Annual Making a Difference Awards 2024: Shortlist announcement
We are pleased to announce the individuals and teams who have been shortlisted for the Making a Difference Awards 2024.
The Making a Difference Awards recognise those who are going above and beyond to drive improvements in quality, patient care and supporting UHDB to be the best place to work.
Teams and colleagues across UHDB have demonstrated the trust values of compassion, openness and excellence and have gone above and beyond to either directly or indirectly provide exceptional care to our patients. This may be through improvements to quality and safety, supporting colleagues, or making positive changes across our sites, the local NHS system or even nationally.
Thank you to patients, relatives and colleagues who took the time to nominate a member of staff. This year we received an unprecedented 1,750 nominations sharing how #TeamUHDB have demonstrated our Trust values of excellence, compassion and openness.
We will be announcing the shortlists for all 10 categories across the week.
Congratulations to all those shortlisted:
Living our Values Award, sponsored by Derby & Burton Hospitals Charity:
- Sarah Johnson, Queen's Hospital Burton
- Joanne Jerrom, Ilkeston
- Lindsay Parry, Royal Derby Hospital
- Dr Alex Churton, Royal Derby Hospital
Patient Hero Award:
- Ward 2, Florence Nightingale Community Hospital and Ward 303, Royal Derby Hospital
- Derby Prostate Cancer Support Group, Royal Derby Hospital
- Duncan Cameron, Royal Derby Hospital
- Burton TB (Tubercolosis) Service, Queen's Hospital Burton
Behind the Scenes Hero Award:
- Capital Projects team, Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
- Cheryl Mallen, Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
- Queen's Hospital Burton Switchboard, Queen's Hospital Burton
- Joanne Bell, Royal Derby Hospital
Enhancing UHDB Award (sponsored by Salary Sacrifice):
- Hollie Lambe, Royal Derby Hospital
- Elective Hub team, Royal Derby Hospital
- Mandy-Jayne (MJ) Gray, Trustwide
- Ilkeston community team, Ilkeston Community Hospital
Improving Patient Safety Award:
- Sip Til Send team, Trustwide
- Discharge Medicines Services team, Trustwide
- Bedside handover implementation team, Trustwide
- Andrew Ward, Sir Robert Peel community Hospital
Education and Learning Award:
- Dispersed Radiology East Midlands Academy (DREaM Academy), Royal Derby Hospital
- Laura Chapman, Royal Derby Hospital
- Professor Andrew Evans, Trustwide
- Lymphoedema team, Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
Quality Improvement Award:
- UHDB Paediatric Diabetes team, Trustwide
- Project 76 team, Trustwide
- BadgerNet Project team, Trustwide
- Orthogeriatric team, Queen's Hospital Burton
Future UHDB Award:
- Diabetes research team, Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
- MAKO robot team, Royal Derby Hospital
- Respiratory Virtual Ward team, Royal Derby Hospital
- Medical Photography team, Trustwide
Leader of the Year Award:
- Catherine Johnson, Royal Derby Hospital
- Stacey Hatton, Trustwide
- Dr Gerhard Van Schalkwyk, Trustwide
- Melanie McDonagh, Royal Derby Hospital
Chair's Team of the Year Award:
- Ward 4 Stroke MDT, Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
- Amputee Rehabilitation and Prosthetics team, Royal Derby Hospital
- Head and neck MDT, Trustwide
- Derby Health Records team, Trustwide
The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony next month.