Making a Difference Awards 2024

On Friday 20 September 2024, UHDB held its Annual Making a Difference Awards ceremony at Hilton St George's Park, with 280 colleagues joining in an evening of recognising achievements from across the Trust.

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.

Congratulations to all those shortlisted:

Living our Values Award

Sponsored by Derby & Burton Hospitals Charity

Sarah Johnson

Winner

  • Sarah Johnson, Queen's Hospital Burton

Shortlisted nominees

  • Joanne Jerrom, Ilkeston
  • Lindsay Parry, Royal Derby Hospital
  • Dr Alex Churton, Royal Derby Hospital

Patient Hero Award

Ward 303

Clare Ward, Sister (Ward 2)

Winner

  • Ward 2, Florence Nightingale Community Hospital and Ward 303, Royal Derby Hospital

Shortlisted nominees

  • 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

FNCH Capital Projects Team

Winner

  • Capital Projects team, Florence Nightingale Community Hospital

Shortlisted nominees

  • 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

Caroline Woods - Outpatient Operational Manager

Winner

  • Derbyshire Community team, Ilkeston Community Hospital

Shortlisted nominees

  • Hollie Lambe, Royal Derby Hospital
  • Elective Hub team, Royal Derby Hospital
  • Mandy-Jayne Gray, Trustwide


Improving Patient Safety Award

Dr Paul Marval, Consultant Anaesthetist; Sully Hussain, Divisional Project Manager

Winner

  • Sip Til Send team, Trustwide

Shortlisted nominees

  • Discharge Medicines Services team, Trustwide
  • Bedside Handover Implementation team, Trustwide
  • Andrew Ward, Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital

Education and Learning Award

Laura Chapman - Advanced Pharmacist

Winner

  • Laura Chapman, Royal Derby Hospital

Shortlisted nominees

  • Dispersed Radiology East Midlands Academy (DREaM Academy), Royal Derby Hospital
  • Professor Andrew Evans, Trustwide
  • Lymphoedema team, Florence Nightingale Community Hospital 

Quality Improvement Award

Project 76 team

Winner

  • Project 76 team, Trustwide

Shortlisted nominees:

  • UHDB Paediatric Diabetes team, Trustwide
  • BadgerNet Project team, Trustwide
  • Orthogeriatric team, Queen's Hospital Burton

Future UHDB Award

Diabetes Research Team

Winner

Diabetes Research team, Florence Nightingale Community Hospital

Shortlisted nominees

  • MAKO Robot team, Royal Derby Hospital
  • Respiratory Virtual Ward team, Royal Derby Hospital
  • Medical Photography team, Trustwide 

Leader of the Year Award

Catherine Johnson


Winner

  • Catherine Johnson, Royal Derby Hospital

Shortlisted nominees

  • Stacey Hatton, Trustwide
  • Dr Gerhard Van Schalkwyk, Trustwide
  • Melanie McDonagh, Royal Derby Hospital

Chair's Team of the Year Award

Head and Neck MDT

Winner

  • Head and Neck MDT, Trustwide

Shortlisted nominees

  • Ward 4 Stroke MDT, Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
  • Amputee Rehabilitation and Prosthetics team, Royal Derby Hospital
  • Derby Health Records team, Trustwide

 

Making a Difference Awards - AwardsMADA 2024 - tables

MADA team posing for a pictureMADA team having a picture taken

Colleagues holding character drawings of themselvesMADA team collecting award with Stephen Posey