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Katie Piper presents prizes to Chelsea and Westminster staff at 2013 Star Awards

22 April 2013

There were tears, laughter and many reasons to celebrate at the 2013 Chelsea and Westminster Star Awards which recognise staff at the Trust. Special guest Katie Piper presented 19 awards to individuals and teams at the ceremony at Chelsea Football Club.

There were tears, laughter and many reasons to celebrate at the 2013 Chelsea and Westminster Star Awards which recognise staff at the Trust. Special guest Katie Piper presented 19 awards to individuals and teams at the ceremony at Chelsea Football Club.

There were nearly 1000 nominations across the 19 categories this year. Fifteen of the award categories were nominated by staff, one category was chosen by patients and there were two special awards selected by the Council of Governors and the Chief Executive.

Katie gave an inspirational speech ahead of the awards which struck a chord with everyone present and described how important every member of staff is and the difference they make to patients.

The most emotional category of the evening was the Chief Executive's Special Award. Chief Executive Tony Bell chose an individual and a team to receive an award this year. The individual winner was Edgar Horne Ward Manager Sian Davies, who nearly missed the ceremony as she had stayed late on her nursing shift to care for a patient who needed extra attention.

The Chief Executive's team award went to the A&E and Patient Flow team who ensure patients are treated quickly and effectively in A&E, are cared for on the right ward at the right time and are discharged efficiently.

The Chief Executive announced on the night that Chelsea and Westminster Hospital was the best performing Trust in the country for meeting the 4 hour A&E waiting time target during 2012/13 so there was extra reason for celebration.

The 2013 Star Award winners were:

Staff Choice awards

Healthcare Assistant of the Year
Ashley Wynne-Sutton

Educator/Mentor of the Year
Dawn Grant, Lead Nurse for HCA Development

Volunteer of the Year
Rita Spackman, Friends Patient Support Volunteer

Researcher of the Year
Marcela Vizcaychipi, Consultant (Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine)

Diagnostic and Allied Health Professional of the Year
Barry Crane, Physiotherapist

Support Services Star of the Year
Matt Guilfoyle, Workforce and ESR Manager

Facilities Services Star of the Year
Joaquim Pereira, Cleaner (Saturn Ward)

Manager of the Year
Sarah Buckland, Service Manager (Medicine)

Midwife of the Year
Mog Hunter

Nurse of the Year
Emer Bouanem, Clinical Nurse Specialist (Trauma & Orthopaedics)

Senior Nurse of the Year
Gary Artiss, Charge Nurse (Palliative Care)

Doctor of the Year
Dr Stefano Maccario, Paediatric Registrar (collected by colleague Rachael Welsby)

Outstanding Leadership Award
Melanie Guinan, Matron (Children's Services)

Improving the Patient Experience Award
Dr Iñaki Bovill, Consultant, Elderly Care in Medicine and General Internal Medicine

Team of the Year
Mercury Ward

 

Patient Choice Award Council of Governors Special Award

Dermatology Team

Joseph Mutesva
Technical Engineer (Clinical Engineering)

 

Chief Executive's Special Award

Individual
Sian Davies, Ward Manager (Edgar Horne Ward)

Team
A&E Target/Flow Team

Congratulations to everyone who was shortlisted for an award and to the very worthy winners. Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit a nomination for this year's Star Awards and making the judging very tough.


Thank you to our sponsors

A huge thank you to our main sponsors Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity who made this event possible.

We would also like to thank the following companies, contractors and organisations that have generously sponsored prizes for our individual and team award winners: