Awards and Prizes

At BSH we are keen to recognise those who go above and beyond and excel in their chosen area of haematology and have put together an exciting prizes and awards scheme that seeks to celebrate the success of both members and non-members.

It is important that everyone, from students to senior haematology professionals, can showcase and gain recognition for their work.

To receive notifications when awards are updated or announced, sign up for our Grants & Awards Newsletter on your My BSH page.

COVID-19 UPDATE

The 2020 round of ACCEA applications remains suspended. However, award holders whose awards are due to expire in April 2021 can apply for a one-year extension of their awards. The application process is now open. For further information please visit the ACCEA website.

Procedure for BSH nominations for ACCEA Awards & Responsibilities of BSH panel members

The Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA) are awarded annually to consultants for quality, excellence, and exceptional personal contributions. Accredited bodies known as National Nominating Bodies and Specialist Societies submit ranked lists, assessing the relative excellence of a limited number of their members’ applications – this number is determined by the size of their constituency. These lists are given the term ‘Nominations’.

BSH can nominate a limited number of individuals applying for new awards

8 Bronze
3 Silver
1 Gold

BSH can support all individuals applying for renewal of a previous award.

APPLICANTS

The Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA) administers the scheme directly and all applications must be made on ACCEA’s online system. The ACCEA will be open for application from Friday 13 March 2020 and will close at 5.00pm on Thursday 7 May 2020.

The 2020 Guidance for Applicants has been published on the ACCEA website and the link to the 2020 online application form will be published in due course. Applicants seeking BSH support should draft their applications using the ACCEA offline Application and Citation Forms. The information provided on the offline form can be copied and pasted into the online form once the ACCEA application system opens.

The BSH will assess applicants on the five domains detailed in the application.

Domain 1 - Delivering a High-quality Service
Domain 2 - Developing a High-quality Service
Domain 3 - Leadership and Managing a High-quality Service
Domain 4 - Research and Innovation
Domain 5 - Teaching and Training

Applicants must identify an individual who will write a citation on their behalf to support the ACCEA application. The citation form can be downloaded from the ACCEA website. The citation should be used to emphasise and highlight particular points and should not be a repetition of other parts of the form. You should make sure that your citation writer has seen a copy of your application form

The BSH will not consider any applications after the deadline or any application that does not have a citation attached.

The deadline for applications for BSH support for the 2020 round of awards has now passed.

BSH PANEL MEMBERS

The Panel will be chaired by the BSH secretary and will have between 6-12 members including a lay member. These individuals must be BSH Consultant members. They should be drawn from across England and Wales, representing different disciplines, hospital types etc. BSH panel members will be sent copies of applications to mark at least 2 weeks before the panel is due to convene. The score sheets must be returned at least 24 hours before the panel is due to convene.

The BSH uses an identical marking scale to the ACCEA panel – you can ONLY award 0, 2, 6 or 10 marks in each category. If marks are awarded that do not comply, they will be marked down to the nearest number i.e. if 7 or 9 is awarded this will be changed to 6.

0 (Does not meet contractual requirements or when insufficient information has been produced to make a judgement)

2 (Meets contractual requirements) Performance in some aspects of the role could be assessed as ‘over and above’ expected standards. But generally, on the evidence provided, contractual obligations are fulfilled to competent standards and no more.

6 (Over and above contractual requirements) Some duties are performed in line with the criteria for ‘Excellent’, as below. However, on the evidence provided, most are delivered above contractual requirements, without being in the highest category.

10 (Excellent) As well as demonstrating excellent outcome measures where these are available applicants could show evidence of performance over and above the standard.

Panel members will receive an Excel spreadsheet with the candidates’ names. They will score each domain according to the above criteria and mark on the spreadsheet in the relevant column. Each applicant’s scores for each domain will be averaged and then totalled and applicants ranked. The updated spreadsheet will be distributed to the panel members before the teleconference and will indicate who would be nominated based on score i.e. the top 8 scores for bronze, top 3 for silver and the highest score for gold. If there are individuals who tie for the final nomination place or close to the cut off these will be discussed taking into account work for BSH, citations and panel members discussion.

If you are interested in becoming a BSH ACCEA panel member please email educationofficer @b-s-h.org.uk for further details

Conflict of interest

Applicants for an ACCEA award for this year may not be a BSH panel member
In the following situations Panel members should not score an individual’s application and leave blanks

An individual who works for the same institution
Close collaborator e.g. joint grant holder
Personal friend, family member or other significant relationship

The Crucible Prize

The BSH Crucible Prize is an innovative trainee-led initiative with a £1000 prize, where the five top abstracts are selected for oral presentation at our Annual Scientific Meeting. The aim of this session is to encourage reflection on what haematologists do, and why they do it. Those selected are questioned and judged by a panel of senior haematologists on the quality and originality of their content, presentation skills and response to questions. This prize is open to doctors in training, nurses and other healthcare professionals (at any stage of their career).

Find out more about the Crucible Prize

Previous Crucible Prize Winners

2019 Theme: How can haematology change the world?

2019 Winner: Dr Jennifer Darlow, 'Antimicrobial resistance: Biting the hand that feeds'.

Watch 2019 winning presentation (Member login required)

Read interview with Dr Jennifer Darlow

2018 Theme: How do haematologists do most harm to patients?

2018 Winner: Dr Sonia Wolf, ‘Young, Black and Stigmatised’.

Read interview with Dr Sonia Wolf

Student Essay Prize

Submit your essay for the 2020 BSH Essay Prize

COVID-19
Due to the increasing impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) we have suspended the 2020 Essay Prize competition until further notice. We will contact entrants for the prize with further information as soon as possible.

The British Society for Haematology is celebrating its 60^th anniversary in 2020. As part of the celebrations, we are looking 60 years back and 60 years forward.

We are inviting undergraduate medical and BMS students from UK schools in any year of training to write an essay on:

‘How are you inspired by haematology and how will you inspire others to become haematologists?’

The winner will receive a prize of £500 and the runner-up will receive £250. The British Journal of Haematology has agreed that for 2020, the winning essay will be published as a peer-reviewed article in the anniversary edition of the journal.

When submitting your essay please note:

The word limit is 2,500 words, excluding references.

We allow a maximum of 20 references in any standard style.
Please submit your essay in a Word format (not Docx), we do not accept PDFs or other formats.
Use Arial font, point 11 with line spacing of 1.5.
Include details of your medical school, the course and your current year of study.

Essays will be marked for content, interest, structure and grammar.

Entries may be checked for plagiarism.

The deadline for submissions for the 2020 BSH Student Essay Prize has now passed.

Previous Student Essay Prize Winners

2018 Essay title: 'Patients are accessing their results and records. What are the implications for haematologists?'

The winner was Soumya Ojha from the University of Birmingham and the runner-up Alison Gooda from the Oxford Medical School.

2017 Essay title: 'Discuss the possible roles of artificial intelligence in the future practice of haematology'.

The winner was Marco Narajos from the University of Oxford and the runner-up Karan Dahele from the UCL Medical School.

2016 Essay title: 'Discuss the impact of obesity on the incidence and management of haematological disorders'.

The winner was Prateek Yadav from UCL Medical School and the runner-up was Maria Fala from the University of Cambridge.

2015 Essay title: 'Haematology and the ageing population – Implications for the practising haematologist'.

The winner was Jess Dunphy and the runner-up was Jemma Proudfoot-Jones, both of the University of Birmingham.

2014 Essay title: 'Does the 21^st century haematologist need a microscope?'

The winner was Tom Handley of the University of Oxford and the runner-up was Kiloran Metcalfe, of the Oxford Medical School.

You can read all previous prize winning essays here

NIHR-BSH Researcher of the Year Award

The NIHR-BSH Researcher of the Year award is a joint initiative between BSH and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to recognise recent contributions to clinical research efforts made by members of the BSH.

An award of £500 each will be given to three consultants, two trainees, and an AHP or Nurse selected by a joint panel of NIHR and BSH representatives.

Applicants must be active NHS consultants, trainees, nurses, physician associates, pharmacists or Allied Health Professionals and should not hold a substantive academic appointment. They must also be members of the BSH.

Previous NIHR – BSH Researcher of the Year Award Winners

2020 Winners

Consultant winners: Graham Collins and Quentin Hill

Trainee winners : Zara Sayar and Helen Marie Parry

AHP winner: Victoria Speed

2019 Winners

Read: Huw Rowswell - NIHR & BSH Nursing Award Winner

Consultant winners: Dr Tina Biss & Dr Nicola Curry

Trainee winners: Dr Pip Nicholson & Dr Claire Burney

AHP: Huw Rowswell

2018 Winners

Consultant winners: Dr Gill Lowe, Dr Tina Dutt, Sara Ghorashian & Dr Laura Green

Trainee winner: Dr David Tucker

Read about their research here

BSH Lifetime Achievement Award 2020

This award aims to honour those whose working life has significantly contributed to the advancement of Haematology.

Previous winners include Barbara Bain, and Victor Hoffbrand, who were presented with a medal at the Annual Scientific meeting.

Details of how next year’s nominations process will proceed will be issued at a later date.

Previous BSH Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

2020 Winners

Professor Freda Stevenson, and Dr. William Wagstaff

Read about this award

2019 Winner

Professor Victor Hoffbrand