The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has been shortlisted for 2 categories in this year’s Nursing Times Awards.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Nursing Times Awards and is an exciting opportunity to promote the hard work and the dedication of the nursing profession everywhere.
The Trust has been shortlisted in the ‘Enhancing Patient Dignity’ category for the opening of the Wellow Unit and the end of life care provided. Meanwhile, Shane Moody, Clinical Director and Consultant Nurse for End of Life Care, has been shortlisted for the ‘Nurse Leader of the Year’ category.
In February, the Isle of Wight NHS Trust opened Wellow Unit, a 3-bed End of Life Care Unit to help support people as they approach the end of their lives. The End of Life service, led by Shane Moody, has improved a huge amount in the last couple of years and the Care Quality Commission found examples of outstanding practice and rated the service Good overall.
Alice Webster, Director of Nursing said:
“We are extremely proud of the Integrated Palliative and End of Life Care Team, Wellow Unit staff and Shane for being shortlisted.
“Supporting people as they enter the final days and hours of their lives is such an important role and having Shane and the staff on Wellow Unit be recognised for their hard work and dedication in creating a peaceful and dignified environment for patients and their families is humbling.
“The team very much deserve this and we are looking forward to the winner being announced this autumn.”
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The Trust has focused on improving the experience for both the patients and their loved ones, striving for memories of a loved one’s death to be as positive as was possible given the circumstances. The environment for this is key, ensuring that patients pass away with dignity and families have lasting memories of a good death.
Shane Moody said:
“I am very humbled to have been nominated and shortlisted for this year’s Nursing Times Nurse Leader of the Year award. Just to get to this shortlist is an achievement in itself. I have been privileged to have held many leadership roles within the Isle of Wight NHS Trust over my 23 years in the organisation within Nursing and General Management. I always lead with the patient and staff needs in mind to ensure the best outcomes can be achieved, at times this has tested my skills of negotiation and influence and at times required some tenacity!
“During this time I have worked with some great teams and services and worked with many inspirational and patient focused individuals. I am proud of the team on Wellow Unit who have also been nominated and shortlisted for a Nursing Times award for enhancing patient dignity. Wellow Unit is still a pilot end of life care unit and in a matter of just a few months have been able to demonstrate delivery of consistent high standards of compassionate care to patients that are dying and their families.”
The Nursing Times Awards recognise those making nursing an innovative, patient-focused and inclusive profession. The winners of the 30th Nursing Times Awards will be announced on Wednesday 14th October 2020.
Well done shane. It’s nice to see someone get the praise they deserve
Absolutely first class to hear that a real professional hero has been recognised for his work. What is the inclusive bit about?He’s very good at including people? What! With Cancer? No the man makes everyone feel nice enough, considering their situation. Where does the ‘inclusive’ business come in? Was he going to refuse to look after people if they came from Chale or Hayling Island? No, a media friendly, sociopathic, history denyig newspeak which now just makes things up!
My husband died earlier this year in Wellow Ward. I was able to spend as much time with him as I liked and the care we both received was outstanding. This award would be well deserved.
Well done Shane , a fantastic performance and an excellent example to all.