Wilfrid Edgecombe Memorial Award

The most famous of our members was Wilfrid Edgecombe. He was born in 1871 in Huyton in Liverpool. He studied medicine at Liverpool University and UCLH and qualified in 1893. His House jobs were at the Royal Liverpool Infirmary and he subsequently demonstrated Anatomy and became a surgical tutor.

In 1894 he came to Harrogate. He became a member of the Harrogate Medical Society in 1895. He had served twice as President of HMS in 1908 and 1939-1945. In the World War I he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. and from 1919 -1932 served on the Town Council.

In 1905 he was appointed to the staff of Harrogate infirmary and was very influential in the development of general hospital services and eventually the building of Harrogate District General Hospital in 1932. He retired from the hospital in 1936 but maintained a keen interest and influence in the hospital and local community. He died in Harrogate at his home aged 92 in 1963. Shortly after his death, a memorial trust was created with member’s donations and an endowment from his widow. The annual Edgecombe Lecture was founded.

The Society now as part of the Wilfrid Edgecombe Award funds annual Prizes for Junior doctors.

Applications are invited to all Foundation Year Doctors and Core Trainees working in Harrogate District (need to state which ST grades)

Prize: Judges from the HMS Committee and members will review all submitted abstracts and the authors of the top 5 will be invited to give a presentation to members at an agreed location or via a Zoom meeting (depending on restrictions at that time).

A panel of members of the society will judge the presentations. The 1st prize award will be £500, and all the remaining candidates will receive £100.

All finalists that present their papers will receive a certificate for their portfolio.

Topic can be a quality improvement project (such as clinical audit), a case report or series, an original research project or a survey. The work must have been conducted whilst in post in Harrogate District.

Presentations:Presentations should be delivered using Microsoft PowerPoint and should last a maximum of 10 minutes. Marks will be deducted for going over time. After delivering the presentation, there will be 5 minutes to answer questions from our members.

Shortlisting Criteria: Candidates will be shortlisted based on demonstration of the originality, clarity and clinical significance of their work together with the robustness of their methodology.

Judging Criteria: Candidates will be judged on their style of delivery and the content of their presentation.

Open to:  FY & CT or equivalent doctors working in Harrogate in Primary and Secondary Care.  Only one application per candidate will be accepted.