The judging process and our judges
Step 1
Shortlist entries
The BMJ Awards is extremely proud of its high standards, which it maintains through a robust judging process. Once the submission of entries closes, our internal champions (mostly doctors and senior editors within BMJ) and an expert judge shortlist all submitted entries. Each category will have 5-6 shortlisted teams. The shortlist will be announced in February 2018.
Step 2
Judging day for shortlisted entries
All shortlisted teams are invited to present in front of a panel comprising an internal champion (OR a BMJ champion) and three expert judges, one of whom is a patient representative. Based on the information provided in the entry forms of every shortlisted team plus the live presentation by the team and the answers given to questions from the panel, the judges make a final decision on the winners. The judging day will take place on Thursday, 10 May.
Step 3
Announcing the winners
The judging event will begin at 09:00 with open to all judging sessions where you will present your work and have the opportunity to hear entries from a range of fellow award nominees. Judging will be followed by lunch and an afternoon of networking and presentations, including case studies from previous winners and industry leaders. Later that day, Winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on Thursday 10 May 2018, at The Park Plaza Westminster Hotel in London
Our judges
Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine
Dr Andrew J Hartle
Consultant Anaesthetist, Imperial College Healthcare
Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine
Simon Denegri
National Director for Patients and the Public and Chair, INVOLVE, NIHR
Cancer Care
Fergus Macbeth
Chair, NICE Guideline Group
Clinical Leadership
Sir Bruce Keogh
Medical Director, NHS
Clinical Leadership
Aine Kelly
Patient Experience Advisor
Diagnostics
Erika Denton
Associate Medical Director Honorary Professor of Radiology, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
Diagnostics
Ortis Deley
Patient Experience Advisor
Education
Prof Ian Curran
Vice Dean of Education and Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School
Education
Kieran Walsh
Clinical Director, BMJ Knowledge Centre
Emergency
Kiran Patel
Medical Director, NHS England (West Midlands)
Emergency
Lisa E Munro-Davies
Vice President, Royal College of Emergency Medicine
Mental Health
Professor Sir Simon Wessely
Professor of Psychological Medicine, Kings College London
Palliative & Hospice
Professor Bee Wee
National Clinical Director for End of Life Care, NHS England
Patient Partnership
Phil Sheridan
Leeds Institute of Medical Education, School of Medicine, University of Leeds
Patient Partnership
Fiona McKenzie
Patient and Independent Consultant
Patient Safety
John Illingworth
Improvement Fellow, The Health Foundation
Primary Care
David Shukla
Clinical Research Specialty Lead, Primary Care, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
Primary Care
Graham Easton
GP and Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow, UCL Medical School, Imperial College London
Outstanding Contribution to Health
