Our annual Better Care Together awards took place virtually – to celebrate the dedication and commitment of our teams, colleagues and services.
Along with eight award categories, we also used the event to celebrate the long service of colleagues who have worked for the NHS for 20, 30 and 40 years.
Trust Chair Ingrid Barker, who co-hosted the event alongside Chief Executive Paul Roberts, said: “We were just so proud to be able to recognise and record our appreciation – not only for everyone nominated, and shortlisted but also to all of our Trust colleagues who do so much and have done so much – throughout the Covid pandemic and before – for the people of Gloucestershire.”
The full details of the nominees and winners in each category are as follows:
Quality Improvement and Innovation Award
*Winner* – MIIUs Countywide
Shortlisted Nominees
- Steph Watts, Young Minds Matter
- Cardiac Rehab Team
- Diabetes Team
- School Aged Immunisations Team
Special Recognition
- Covid Testing and Stock Management Team
- Safeguarding Team
- Sarah Nicholson and James Smith (MSK Physiotherapy)
- AOT and Recovery Physical Health and Mental Health Project
- Outpatient Phlebotomy Team, Cirencester Hospital
- QI Hub
- Individual Placement and Support (IPS)
- Holly Smith (Integrated Patient Flow and Clinical Lead)
Involvement and Engagement Award
**Winner** – Oliver McGowan Training Project Group
Shortlisted Nominees
- Children’s Physiotherapy Team
- Jo Greenwood/Jo Tym
- Forest/TWNS Home First and Reablement Team
- Complex Care at Home
Special Recognition
- Anna Hilditch, Assistant Trust Secretary
- Cathy Newman, Care Practice Development Facilitator
- Karen Hogarty-Hingston, IPS Employment Specialist
- Partnerships and Inclusion Team
- Jonathan Thomas, Community Services Manager
- Therapy Team at Charlton Lane Hospital
- Trish Butler, Clinical Implementation Manager, Perinatal Service
Tackling Inequalities Award
**Joint Winners** – CAMHS phlebotomy clinic and Intensive Health Outreach Team (IHOT)
Shortlisted Nominees
- Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC)
- CAMHS Children in Care Team
Special Recognition
- Kathy Holmes, Managing Memory Together
- Health and Wellbeing Coordinators – Complex Care at Home Team
Health and Wellbeing Award
**Winner** – Elizabeth Hentry, Windrush Ward
Shortlisted Nominees
- Sally Powell, Operational Manager, CAMHS/LD
- Dean Ward, Wotton Lawn Hospital
- Lloyd Andrews, Manager Physiotherapy and Health and Exercise Team at Wotton Lawn Hospital
Special Recognition
- Des Gorman, Associate Dir for Quality Improvement & Transformation
- Stroud Community Nursing Team
- The Admin Team at the Independent Living Centre
- Kim Way, District Nurse Professional Lead
- Children’s Community Nursing
Care and Compassion Award
**Winner** – Paris Evans, Community Nurse
Shortlisted Nominees
- Lizzie Riddler, Housekeeper, Hope House (retired)
- Cotswold View Ward Team
- Children’s Community Nursing Team
- Louise Dickinson-Knight, Senior Community Dementia Nurse
Special Recognition
- Later Life Community Mental Health Team
- Gilly Smith, Occupational Therapist, Gloucester ICT
- Partnership and Inclusion Team
Leadership Award
**Winner** – Cherie Mollentze, Covid-19 Testing Team Leader
Shortlisted Nominees
- Ava Carpenter, SARC Service Manager
- Liz Bennett, Specialist Nurse for Children in Care
- Steve Shelley-King, Consultant Dementia Nurse
- Steve Ireland, Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Special Recognition
- Cath Shephard, Operational Lead for Equipment Services
- Jo Beames, Admin Team Lead at Cirencester Hospitals
- Rebecca Walder, Manager of the Covid Testing Team
- Karen Fawcett, Senior Sister of Coln Ward
- Dominika Lipska-Rosecka, Partnership and Inclusion Manager
Outstanding Achievement Award
**Winner** – Mark Adams, Lead Nurse for Learning Disabilities
Shortlisted Nominees
- Tracy Ellyatt, MHICT South
- Terri Selby, Complex Care at Home
- Mary Evans, Community Learning Disabilities Team
Special Recognition
- Recruitment and Retention Team
- Andy Webb, Team Manager, Criminal Justice Liaison Service
- Reception Administration Team for the Community Mental Health Teams based at Leckhampton Lodge
- Ruth Wethey, Head of Clinical Systems
Unsung Hero Award
**Winners** – Covid Testing Team Volunteers
Shortlisted Nominees
- Joseph Barnett
- Dominika Lipska-Rosecka
Special Recognition
Elizabeth Hentry – Windrush Ward supporting international nurses
