Awards and Prizes

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 has opened applications on Monday 7 December 2020 and applications will close at 5.00pm on Thursday 18 March 2021.

The ACCEA has announced the following changes for the 2021 round of awards:

• Additional forms for Domains 3, 4 and 5 have been removed
• The character limit for these Domains has been increased to 2,000
• Employer ratings for individual Domains have been removed. Employers will continue to select from three levels of support (Supported, Qualified Support, Not Supported) and a justifying statement will still be required if the application is Not Supported or has Qualified Support
• Third party citations have been removed. National Nominating Bodies (Royal Colleges and Specialist Societies) will retain the ability to provide a citation to accompany those applications that they rank

Full 2021 Guidance for Applicants has been published on the ACCEA website. 

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. Citations can be submitted as a separate MS word document with the application. 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

Applicants seeking BSH support should email copies of the completed application and citations forms to educationofficer@b-s-h.org.uk. 

The deadline for applications for BSSH support for the 2021 round of awards has now passed.

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

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

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

2020 Essay Prize title: 'How are you inspired by haematology and how will you inspire others to become haematologists?' 

The winner was Louis-Pierre Girard from the University of Aberdeen and the runner-up Joanna Parsons from Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

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

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

2020 Winners

Professor Freda Stevenson, and Dr. William Wagstaff

2019 Winner

Professor Victor Hoffbrand

Read about this award 

2018 Winner

Professor Barbara Bain