Winner

”Equality and equity are two different things” Implementation and Evaluation of a Hybrid Educational Model for Automated Insulin Delivery Systems at Birmingham Children’s Hospital

by Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Foundation Trust

Executive Summary

Responding to the challenge of equitable onboarding of children and young people (CYP) with type 1 diabetes onto Automated Insulin Delivery systems, our team at Birmingham Children’s Hospital innovated a hybrid model of diabetes education. This approach blended digital and face-to-face flipped learning, improving glucose management and equitable access across diverse patient demographics. Our published results, presented internationally, validate the efficacy of this model, demonstrating equal glucose control across ethnic groups, socioeconomic strata, and school-age groups (NHS Core20PLUS5 demographic). We developed a training package based on the model that has been used to educate across the CYP Networks and internationally.

Judges’ comments:

“This winning entry had clear aims and objectives, and it solved a problem. An extremely positive project, which was innovative and refreshing especially as it clearly was designed with equality in mind. It stood out with its thought-provoking design and the judges loved it!”

Commended

An Innovative Mixed Media Footcare Video

by Suffolk GP Federation

Executive Summary

Lack of knowledge of the seriousness of diabetic foot disease and the vital need for prompt specialist input directly impacts patient care and increases the risk of poor patient outcomes and litigation. We created an innovative educational footcare video that is a stimulating and engaging alternative to paper leaflets and ad-hoc face-to-face education.

Based on national guidance, this high-quality mixed media video is free and easily accessible via YouTube. It promotes appropriate self-care and monitoring to prevent more serious foot problems and is a fantastic resource in the fight to reduce loss of life and limb.

Judges’ comments:

“The Suffolk GP Federation’s work had striking data about deprived areas and it did change clinical practice. With an easily editable format, it can use for other projects, which is incredibly useful. Their brave investment in the software was clear; plus it had brilliant animation! It was free to access and use. It was a possible game changer for footcare services and was beautiful in its simplicity.”