Newcastle Hospitals Charity is delighted to have again supported the 2024 Q Factor Awards at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, part of a long-term partnership with the Q Factor awards running till 2025.
The awards took place at the hospital’s Sir James Spence Lecture Theatre, celebrating quality improvement and clinical effectiveness.
This year’s winners were Nicola Leech and her team for their presentation: “Addressing Barriers to Successful Diabetes Transition in Children and Young People”, securing them £1,000 to help them further develop their project.
Nicola said: “To win the 2024 Q Factor Award was a great endorsement of the work so far and a positive boost to the team. We intend to use the money to integrate a prospective customised patient feedback tool into the clinic to further direct service development.”
Runners-up at the awards also received £500 to support their projects. Among the runners up were Clare McGarry and Fiona Cook with their presentation: “Developing a Nurse-led TB Clinic” and Abby Cassells-Smith and Joseph Taylor for their presentation: “Improving the management of adult patients receiving emergency hyperkalaemia treatment at NuTH”.
The awards also had a poster presentation prize, this year going to James Holt for his poster on improving access to vital treatment information for people receiving prostate radiotherapy.
The event’s guest speaker was Vice President for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Pedro Delgardo.
He gave the audience his insight in his presentation: “Improvement Lessons and Stories from Around the World”.
Teri Bayliss, Director of Newcastle Hospitals Charity, said: “We are very proud to have backed this event celebrating the excellence of the hard-working healthcare professionals and teams at Newcastle Hospitals.
“Our congratulations go to this year’s winners and a big well done must also go to everyone who took part in this year’s awards.
“A sincere thank you must also go to everyone who organised this excellent event.”
The Q Factor Awards has become the success that it has thanks to the generosity of donors and fundraisers for Newcastle Hospitals Charity.
Teri added: “Our donors and fundraisers are a fundamental reason why special events like The Q Factor Awards can take place and we are immensely grateful for everything that they do.
“We kindly encourage anyone wanting to fundraise for us to contact us at any time and we will be more than happy to help them.”
You can visit our website to find out how you can fundraise for us.
