The award will be shared with four diabetes teams from England and one from Scotland. The teams were judged by the quality of the service, leadership, vision for the future, patient involvement, and openness and transparency.
By being selected for the award the team will be recognised as among the leading providers of diabetes care in the UK. The team members will now undergo an 18 month leadership development programme which will encourage them to promote best practice in the care of diabetes and other chronic diseases elsewhere in the UK.
Dr Meurig Williams, Consultant Diabetologist at Carmarthenshire NHS Trust, said, “This award recognises the years of dedicated effort by local health workers in planning and providing diabetes services which are aimed at achieving these goals.”
Pictured are members of the Carmarthenshire diabetes team together with representatives of the local diabetes patient reference group.
