The extraordinary work of over 100 staff and 19 teams have been recognised for their efforts over the past year in the Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust annual Appreciation Awards. The Awards are designed to demonstrate the Trust’s appreciation of employees and volunteers who have made a sustained and exceptional contribution to the work of the Trust in improving services for patients, and those members of staff who have completed 25 years of dedicated service.
Present at the Awards were the Mayors of Elmbridge, Spelthorne and Runnymede, Cllrs Nigel Cooper, Simon Bhadye and Jim Broadhead and the Deputy Mayor of Woking, Cllr Tina Liddington along with Clinical, Executive and Non-Executive Directors of Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust.
Introducing the Awards Chief Executive Paul Bentley said: “It is important to celebrate the work of staff across our two hospitals particularly in this the 60th year of the NHS and the 10th anniversary of the creation of Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust. Staff are the bedrock of the NHS and as we move to become a Foundation Trust they have a key role to play, along with patients and the public, as part of the governing body of our new organisation. We are grateful for the ongoing support of our local community and our staff. Together we will continue to improve services for patients.”
Awards are made in the following circumstances
- Exceptional work within the Trust to improve services to patients
- Recognition of service to the community
- Publication of an important piece of work
- National recognition or success
- Significant contribution to team working to improve services to patients
25 Years of Service Recognised
Those receiving recognition for 25 years service included:
- Teresa Bungar, Midwife
- Jackie Butler, SDU Manager
- Diane Collingridge, Midwife
- Linda Currier, Special Theatre Practitioner
- Cathy Dennis, Resource Manager
- Maureen Duckett, Imaging Support Facilitator
- Clive Grundy, Consultant Microbiologist
- Joe Horner, Consultant Surgeon
- Diana Lear, Senior Pharmacist
- Roger Noble, Porter
- Mark Russell, Clinical Director Critical Care
Those not present will receive their awards in January.
Volunteer Award
Nominees were:
- Jean Cram, Community Midwives, Joan Booker Ward
- Ron Church, Porter
- James Cummings, Porter
Award recipients were:
- Joy Frith, Conversation Partner, Chaucer Ward
- Hilary Hansford, PALS Volunteer
Team Award
Nominees were:
- The Breast Care Team
- Dr Ian Beeton and the Cardiac Care Unit
- Dickens Ward Team
- Eye Unit Nurses and Clinical Team
- First Steps Day Nursery, SPH
- Housekeeping Supervisors’ Team
- Human Resources Recruitment Team
- Kingfisher Ward Team
- Main Theatres and Day Surgery Teams, Ashford Hospital
- Maxillofacial & Orthodontic Team
- Clinical Neurophysiology Team
- NICU Nursing & Medical Team
- Oak Ward Team
- Pathology Processing Team
Award recipients were:
- Capacity Team – Highly Commended
- Porters at SPH – Non-Clinical Team of the Year
- Medical Secretarial Team – Medicine – Back Office Team of the year
- Critical Care Outreach Team – Overall Team of the Year
Special Achievement Award
Nominees were:
- Judith Allford, Chaplain
- Tracey Bradshaw, Sister, Coronary Care Unit
- Barbara Doyle, Sister Kestrel Ward
- Paul Doyle, Deputy Director of Finance
- Lynn English, Ward Clerk, Chaucer
- Gabriel Ganancia, Housekeeping Supervisor
- Jill Hickman, Matron for Medicine
- Janet Hook, Housekeeping Team Leader, Ashford
- Mary Jones, MDT Coordinator, Cancer Services
- Johanna Kelsey, Superintendent Radiographer
- Annette Kuusik, Senior Staff Nurse, Cedar Ward
- Ruth Lallmahomed, Acting Director of Nursing
- Margaret Staunton Lambert, Clinical Practitioner Educator, Orthopaedics
- Olegario Leon-Martin, A&E Porter
- Daniella Nedelcu, Staff Nurse, Medical Assessment Unit
- Sophie Owen, Medical Secretary to Department of Respiratory Medicine
- Lynn Robinson, PALS Manager
- Pam Twyman, Maternity Assistant, Labour Ward
- Marian Winsall, Business Unit Service Manager, Acute Medicine, Cardiology & Care of the Elderly
- Margaret Young, Acting Payroll Manager
Award recipients were:
- Michael Broderick, Car Parking/Security
- Elaine Moore, Pathology Quality Manager
- Lynn Parker, Bereavement Lead Nurse
- Tricia Smith, Staff Nurse, Surgical Dependency Unit
- Martha Wrigley, Cardiac Research Coordinator
Peter Adams Award
The Peter Adams Award is in memory of Dr. Peter Adams, Consultant Physician in Endocrinology and Diabetes who sadly died after a long illness on 25 October, 2002, and who posthumously first received this award in November, 2002.
The nominees and award recipients were:
- Sheila Ferguson, PA to the Communications & Press Office and Trust Filming Coordinator - Nominee
- Lucy Irwin, Bank Midwife – Highly Commended
- Olegario Leon-Martin, A&E Porter – Peter Adams Award
Chairman’s Award
The Chairman’s Award is in the gift of the Trust Chairman, Mrs Aileen McLeish and this year was awarded to Sister Tracey Bradshaw who works in the Coronary Care Unit.
Aileen comments:
“Sister Tracey Bradshaw developed and implemented the Cardioversion service in the Day Surgery Unit which offers a much improved service to patients and makes the best use of NHS resources. She is an example to all of us. As a Foundation Trust we need to ensure we respond to the needs of patients in the same way that Tracey recognised the problems with cardioversion and through her actions made a real difference to the lives of patients.”
Recognition for completing a significant qualification
NVQ 3 Early Years Childcare & Education: Claire Alexander, Early Years Practitioner and Judith Abigail, Early Years Practitioner Team Leader. MSc in Teaching & Learning, University of Surrey: Julie Doughty, Clinical Skills Education Manager. Neonatal Intensive Care Course: Staff Nurses Myriam El Haddioui, Elizabeth Thomas and Vanessa White.
Gaining Health Professional Council Registration by completing: The Institute of Biomedical Science Registration portfolio: Jyoti Khuttan, Biomedical Scientist and Kalsoom Perveen, Biomedical Scientist, Haematology. Arts Foundation Degree in Early Years ‘Sector Endorsed’: Tanya Overman, Deputy Nursery Manager, SPH.
Employee of the Year Award
Employee of the Year for 2008 is Housekeeping Supervisor, Gabriel Ganancia. Gabriel’s influence and dedicated hard work has radically improved cleaning and environmental standards within Accident & Emergency. Some months ago the scores were in the sixties and now they are up in the nineties. Following a visit from an outside agency they commented that the department was the cleanest they had seen anywhere and this team visits many hospitals country-wide.
He is meticulous when supervising his team, ensuring that they also take pride in ensuring the department is clean and standards are maintained. He understands his role in supporting the matron with infection control. The environment in A&E is difficult to clean with a constant stream of traffic, and Gabriel and his team are sensitive to the needs of the service.
Speaking at the end of the ceremony Trust Chairman Aileen McLeish said: “Staff and volunteers at Ashford and St. Peter’s frequently show extraordinary devotion to duty and patients – above and beyond what would normally be expected of staff. Our awards recognise some of those who stand out as deserving special recognition, especially for their outstanding service to patients. Congratulations to all those who have received awards, especially Gabriel Ganancia who is a worthy recipient of the Employee of the Year Award and to everyone who works at our two hospitals for their efforts over the last year.”
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