Anne Goodchild voted Outstanding Educator of the Year at the 2023 QiC awards
13th October 2023
We are pleased to announce that Anne Goodchild has won the vote for ‘Oustanding Educator of the Year’. A BIG thank you to everyone who voted for Anne and who has supported Anne and PITstop courses over the years.
Anne and Lauren enjoyed the awards evening at Sanofi UK Headquarters in Reading on 12th October 2023 and said, “It was a great evening, lovely to see so many familiar faces, celebrate the innovation happening in diabetes and of course Anne’s win!”
Comment from Anne Goodchild
“I’m very proud to have won the Oustanding Educator of the Year ar the QiC Awards last night. Thank you for all your votes. The PITstop team and I will continue our mission to deliver high quality education to healthcare professionals and help improve the lives of people living with diabetes.”
Reason for nomination on the QiC website:
QiC Diabetes 2023 Outstanding Educator winner press release (from QiC)
Anne Goodchild wins at prestigious national diabetes awards
Reading, UK, 12 October, 2022: Anne Goodchild was a winner at the prestigious national diabetes awards.
Goodchild was recognised in the Outstanding Educator in Diabetes category at the 2023 Quality in Care (QiC) Diabetes Awards that were held live on Thursday 12 October.
This award will be presented to an individual who is based in the UK or Ireland and has delivered excellence in education in a specialist or community setting: whether through developing innovative teaching tools or courses; providing mentorship for other educators; or delivering and promoting externally developed training. He or she will have a clear patient focus and be seen as a champion for education in his or her area.
Reason for Nomination:
Anne Goodchild has been a nurse and DSN for over 35 years. She is passionate about improving primary care pathways, patient care, outcomes and overall improving the lives of people with diabetes. Anne saw a need for structured diabetes care pathways for healthcare professionals (HCPs) to improve patient care. She created a patient handbook which led to the development of the training portfolio of PITstop diabetes courses. Over the last 15 years Anne has created successful training programmes for the whole practice team encouraging a holistic approach. PITstop courses are recognised nationally. Anne has built the company up solely on word of mouth and PITstop’s fantastic reputation. Anne delivered all of the courses face-to-face prior to COVID. Anne’s resilience and determination saw her take all of the courses online and restructure the courses and business to continue to meet the demand and need for primary care diabetes education.
Debbie Woods, Head of Medical General Medicines Sanofi UK & Ireland said:
“Sanofi is delighted to support the QIC Programme in 2023 and to recognise and reward the innovations that will benefit people living with diabetes. The QIC programme is at the forefront of sharing best practice to improve the quality of care, through demonstrating novel solutions to problems encountered by health care professionals and those impacted by diabetes on a daily basis. The commitment to quality of care is a core value of the NHS and the QIC programme is a shining example of that value in practice.”
