The awards event celebrated the work of dedicated health professionals in the NHS who have helped people on long-term warfarin treatment to monitor their own blood clotting level. Comfort was short-listed for the category of outstanding individual.
Earlier this year, ACSMA invited their network of members to nominate their top health professionals across the UK. The response was overwhelming. ACSMA received nominations from patients for specialist nurses, GPs and hospital consultants who are regarded as having gone above and beyond the call of duty for their patients.
I am delighted that Comfort was short-listed for a Patient Choice Award for her work with patients to promote and support self-monitoring. Self-monitoring devices are a win-win situation: a win for the NHS, helping to reduce potentially life-threatening numbers of strokes and save money, and a win for the patient, increasing their independence and ability to control their long-term health conditions.