In September we reported on Dr Opinder Sahota from Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham being named “Doctor of the Year” in East England and the Midlands.

The BGS is now delighted to bask in the reflected light of Dr Sahota’s scoop of the national “Hospital Doctor of the Year” award at the prestigious final of the 2005 Health and Social Care Awards held on 13 December.

The winners were chosen from more than 2,000 entrants and each received £15,000 to spend on sharing their innovation and ideas with others in the health and social care field.

Prof Bernard Crump, Chief Executive of the NHS Institute of Innovation and Improvement, which co-sponsored the Awards, said, “We have been overwhelmed with the response to the Awards and inspired by the work and ideas of the finalists. Colleagues in the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement will be looking to learn from these projects, as well as help to spread their ideas to other parts of the NHS and Social Care.”

For a full report visit the DoH website.