Nursing Standard Nurse Awards 2013
2011 Winners
The 2011 winners were presented with their award at a prestigious awards ceremony held at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel, London on 29 April 2011. Fiona Murphy, clinical lead for bereavement and donation, at Royal Bolton Hospital, was chosen to receive the ultimate accolade of Nursing Standard Nurse of the Year 2011.
Category Winners
Child Health Award
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June Rogers, PromoCon, Manchester
June conducted a study to see if listening to music could help doubly incontinent children with complex learning disabilities engage with toilet training in a school setting. At the end of her study, 15 of the 17 children were toilet trained.
Picture left to right: Angela Rippon, June Rogers, Dame Christine Beasley, Rhonda Oliver.
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Community Nursing Award
Intermediate Care Team represented by Kendra Schneller, NHS Lambeth Community Health, London
The team secured funding for an intermediate care service at a hostel for former street homeless people to reduce their use of emergency and hospital care. A&E attendance was reduced by 52 per cent and hospital admissions fell 77 per cent.
Picture left to right: Angela Rippon, Kendra Schneller, Fenella Jolly, Dame Christine Beasley, Rhonda Oliver.
Defence Nursing Award
Military Plastics Outreach Team represented by Major John Clark, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine
Major Clark's team receive injured personnel from Afghanistan, handling severe injuries caused by bomb blasts, firearms and improvised explosive devices. Regularly adapting to changing injury patterns and unpredictable workloads, members of the team will soon be deployed to teach their skills in field hospitals and the military rehabilitation centre at Headley Court.
Picture left to right: Angela Rippon; Corporal Suzanne Nunn; Dame Christine Beasley; Major John Clark; Dr Peter Carter
Innovations in Rheumatology
and Rheumatoid Arthritis Award
CARE represented by Kanta Kumar and Chandrika Gordhan, Birmingham
With volunteers and colleagues, the team established a rheumatoid arthritis service tailor-made for patients of south Asian origin. Local people were trained as patient educators, multilingual educational materials were developed and a helpline was established to help patients manage their conditions.
Picture left to right: Angela Rippon; Kanta Kumar, Chandrika Gordhan, Dame Christine Beasley; Suzanne Murphy
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Mental Health: Innovation with Patient Involvement in Recovery Planning
Step 2 Team, represented by Deborah Bone and Allison McNaught, Hertfordshire Community Health Service
Bright Stars, a therapeutic programme to tackle anxiety, low self-esteem and anger among young people was developed by the Step 2 Team. Evaluations have shown that the programme has lessened the stigma attached to mental health services for young people and that they continue to use the practical techniques taught.
Picture left to right: Angela Rippon; Deborah Bone, Allison McNaught, Dame Christine Beasley; Noel Tracey
Nursing Innovations in Criminal Justice Settings
Prison Learning Disability Team at HMP The Mount, represented by Perpetua Kamwendo, Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Deborah Birtchnell, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Perpetua and Deborah formed a specialist prison learning disability team. They developed a tool to identify people with a learning disability, designed an awareness training programme and information pack and introduced an awareness week and annual mental health checks for inmates.
Picture left to right: Deborah Parkin; Angela Rippon; Deborah Birtchnell; Dame Christine Beasley; Richard Blake; Perpetua Kamwendo; Frank Garvey
RCN Professional Forums General Award
Bereavement and Donor Support Team, Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Introduced by Fiona Murphy, this nurse led team revolutionised the service it offers in the care of the patients and their families before, during and after death. Offering choices and raising tissue donation options. More than 90 per cent of dying patients and their families are now supported by staff at Bolton Hospitals and organ donation has increased by 55 per cent over the past five years.
Picture left to right: Angela Rippon; Fiona Murphy; Julie Bramwell; Dame Christine Beasley; Steve Jamieson
Robert Tiffany International Award
Professor June Andrews, Dementia Services Development Centre, Stirling
June's work has helped to establish a new dementia centre in the Netherlands and built influential alliances in Canada and Australia. She believes that dementia is a treatable condition and that international research on the design of effective services, combined with better nurse and carer training can make a huge difference.
Picture left to right: Angela Rippon; Professor June Andrews; Dame Christine Beasley; Andrea Spyropoulos
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Ward Sister Award
Jane Brookes, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Jane's ward previously recorded high staff sickness levels, frequent drug errors and low staff morale. Jane was nomimated by a member of staff who says that, by setting and monitoring standards she has turned it into a ward with a great reputation for patient safety and exceptional leadership.
Picture left to right: Angela Rippon; Jane Brookes; Dame Christine Beasley; Alan Riches
Nurse of the Year 2011
Fiona Murphy, clinical lead for bereavement and donation, at Royal Bolton Hospital.