The 2021 BMJ Awards Showcase
Now available to view, the inspirational stories behind this year’s BMJ Award winners with the online launch of The BMJ Awards Showcase.
On Wednesday, 29 September the winners of the 13th Annual BMJ Awards were announced at a virtual ceremony. In such a challenging year, we recognised the extraordinary and innovative work of healthcare teams across the UK, and presented them with their trophies.
Watch the videos to learn about each project and why they were presented the winning award by our expert judges.
Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine Team of the Year Award
MERIT, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cancer Care Team of the Year Award
Radiotherapy consent forms, Royal College of Radiologists (Clinical Oncology)
Clinical Leadership Team of the Year Award
The Long Covid Rehab Service, Leeds Community Healthcare Trust & Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Critical Care Team of the Year Award (Joint winner)
Retrieve Adult Critical Care Transfer Service, NHS England South West
Critical Care Team of the Year Award (Joint winner)
REMAP-CAP, Imperial College London
Dermatology Team of the Year Award
Parry and Riposte to Covid, Hereford Wye Valley NHS Trust
Diagnostics Team of the Year Award
BSTI COVID-19 Response, British Society of Thoracic Imaging
Digital Innovation Team of the Year Award
#CallMe, Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust
Diversity and Inclusion Team of the Year Award
Tackling Racism in Forensics, East London NHS Foundation Trust
Environmental Sustainability and Climate Action Team of the Year Award
The Road to Net Zero, GASP – Greener Anaesthesia & Sustainability Project
Mental Health Team of the Year Award
The Lucy Project, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Primary Care Team of the Award
The EHMC Heroes Project, Elliott Hall Medical Centre and Patients Association
Quality and Improvement Team of the Year Award
PreciSSIon, The PreciSSIon Collaborative
Respiratory Team of the Year Award
Comprehensive COVID Care, West Herts NHS Trust
Stroke and Cardiovascular Team of the Year Award
AMI Early Discharge Pathway, Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital
Women’s Health Team of the Year Award
Telemedical Abortion Care, The British Pregnancy Advisory Service, BPAS
Workforce and Wellbeing Team of the Year Award
The Midlands’ Charter Collaborative, Health Education England (Midlands), NHS England / Improvement (Midlands), General Medical Council (Midlands)
Special Recognition Award: Communicating Evidence on Policy in the Covid-19 Pandemic
Professor Devi Sridhar
Professor of Global Public Health
University of Edinburgh
Special Recognition Award: Communicating Public Engagement in Science during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Professor Christina Pagel
Professor of Operational Research
University College London
UK Research Paper of the Year
The RECOVERY Collaborative Group
For their paper Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19
Outstanding Contribution in Healthcare
Sir Michael Marmot
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health