Double QiC Award Nomination

Images: Sanofi Cares. QiC Awards 2022, left to right Fiona Munday, Lisa Heggs, EDEN team.

The EDEN team are delighted to share that they have been shortlisted for two Quality in Care (QiC) Diabetes 2022 Awards!

The QiC diabetes awards are in their twelfth year; the aim of the awards is to recognise, reward and share innovative practice, whilst demonstrating quality in diabetes management, education and services for people with diabetes and/or their families.

A Quality in Care award means an initiative has been recognised by the NHS, patients and industry as improving the quality of life for people living with diabetes.

The QiC diabetes awards presentation will be held on Thursday 13th October.

EDEN shortlisted awards:

Fiona Munday, Education and Research Associate, EDEN

Outstanding Educator in Diabetes

Fiona is a practice nurse with many years expertise, and an educator of people with diabetes. She has worked brilliantly and tirelessly as an Education and Research Associate for the last five years. As part of the EDEN team, Fiona designs, develops, and delivers education programmes and materials for healthcare professionals. She consistently goes above and beyond in terms of expectations and outputs. Fiona educates with excellence and inspires all who participate, and always makes her hard work seem effortless. Fiona has a wealth of knowledge, is kind-hearted, and charismatic. Her skill as an educator is clear to all.

EDEN Sanofi Cares Programme

Diabetes Education Programmes – Healthcare Professionals

Sanofi Cares is a national diabetes education programme for health and social care staff. It provides a comprehensive, competency-based programme, which includes a knowledge and confidence framework. In collaboration with Sanofi, EDEN has provided virtual diabetes training based on the EDEN Cares programme. The aim is to standardise care across the United Kingdom for all those in care home and domiciliary settings, ensuring that good quality care is standard, reducing variation, and improving the quality of diabetes care. The programme was launched on the 1st of May 2021.

Fiona Munday said: “I am truly honoured to be nominated and shortlisted for the Outstanding Educator in Diabetes award. Thank you to everyone who has voted for me. I have a passion for healthcare professional education that enables individuals to provide the best diabetes care.”

James Ridgeway, Education and Research Associate, EDEN said: “We are delighted that our Cares diabetes education programme has been shortlisted. The programme is designed specifically for care staff working in care home and domiciliary settings and has enabled health and social care staff to access free education. Resulting in improving participants’ knowledge and confidence, and subsequently helping to reduce the number of hospital admissions, GP/paramedic callouts and also the number of community nursing visits to administer insulin.”

Laura Willcocks, Lead for HCP Education and Training, EDEN, said: “Wow! We are overwhelmed with the team’s achievements and delighted to have received such recognition from the QiC Diabetes Awards. Fiona is a true asset to the NHS because of the outstanding education that she provides and her shortlist is well deserved. The Cares programme is an exemplary project that we are very proud of; the education is second to none and the frontline results are exactly where we wanted the programme to take us.”

Find out more about EDEN education here

Find out more about Sanofi Cares here