Nominees in this category are:

Title of submission:           Hit the spot with SPOTLIGHT (education package for patients

                                                with type 2 diabetes)

Lead organisation:              West Lincolnshire PCT

Contact person:                   Janet Beecham, Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Title of submission:           Improving diabetes service provision and access across

                                               Southern Derbyshire

Lead organisation:             Central and Greater Derby PCTs

Contact person:                  Mark Browne and Mani Basi, Clinical Lead Diabetes and Diabetes Consultant Nurse

Title of submission:          Nottingham COPD community care service - an alternative to

                                               hospital-based care

Lead organisation:             Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust

Contact person:                  Karen Whysall, COPD Respiratory Nurse

Title of submission:          QMC heart failure nursing service - delivering a national strategy

                                               for heart failure within secondary care

Lead organisation:            Queen's Medical Centre, University Hospital NHS Trust

Contact person:                 John Walsh, Consultant Cardiologist - Heart Failure Clinical Lead

Title of submission:         The Back in Action Programme - a multidisciplinary evidence based

                                              approach  to the management of chronic back pain

Lead organisation:            High Peak and Dales PCT - Winners

Contact person:                 Fiona Paul, Service Manager

A hearty congratulations to the Back in Action Programme Team of High Peak and Dales PCT!!

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