Integrated Health Awards 2008
Do you have what it takes to be our next winner?
Each year our prestigious Integrated Health Awards shine a spotlight on outstanding examples of how integrated health can make a real difference to people’s lives. These inspirational projects focus on the whole person and provide an environment for users that helps them achieve optimal health and wellbeing. Where treatment is offered they should draw on the best that mainstream medical science and complementary approaches have to offer in order to prevent illness and treat the whole person. Factors like lifestyle, fulfilling work, strong communities, the environment, and emotional wellbeing directly affect our health. Integrated approaches should take into account all of these factors and empower people to exercise more control over their own health.
UK Award 2007 runners up, The Women's ServiceWe all had a great day and it was a real boost to the team.
Applications are now open for our Integrated Health Awards. This year we are looking for innovative projects or organisations that are not afraid to push the boundaries; these could include a school, workplace, healthcare or community service. Previous entries have included a nursery for children with special needs, a rural GP practice with a real sense of community spirit, a residential home that enables older people to remain active within a safe environment and a primary school that empowers children to make healthy choices.
We are offering five awards in total:
National Awards
1. The England Award, sponsored by the Department of Health
2 The Northern Ireland Award, sponsored by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland
3. The Wales Award, sponsored by the Welsh Assembly Government
4. The Scotland Award, sponsored by the Scottish Government Health Directorate
The winning project from each category will receive £5,000 prize money.
Judges' Special Award
There is also a Judges' Special Award which will go to the project that in some way stands out from all the rest as a great example of integrated health. The winning project, which may or may not be among the national finalists, will receive prize money of £2,500 in recognition of some special aspect of its work that particularly inspired the judges. All applications will be considered for the Judges’ Special Award as well as for the relevant national award.
This Award is made possible through the generosity of ConvaTec who have kindly agreed to be the sponsor of the 2008 Integrated Health Awards ceremony.
The judging panel for this year's awards will include Dr William Bird, Health Advisor for Natural England and Sarah Stacey, health journalist at You magazine.
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