FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
11th June 2009
DIPEx wins HealthInvestor Award
DIPEx is pleased to announce that it has won the HealthInvestor Award 2009 for Third Sector Organisation of the Year. The award was presented by Michael Portillo at a dinner held on 3rd June at the Hilton Park Lane, London attended by 750 industry movers and shakers. The finalists for each award were judged by a 12-strong panel of independent healthcare industry experts.
Graham Shaw, Chief Executive of DIPEx, said: “I am delighted that the work of DIPEx has been recognised by a broad range of experts from the healthcare industry. We are dedicated to publishing the personal experiences of people affected by illness and health issues on our websites – Healthtalkonline and Youthhealthtalk. We now have interviews with some 2,000 people on our sites, speaking, through video and audio clips, about over 50 conditions that have affected them deeply. Others facing similar challenges can share in these experiences and also find reliable information on treatment and support groups.”
DIPEx, a registered charity no. 1087019, is funded by the Department of Health and charitable trusts. Full details are on our websites.
About DIPEx/Healthtalkonline
DIPEx has created two websites – www.healthtalkonline.org and www.youthhealthtalk.org – of people’s experiences of almost 50 different illnesses and health conditions. The websites are aimed patients, their carers, family and friends, doctors, nurses and other health professionals and are based on in-depth qualitative research carried out by the DIPEx Health Experiences Research Group at the University of Oxford.
Users of our websites will find accounts – presented through video, audio and written material – which resonate with their own perspectives and experiences of issues such as reaction to diagnosis, consultation with their doctor, effect on work, social life and relationships, decisions on treatment options and side-effects. The questions that patients want answered are identified in their interviews and summarised on our websites.
To date, we have covered illnesses including cancer, heart disease, neurological conditions (Parkinson’s, epilepsy and autism) chronic health issues (HIV, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis) and mental health. We also provide experiences of women’s health (pregnancy, breastfeeding, antenatal screening) and publish young people’s experiences (including epilepsy, sexual health, teenage cancer) on our dedicated website – youthhealthtalk.org.
Our supporters include Jon Snow, Dawn French, John Humphrys, Ian McEwan, Dr Jonathan Miller, Jenni Murray, Michael Palin, Philip Pullman, Libby Purves, Claire Rayner, Thom Yorke and many others.
For more information contact:
Graham Shaw, Chief Executive
Phone: 07799 664371
Email: graham.shaw99@btinternet.com
Francie Smee
Phone: 01865 289328
Email: dipexadmin@dphpc.ox.ac.uk
DIPEx Charity
PO Box 428
Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 9EU
Phone: 01865 744209
Fax: 01865 289287
Email: info@dipex.org.uk
DIPEx Research Group
Department of Primary Care
University of Oxford
Old Rd, Headington
Oxford OX3 7LF
Email: dipexadmin@dphpc.ox.ac.uk
