THE work of healthcare staff and support workers from Ealing, Harrow and Brent was celebrated at their annual Staff Excellence Awards at Wembley Stadium.
More than 500 people in the London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust attended, to see the winners of 13 categories announced.
It also offered the opportunity to look back over the previous year and celebrate some of the trust’s achievements.
This included winning several national awards, becoming a European leader in robotic knee surgery, and the best performing A&E in London.
Chief Executive Dame Jacqueline Docherty said: “Staff are the lifeblood of any successful organisation and we have an abundance of people here who regularly go above and beyond what is expected of them.”
“We tend to associate healthcare with clinical staff but there is a large army of people behind the scenes making sure things run smoothly, such as our volunteers, porters, domestics, waste management and catering.
Winners were:
Emergency and Ambulatory Care Division
Dr Harmandeep Singh, Consultant
Osama El Banna, Housekeeper
Integrated Clinical Services Division
Esther Slinn, Inpatient therapy lead
Integrated Medicine Division
Linda Scantlebury, Medical Secretary
Surgery Division
Usha Raman Nair, Ward Manager
Women and Children’s Division
Gene Taylor, Neonatal Matron
Unsung hero
Waste team
HEART hero
Christine MacManus, Matron, Eimir Bourke, Sister, Lorraine O’Riordan, Ward Manager
Quality and Improvement
Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Team
Volunteer of the year
Connie Holmes, Radiology
Fundraiser of the year
Rose Amankwaah, Clinical Theatre Manager
Emergency Department team
Learner of the year
Nafisha Jama, Healthcare Support Worker
Chief Executive’s Lifetime Achievement
Jaswinder Dosanjh, Clinical Lead Nurse Specialist, Anti-coagulation
Chairman’s Team of the Year
Emergency Planning
A special commendation went to Dr Nicholl and his furry sidekick, Pike, a Pets As Therapy dog.
The trust has 9,000 clinical and support staff serving a diverse population of one million people.
It includes Northwick Park, St Mark’s, Ealing and Central Middlesex hospitals.
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