September 2007
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