Excellence and innovation by staff, volunteers and partners has been recognised at the KPMG/KM&T Isle of Wight NHS Trust Awards 2016.
The annual event, which was held at Cowes Yacht Haven on Friday (11th March) celebrated the achievements of a number of teams and individuals from across the Trust and partner organisations.
For the first time, the public was also encouraged to vote for their favourite entries in 7 of the 9 categories with the winners announced on the evening as follows:
• Improving Services for Children and Young People, sponsored by INPS
Winner – New children’s services at the Earl Mountbatten Hospice
Runners-up – Evening parent craft classes (Health Visiting team)
‘Bring me sunshine appeal’ for Children’s Ward
• Improving Services in Acute Care, sponsored by KM&T
Winner – Medicines Helpline (Pharmacy)
Runners-up – Overseas Adaptation Course
New Endoscopy Unit
• Improving Services in the Community, sponsored by Spectrum Housing
Winner – Coffee, cake, condoms and contraception (Sexual Health team)
Runners-up – The SSKIN Bundle
Productive Community Services programme
• Improving care, working with partners to implement the My Life a Full Life programme, sponsored by CGI
Winner – Pop-up clinics by the Independent Living Centre
Runners-up – Securing the My Life a Full Life bid
Health and Wellbeing Roadshows (Community Action IW/My Life a Full Life)
• Improving Services in Mental Health, sponsored by KPMG
Winner – The Memory Service
Runners-up – Four Season’s Garden, St Mary’s Hospital
Sevenacres 72-hour assessment unit
• Supporting Excellence in Healthcare behind the scenes, sponsored by 3663
Winner – Overseas Nurse Recruitment
Runners-up – Reusable sharps containers
Health checks by Chamber Health (Occupational Health)
• Excellence in voluntary organisation support for healthcare, sponsored by Ryhurst
Winner – CAR Gardening volunteers
Runners-up – Chaplaincy volunteers
Earl Mountbatten Hospice volunteers
• Improving services in Ambulance (non-voting category), supported by My Life a Full Life
Winner – Neighbourhood Community Responder Scheme
• Excellence in Research and Development (non-voting category), sponsored by the University of Portsmouth
Winner – Hepatitis C Care Team
Team and individuals were also recognised for their contributions with the following awards:
• Carisbrooke Award for excellence by a non-clinical Band 4 and below
Winner – Jemma Hogan, Specialist Administrator in Occupational Therapy
• Wight Award for most outstanding volunteer
Winner – Malcolm Martin, volunteer in the Macular Degeneration Clinic
• Osborne Award for excellence by a non-clinical Band 5 and above
Winner – Charles Joly, Environmental/Sustainability and Waste Manager
• Leadership Award for non-clinical staff member
Winner – Dianne Adams, Head of Operations, Clinical Support, Cancer & Diagnostics Business Unit
• Sandy Reed Rosebowl award for healthcare assistants or nursing auxiliaries who have demonstrated significant success as part of an NVQ programme
Winner – Jo Hadcroft
• Solent Award for the most outstanding team
Winner – Ambulance Commercial training team
• Vectis Award for excellence by a doctor
Winners – Dr Will Alfred, Dr David Bicknell and Dr Lucy Bailey
• Leadership Award for clinical staff member
Winner – Louise Webb, Matron for Critical Care Services
• Medina Award for allied healthcare professionals for excellence and innovation in practice
Winner – Lara Watson, Pelvic Floor Specialist Physiotherapist and her team
• Island Award for outstanding achievement by a nurse or midwife
Winner – Patience Wells, Staff Nurse on Children’s Ward
• Listening into Action/Staff Experience Award
Winner – Vicki Haworth, Clinical Team Leader for Crisis Resolution
At the end of the evening, all those attending the event chose the ‘winner of winners’ by selecting their favourite from all of the voting categories. The overall winner was then presented with the Chair’s Diamond Award by Trust Chair Eve Richardson and representatives from principal sponsors KPMG and KM&T.
• Chair’s Diamond Award
Winner – The Earl Mountbatten Hospice for new children’s services (pictured)
Karen Baker, Trust Chief Executive, said:
“These awards have been a fantastic celebration of the hard work and dedication of our staff, volunteers and partner organisations. I’d like to thank all of our sponsors for their generous donations which made the event possible.”
Photographed L-R: Becky Hepworth with sponsor Paul Crabtree and Chairman Eve Richardson with Peter Gilliam, Gemma Blamire, Aaron Rolf, sponsor Phil Livingstone and Emma Woodfield
