Our Celebrating Success judging panel has announced this year’s shortlist after working its way through a record number of excellent nominations.
This year again broke all records with more than 450 entries in the eight categories that were open to nominations.
The Gazette’s Patients’ Award attracted the largest number of entries with 147 nominations received from our patients.
This is a record-breaking number and we are delighted that so many people who have received treatment from us have taken the time to commend both clinical and non-clinical staff.
Due to the high standard of nominations in many of the categories, the decisions were incredibly tight with a number of nominations deserving recognition.
This left the panel with an unenviable task of trying to formulate a shortlist, but it was inspiring to read the stories of staff that had gone the extra mile or transformed services for the benefit of all our patients.
We would like to thank every person or team nominated, but special congratulations must go to those mentioned below who shone through to make the shortlist.
This year’s Judging Panel consisted of:
Chairman Ian Johnson, Chief Executive (Interim) Wendy Swift, Public Governor Camilla Hardy, Director of Operations Pat Oliver, Staff Side representative Karen Harte, Chairman of Radio Wave John Barnett and The Gazette’s Health Writer, Mike Holmes.
The shortlist, in alphabetical order, is:
Clinical Team of the Year
CT Department
Early Supported Discharge
Emergency Department
Non-Clinical Team of the Year
Catering
Corporate Bench and e-Rostering team
Patient Tracker Team
Radio Wave’s Unsung Hero
Adam Dugdale
Natalie Davidson
Sharon Vickers and Sharon Ellis
Innovation and Service Improvement Award
Alex Murphy
Extensive Care Service
Fylde and Wyre Falls Car
Together We Care Award
Anthony Freestone
Dr Peter Hayes
Specialist Continence Service and Home Delivery Team
Employee of the Year Award
Gill West
Rachel Ebert
Venu Kollipara
Weightmans’ Golden Heart Award
Mr Andrew Duncan
Paul Tilling
Ruth Boardman and Rena Shanahan
The Gazette’s Patients’ Award
District Nursing Team, Lytham
Mr Jawad Islam
Ward 7 (now part of Ward 15B)
The winners will be announced at the Celebrating Success Awards on Friday November 25, 2016, at The Empress Ballroom in Blackpool’s Winter Gardens. This event is entirely funded by our kind sponsors.
The winner of the Chairman’s Award category will be announced on the night.