Awards Ceremony To Honour RUH Staff

Outstanding staff were honoured for their contributions, achievements and innovation in health and patient care at the hospital’s New Year’s Honours Awards ceremony.

The awards presented during the evening, which took place at the Assembly Rooms, Bath, symbolised the dedication and hard work of so many staff.

Staff on Midford Ward were voted Team of the Year in recognition of the care they give to patients with dementia. Caring for patients who are poorly but also have dementia brings a different set of challenges to the staff, and they have adapted to the needs of these patients as well as making sure their acute illness is properly treated.

The Most Innovative Team Award went to The Pulmonary Hypertension Specialist Team which runs a joint care service with two national centres for Pulmonary Hypertension at Papworth and the Royal Free, and has been designated as part of a Pulmonary Hypertension satellite centre.

Amie Briggs, Ward Manager on Haygarth Ward, was presented with the overall Chief Executive’s Customer Care Award for 2012. This award recognises Amie’s outstanding professional care and her ward leadership.

The Stroke Team were presented with a Research and Development Award, for their outstanding work in stroke research. Research is now integral to the Acute Stroke Unit and all patients admitted with stroke or Transient Ischaemic Attack can be assured they will receive care based on latest research, and if appropriate, be offered the opportunity to participate in a relevant research study.

Loyalty Awards were also given to staff in recognition of their long service, and the evening was another opportunity to acknowledge Anne Plaskitt, Senior Nurse for Quality Improvement, who won the Patient Safety Award earlier this year.

Staff who had been nominated as NHS Heroes, a nationwide recognition scheme, designed to celebrate the extraordinary work that staff in the NHS do each day, were also celebrated.

Members of the Trust Board, including Chairman Brian Stables and Chief Executive James Scott, joined staff for this special celebratory evening. RUH Chairman Brian Stables said: “The awards are important as they give us a great opportunity to showcase the amazingly talented people we have at the RUH and it gives us a chance to thank the 4,322 staff who, day in day out, work incredibly hard caring for our patients. They are all stars and we are very proud of them.“