Best Patient Support Initiative in Oncology

This Award will recognise an individual or an oncology team who can demonstrate a well-planned and executed support initiative aimed at patients and/or carers. This could be a single activity or a number of activities which make up an ongoing programme. Any educational items or materials produced as part of this initiative may be submitted with the entry.

Best Professional Education Initiative in Oncology

This Award recognises the effectiveness of any educational items or materials aimed at healthcare professionals working in oncology. Such materials can be part of a broader educational programme or can be single, stand-alone items. These may include clinical research papers, review articles, CD-ROMs, DVDs, on-line activities, disease management packages, posters, abstracts, symposia presentations or awareness raising programmes.

Oncology Team of the Year

This Award recognises a demonstration of outstanding teamwork in any area within oncology education, management and patient care. Examples of the type of work that will be considered in this category include development of national guidelines and multi-disciplinary management, patient support programmes, development of new clinical techniques, practice improvements that have reduced waiting times in clinics or initiatives that resulted in the introduction of new services to improve patient care pathways.

Excellence in Oncology Nursing

This Award will be given to an individual nurse who has made a significant contribution to improving the care of cancer patients. The winner will have made a measurable difference to patients’ lives by using novel clinical practices, management system or educational initiative.

Best Charitable Initiative

This category is open to any patient association, charity or support group based in the UK. Entries will be accepted through a third party if preferred (e.g. oncology healthcare professional or hospital). This category aims to reward a not-for-profit organisation which has undertaken a compassionate activity to improve the well-being or quality of life of patients with cancer, or made a significant contribution to the fight against cancer.

BOA Young Investigator Award

Entry for this category are now closed.

Excellence in Cancer Reporting

This Award will be open to both national and regional journalists who have excelled in producing accurate, balanced and well-written oncology related media reporting. The entry requires judges to be provided with copies of relevant articles or broadcasts.

Pfizer Lifetime Achievement

This special award will be given to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of oncology throughout their lifetime.