Congratulations to Dr Emily Foster!

A huge congratulations to Dr Emily Foster of Rowhedge & University of Essex Medical Practice within the Colte Partnership who, along with a team at the University, has recently won an award for her work on Diabetes Care and Support for University Students.

Dr Foster was involved in creating the ADAPT programme for university students. It focuses on close collaboration between clinical and university services to ensure students with type 1 diabetes experience a coordinated and easily accessible diabetes service on campus.

The programme won the Wellbeing award in the Quality in Care Awards Programme 2024 (Wellbeing - Quality in Care Awards Programme)

Judges’ comments:

“Diabetes care and support for university students’ is an excellent and sustainable initiative targeting patients at a time in their lives when they need extra support and can fall through the gaps between services. The judges liked that the programme focused on both physical and mental health, and that there was a really good awareness of equality issues. The need was clearly identified, the dissemination was great and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. A fantastic programme that should be implemented in every university.”