Staff working in Lincolnshire’s hospitals are being recognised for their amazing caring, kindness and dedication in a bumper year for the ULHT Staff Awards.
This year an impressive 430 nominations were received for the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust Staff Awards 2016, 100 of which were from patients. This is an increase over just 150 nominations overall the year before.
Now, the shortlisted entries can be revealed, which span wards and departments across all four ULHT hospitals, and all staff grades, as well as both clinical and non-clinical staff.
The shortlisted individuals and teams will now be invited to a glittering awards ceremony, to be held at the Princess Royal Sports Arena on Thursday 14 April, kindly funded entirely by sponsorship from suppliers of the Trust.
Trust Chairman Ron Buchanan has written to every individual and team nominated for an award this year, he said he’s so grateful to those patients who took the time to make a nomination.
“The number of nominations this year has been amazing, particularly when set against the context of operational pressures that all our colleagues have encountered.
“To be recognised by your peers, your patients and the public is something to be truly proud of and is testament to the real dedication and commitment displayed by our whole workforce. The Trust Board is really proud of everyone who has been nominated for these annual awards.”
Trust patient representative Roger Thorley helped out with the shortlisting of nominations and said: “It’s great to see so many dedicated teams and individuals being recognised in such superb way. I can say from a patient perspective it is this sort of recognition of effort and application that adds to the confidence in patient care throughout ULHT.”
A full list of the shortlisted individuals and teams for each category of the awards is included below:
Working together award
Andrew Hind- Clerk of Works at Pilgrim hospital
Beat It team at Grantham
Quality and safety award
Head and neck team at Pilgrim hospital
Karen Moon and Dian Whittle – quality governance team at Lincoln hospital
Innovation award
Helen Fieldson- Macmillan Occupational Therapist at Lincoln hospital
Rebecca Burley- Deputy Sister at Grantham hospital
Samantha McCarthy-Phull- Clinical Education Nurse at Lincoln hospital
Tom Ridgeway- Business Manager at Lincoln hospital
Team of the year award
Portering team at Grantham hospital
Ward 1 at Grantham hospital
Nuclear medicine department at Lincoln hospital
Hospice in a hospital team at Grantham hospital
Improvement award
Ward 3B at Pilgrim hospital
Deborah Birch- Consultant Nurse for Frail Older Adults at Lincoln hospital
Laura Fowler, Katie Sleight, Kathryn Cope and Dr Zara Pogson- respiratory team at Lincoln hospital
Integrated medicine team at Lincoln hospital
Compassion and respect towards others award
Joanne Priestley- Midwife at Pilgrim hospital
Sharon Booth- Clerical Officer at Lincoln hospital
Kevin Young- Porter at Grantham hospital
MEAU team at Lincoln hospital
Extra mile award
Hazel Smith- Receptionist at Pilgrim hospital
Jenny Creasey- Pilgrim hospital
Helen Walker- Colorectal Nurse Specialist at Lincoln hospital
Ellen Smith- Occupational Therapist at Pilgrim hospital
Volunteer of the year award
Patricia Hiley
Winifred James
Terence Wiseman
Great leadership award
Andy McDowall- Portering Section Leader at Grantham hospital
Bernadine Gallen- Quality and Safety Manager at Lincoln hospital
Teresa Hurdley- Staff Nurse at Lincoln Hospital
Jennie Negus- Deputy Chief Nurse at Pilgrim hospital
Chairman’s great customer service award
Helen Metson- PALs officer at Lincoln hospital
Muscoskeletal outpatients physiotherapy teams Trustwide
Tom Carson- Healthcare Support Worker at Lincoln hospital
Pilgrim pantry staff
Unsung heroes award
Anne Cooper- Staff Nurse at Lincoln hospital
Carol Resner- Healthcare Support Worker at Lincoln hospital
Sonya Sargent- Porter at Grantham hospital
Ken Hodder- Joiner at Lincoln hospital
Great patient experience award
Coronary care team at Lincoln hospital
Ross McKinlay- Associate Specialist at Lincoln hospital
Chief Executive’s award
Ward 1 at Grantham hospital
Pharmacy team Trustwide
Housekeeping team at Lincoln hospital