Do you know a colleague or team who has made an exceptional contribution to health and social care, who has gone the extra mile to make a real difference to patients and users, and who has shown outstanding dedication to the service?
If you do, now is the time to show how much you value them, by nominating them for a prestigious Award.
The Strategic Health Authority for the region, NHS South West, will be hosting the 2009 South West Health and Social Care Awards which will be held on 7 May at Westland Conference and Leisure Complex in Yeovil.
The 2009 South West Health and Social Care Awards have been organised to recognise the outstanding work of doctors, nurses and other NHS and Social Care staff who have made an exceptional contribution to people’s care.
Staff in hospitals, GP Practices, mental health, ambulance services and Social Care teams are being invited to nominate individuals or teams who have delivered excellence in their work.
As well as nominating others for Awards, you can also nominate yourself or your own team. The application deadline is 6 March 2009.
The South West Awards ceremony is one of ten regional Award ceremonies taking place across England which are linked to the National Health and Social Care Awards.
Winners from the 2009 South West Health and Social Care Awards will automatically be entered into the National Health and Social Care Awards, organised by the Department of Health in partnership with the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. Their celebratory event will be held in London on 8 July 2009.
The Award categories for this year are:
- Mental Health Wellbeing
- Leadership for Improvement
- People’s Award for Dignity in Care
- Transforming Services
- Improving Health and Reducing Inequalities
- Patient Safety
- Adopt, Adapt and Improve
- Innovative Health and Social Care Technology
- Success in Partnership Working
- Excellence in Commissioning
- NHS Live
- Low Carbon
- Primary Care and Community Services Pathways
- Innovative Acute Care
- Improving the Patient and User Experience (South West Award)
For more information on the Awards, or to make a nomination, please log onto: www.healthandsocialcareawards.org.uk and click on ‘South West’.