The 2024 Staff Awards for Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) are now open for nominations. 
This year, the two organisations are coming together as a Group to improve how care is delivered to patients by working even closer together. This also means the organisations are bringing together the two staff awards ceremonies into one bigger event, with plans to celebrate hundreds of staff from across both organisations at a glittering awards night, funded through sponsorship.
The Staff Awards have a number of categories recognising excellence in patient care, compassion and respect, great team work and innovation amongst other things. Nominations are made by both patients and staff.
The awards are an opportunity for the people of Lincolnshire to recognise the hard work, dedication and care shown by community and hospital staff working across the county, and where they have demonstrated exceptional professionalism and care.
This year, the awards are bringing together categories to recognise volunteers, care and compassion, as well as outstanding leaderships amongst other things.
Anyone can make a nomination in the 14 award categories, including staff, patients and members of the public.
Group Chief Executive, Andrew Morgan, said: “The Staff Awards are such an important way to recognise the hard work and dedication staff across our services give day in and day out. We are very excited to be able to bring our organisations together and truly celebrate the incredible things they do!
“I want to encourage as many people as possible who have seen or received great care or service to make a nomination and help us give our staff the recognition they deserve. We know how hard they work every day, often in challenging circumstances – this is just one of the ways we want to say thank you to them!”
To nominate someone for an award, please fill in a form available on the ULHT website, or the LCHS website.
Paper copies are also available upon request.
The nominations for 2024 will close on Friday 30 August.
Notes to editors
Effective from Monday 1 April 2024, Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The full list of categories for the ULHT and LCHS staff awards are below:
Great Patient Experience and Involvement Award – Community This award is open for patient and public nominations only, and will be awarded to a team or individual that has made a significant impact upon improving the patient experience for an individual patient or patient area, within a hospital setting, and/or involved patients within the process of improving the care we deliver to patients.
Great Patient Experience and Involvement Award – Acute This award is open for patient and public nominations only, and will be awarded to a team or individual that has made a significant impact upon improving the patient experience for an individual patient or patient area, within a community setting, and/or involved patients within the process of improving the care we deliver to patients.
Chair’s Award – This award will be chosen by the Chair from submitted nominations. This award is for an individual or team that shows a genuine concern and compassion for others, is interested in others and in helping to meet their needs and providing the best possible quality of care.
Team of the Year – Clinical – This award recognises a clinical team who consistently demonstrate good team working, to deliver an efficient and high performing service. They will be a clinical team who consistently demonstrate good team working, to deliver an efficient and high performing service. They have successfully implemented change and/or improved services for the benefit of their patients, taking into account the quality and safety of the care they provide.
Team of the Year- Non-Clinical – This award recognises a non-clinical team who consistently demonstrate good team working, to deliver an efficient and high performing service. They will be a non-clinical team who consistently demonstrate good team working, to deliver an efficient and high performing service. They have successfully implemented change and/or improved services. This could include developing new ways of working and shared learning.
Improvement, Education and Research Award – This award will go to the team/individual who have implemented an idea or innovative approach which has resulted in a saving of time or money, improved practice or a new way of working within the acute or community setting. This may include implementing an idea or innovative approach which has resulted in improved practice, a new way of working or a saving of time or money They may have carried out or published innovative research papers, taken on a service/quality improvement programme, been involved with clinical trials or taken part in training or education with the end result of benefitting patients. They could have also fundraised or utilised charity funding for the betterment of patient and staff experience.
Community Rising Star Award- This award will go to someone who has been within their organisation or job role for less than a year, but in that time has really made an impact. This might be through supporting colleagues, displaying excellent patient care, developing a service or innovating for the benefit of staff and patients. This award is for those working within the community.
Acute Rising Star Award- This award will go to someone who has been within their organisation or job role for less than a year, but in that time has really made an impact. This might be through supporting colleagues, displaying excellent patient care, developing a service or innovating for the benefit of staff and patients. This award is for those working in within the acute hospital setting.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion of the Year Award – This award recognises an individual or team that has been a champion of diversity and inclusion in any part of the Group, with actions that have positively impacted upon colleagues and the organisation as a whole. This could include a broad range of actions to promote, further and develop awareness and understanding of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion issues, and tackling discrimination in any form.
Unsung Hero Award – Clinical – This award will celebrate an individual or team working in a clinical area, that goes above and beyond to help the Group deliver its objectives and values and make a genuine difference to others. They will be people who bring about change and clear benefits for patients, their colleagues and the Group as a whole.
Unsung Hero Award – Non-Clinical – This award will celebrate an individual or team working in a non-clinical area that goes above and beyond to help the Group deliver its objectives and values and make a genuine difference to others. They will be people who bring about change and clear benefits for patients, their colleagues, our clinical services and the Group as a whole.
Community Outstanding Leader Award – This award recognises someone with outstanding leadership skills who inspires people to go the extra mile with our community services. Good leaders are not necessarily managers – This is for anyone at any level can be a leader and make a difference. They are innovative and value their peers while actively mentoring and encouraging people they work with.
Acute Outstanding Leader Award – This award recognises someone with outstanding leadership skills who inspires people to go the extra mile within our acute services. Good leaders are not necessarily managers – This is for anyone at any level can be a leader and make a difference. They are innovative and value their peers while actively mentoring and encouraging people they work with.
Volunteer of the Year Award – This award recognises a volunteer or voluntary team who work tirelessly and generously give their free time, enthusiasm and energy to help improve NHS services, facilities and support for patients, visitors and their families.