Children's doctor shortlisted for national clinical leadership award
A leading children's doctor has been
shortlisted for Clinical Leader of the Year in the prestigious:- '2015 HSJ Awards'.
Dr May Ng, who is Clinical Director of Paediatrics at Southport and Ormskirk
Hospital NHS Trust, is the Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric
Endocrinologist at the Trust.
She is a clinical lead of multiple national award winning initiatives, including
highly commended runner up for Diabetes Team of the Year in the national BMJ
Awards 2015.
In December 2014, her team's children's diabetes service was named one of the best
in the country after achieving nearly maximum marks in a national peer review of
trusts and services diagnosing and providing diabetes treatment to children and
young people.
Dr Ng said:- "It's an honour to be a finalist for the HSJ clinical
leadership award which reflects the dedication and skill of the fantastic
colleagues I work with. It's their unstinting dedication to the care of our
patients that makes this nomination possible."
As Chair of the North West Paediatric Diabetes Network, the largest in the
country, Dr Ng led the network to win the Judges' Award in the 2014 National
Diabetes Quality In Care Awards for the development of a National Care Plan for
the Management of Diabetes in Schools.
She is described as a passionate and a well respected leader, who is highly
driven with a focus on improving patients' quality of care.
Dr Ng has led the national development of the 'Sick Days' management guideline for
patients and healthcare professionals adopted across the country. She also
serves as Secretary of the Association of Children's Diabetes Clinicians,
Diabetes Officer for British Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes,
and a member of the External Reference Group for National Institute of Clinical
Excellence and the National Steering Group for Children and Young People's
Diabetes Peer Review. She is also actively involved in development of national
paediatric training and policies in diabetes.
The HSJ Awards will be held on 18 November 2015, at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.
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