Weds 15th Nov 10pm GMT, 5pm ET
Co-host @KHanlon
Transcript https://storify.com/drlfarrell/irishmed-healthcareawards-deserved-recognition-or-
I have picked up a few awards in my time. The most glamorous was Columnist of the Year 2005 at the UK Magazine Awards in London (see blog below). A year later I was nominated again, and asked the editor if I could bring my niece, who was working in London at the time. “Sure,” he said, “it’s only £300 a ticket.”
On that second night I also realised that were about ten more awards, all with a short-list of eight, and consequently many more tables filled. Which all added up to a handsome profit for the organisers (and all I got was a plaque).
In happy contrast, the 2011 UK Medical Journalists Awards were held in a pub in London, and the award included a cheque for £500; guess which award I hold most dear.
https://drliamfarrell.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/women-after-only-one-thing/
Check out google; healthcare awards are a blossoming industry, but who are the real winners? For example, the British Medical Journal Awards are free to enter, as are the Zenith Healthcare Awards, while the Irish Healthcare Awards are €250 to enter. Does the award lead to any tangible benefits? Can you get any further away from actual patient care than a glitzy black-tie extravaganza at an expensive hotel?
T1 Does healthcare need #HealthCareAwards?
T2 Should #HealthCareAwards be free to enter?
T3 Who should judge #HealthCareAwards?
T4 Who does #HealthCareAwards well?
T5 What would make #HealthCareAwards better?
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