Impact Award

DESCRIPTION 

The Impact Award is an opportunity for Members of the Association working in Laboratory Medicine to showcase and be recognised for an initiative they have delivered, either as an individual or group, which has resulted in positive change to a service. 

This can be positive change in relation to: 

• The patient pathway 
• Health systems and services 
• The laboratory workforce  
• Environmental sustainability 
• Inclusive healthcare 

QUALIFYING CRITERIA 

The overarching qualifying criteria is that the initiative submitted is innovative to the sector and/or your workplace, and that it resulted in demonstrable change that benefitted the stakeholders involved. 

This initiative must have been implemented, and not be solely research or a study. However, it may be something that was already implemented in other industries, communities or countries, that you adapted and refined to solve a challenge related to your clinical practice and/or stakeholders involved in that practice. The initiative must have been delivered within the previous 5 years of the submission cut-off date. 

The person(s) awarded must be able to deliver a plenary lecture about the initiative at LabMedUK. In the case of a group submission, the awardees can nominate a lead presenter or present as a group. 

HOW TO SUBMIT 

Submission is by self-nomination and completion of the Impact Award online submission form by the corresponding presenter. The form requires the applicant to fill in the following sections, in no more than 1000 characters per section: 

1. The background to the initiative 

2. The action taken through the initiative 

3. The impact the initiative had 

The deadline for submitting applications to the Impact Award is 09:00 am, 28 February each year (GMT). 

HOW IT WILL BE SCORED AND AWARDED 

Anonymised applications are scored by no fewer than four members of the Association’s Executive committee based on the ability to evidence the positive change that resulted from the implementation of the initiative. 

A successful submission will clearly demonstrate the problem you were facing (baseline), the steps you took to address it (implementation), and how those made a difference (impact). 

Things that will be considered when scoring your submission and that you should highlight in it are: 

• What KPIs (if any) did you use to measure the level of success of your initiative? 
• What qualitative evidence can you provide demonstrating the success of your initiative? 
• How big was the problem you were trying to solve? 
• How unique is your initiative? 
• How easy was it to implement? 
• How many people and/or practices benefitted from this initiative? 
• Can it be scaled for the benefit of others? 

PRIZE 

The Awardee(s) will present their work at LabMedUK and will receive a suitable memento. 

FURTHER QUESTIONS 

If you have any questions about the Impact Award or its submission process, please don’t hesitate to contact the Team at [email protected].