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Dundas medal applications are open
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The Dundas Medal – a joint Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and PATCH award
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The closing date for the second annual Dundas Medal, in honour of Dr Bertie Dundas, is the 4th July 2018.
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The award recognises efforts to improve the provision of palliative care for patients when they are in hospital. It is open to individuals or teams (medical, nursing or paramedical) working in any hospital in the UK. It is not essential that the applicant should be an FRCS Edinburgh. The term hospital applies to both acute and community hospitals.
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The winner of the 2017 inaugural award was the Hospital Palliative Care Team, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
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Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and charity PATCH award inaugural medal to team acknowledging palliative care excellence
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How you can support PATCH
As ever, if you are interested in receiving this newsletter, have a story to tell or would like to support the charity or have questions please send an email to contactus@patchscotland.com.
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We are so grateful to all Friends of PATCH who support the charity and enable us to provide funding for key palliative care projects across Scotland.
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There are many ways to become a Friend of PATCH – you could organise, support or attend a PATCH event; select PATCH as your company’s charity of the year or for a single donation; or through Virgin Money Giving you can choose to donate as a one off or on regular basis.
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You can also leave a gift in your Will that would go to support the work of PATCH to help improve palliative care services for patients and their families in a hospital setting.
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