By Pamela McGowan

Last updated at 14:28, Friday, 07 August 2009

The countdown to the Celebrating Excellence Awards 2009 is officially on after judges this week unveiled the shortlist of nominations.

The maternity team from the WCH: Nominated for Patient Public Involvement Award

There are 14 categories, ranging from doctor, nurse or midwife of the year to a lifetime achievement award.

It is the second year that the North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS trust has held the awards for its workforce.

They aim to celebrate the achievements of staff at the Cumberland Infirmary, West Cumberland Hospital and Penrith Birthing Centre.

Its chief executive Carole Heatly said: “Every year, many thousands of patients in north Cumbria receive top quality care from our staff, whose extraordinary commitment to others is inspirational.

“We have many areas of development, excellence in our hospitals and we want to ensure that north Cumbria’s talents, abilities and innovation is recognised locally, regionally and nationally.”

Nominations for the awards opened in the spring, giving staff a chance to put forward the names of colleagues they felt had gone above the call of duty to help patients and improve NHS standards.

There is also a special Patients’ Award, which gives members of the public an opportunity to highlight excellent care they have experienced and individuals who have gone that extra mile to help.

Since the nominations closed at the end of May, a team of judges have been pouring over the entries, looking for the most outstanding achievements.

The panel was made up of trust chairman Mike Little; chief executive Carole Heatly; Cumbrian GP Dr Ian Mitchell, of NHS Cumbria; The Royal College of Nursing’s regional director, Glen Turp; Heather Livesey, head of the University of Cumbria School of Nursing and Midwifery; Margo Christie, the associate director of nursing at NHS Dumfries and Galloway; CN Group’s managing director, Terry Hall; Linda Cheng, chair of the Patient Panels; and Alan Alexander, representing Cumbria LINks.

Over the next few weeks we will be focusing on some of the individuals and teams on their final shortlist. The winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony at Rheged on September 3.

The event – organised by CN Event Management – is being funded through sponsorship, giving businesses and organisations a chance to show their support for the hospitals. The full shortlist is:

DOCTOR OF THE YEAR

Dr PAUL DAVIES and Dr OLU ORUGUN (jointly), Elderly Care physicians, Cumberland Infirmary/West Cumberland Hospital

Dr HUGH O’BRIEN, Consultant Haematologist, Cumberland Infirmary

NURSE/MIDWIFE OF THE YEAR

HELEN ROE, Cancer Nurse Consultant, Cumberland Infirmary

SHEENA TODHUNTER, Intensive Care, West Cumberland Hospital

REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR

TONI HALL, Physiotherapy Department, Cumberland Infirmary

WENDY FARREN, Physiotherapy Department, Cumberland Infirmary

CLINICAL SUPPORT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR

DEBORAH PARKER, Dalegarth Renal Unit, West Cumberland Hospital

DEREK MANN, Radiotherapy Clinical Oncology, Cumberland Infirmary

CLERICAL SUPPORT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR

GERALDEEN BENSON, Anaesthetic Department, West Cumberland Hospital

SUSAN PEDROSA, Medial Secretary, Cumberland Infirmary

LEADERSHIP AWARD

LYNNE GORLEY, Head of Service Improvement, Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital

ANDREA TOMLINSON, Matron Elderly Care, West Cumberland Hospital

TEAM OF THE YEAR

DAY SURGERY UNIT, Cumberland Infirmary

ENDOSCOPY NURSES, Cumberland Infirmary

PATIENT SAFETY AWARD

CHRIS MUSGRAVE, GILL LONG & CHARLOTTE JOHNSTONE, Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital

PATIENT PANELS, Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital

EDUCATOR/MENTOR OF THE YEAR

MARK IRVING, Specialist Cancer Nurse, Cumberland Infirmary

MR ANDREW ROBSON, Associate Medical Director for Training & Education, Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital

PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AWARD

CANCER INFORMATION AND ADVICE SERVICE, Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital

MATERNITY SERVICE, West Cumberland Hospital

PATIENTS’ AWARD

Dr HUGH O’BRIEN, Consultant Haematologist, Cumberland Infirmary

CAROL JOHNSTON, Facilities Manager, Cumberland Infirmary and the Patient Panel Clean Audit Team

IMPROVING QUALITY AWARD

STEVE DOUGAN, Estates & Facilities Quality Manager, West Cumberland Hospital

STROKE SERVICES, Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital

DELIVERING EFFICIENCY AWARD

CLINICAL CODERS, Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital

CHARLES SIDNEY & PAUL GILL, Catering Management Team, Cumberland Infirmary

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

JANICE MOSCROP, Deputy Director of Nursing, Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital

SANDRA STILLING, Infection Prevention Lead Nurse (retired), West Cumberland Hospital

CAROLE GRAHAM, Medical Records, Cumberland Infirmary

ELIZABETH KEGG, Reception Manager, West Cumberland Hospital.

First published at 15:47, Wednesday, 22 July 2009
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