Simplyhealth Caring Awards 2008
The Simplyhealth Caring Awards 2008 are your opportunity to vote for the UK’s most caring GP, GP surgery and health board.
In a recent study up to 80% of carers say that their health and well-being is worse off as a result of caring. Often the person that carers turn to for support is their GP. This support can vary greatly from practice to practice and yet it can make all the difference to carers.
The Awards, held in partnership with The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, are now in their fifth year and look to celebrate and recognise the fantastic work carried out by individual GPs, GPs surgeries and health boards that support unpaid family 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:
Simplyhealth Carers’ Choice Award
Are you an unpaid family 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 gpawards@carers.org or write to:
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers,
Freepost RRRY-JLXK-GZCG,
Unit 14,
Bourne Court,
Southend Road,
Woodford Green,
IG8 8HD.
You need to remember to include contact details for both yourselves 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 will be three winners; Gold (£2,000), Silver (£1,000) and Bronze (£750). We ask the winning surgeries to put at least half of the money back into carers support.
Simplyhealth Primary Care Trust / Community Health Partnership / Local Health Board Awards
Due to the success of the Simplyhealth Primary Care Trust Award last year, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and Simplyhealth has extended the Award by inviting Scottish Community Health Partnerships and Welsh Local Health Boards to enter for the first time ever. There will be one winner chosen from each sector.
Community Health Partnership form (53 KB) Primary Care Trust form (53 KB) Local Health Board Awards form (53 KB)
The closing date for the applications is 10 October 2008 and the winners will be announced at an event in November 2008.