VIP lab tours for child patients is healthcare innovation of the year
by David Brindle from on (#3NHA1)
Malcolm Robinson, scientist and founder of charity Harvey's Gang, named overall winner at Advancing Healthcare awards
A biomedical scientist has scooped top honours in the annual awards for therapists and health scientists for his idea of giving child patients VIP tours of the laboratories where their blood samples are analysed.
Malcolm Robinson, from Western Sussex hospitals NHS foundation trust, came up with the scheme when Harvey Buster Baldwin, then aged six, kept asking questions about the process. Robinson gave him an explanatory tour and arranged for him to have a child-size lab coat, cardboard security pass and goody bag.