We all know how ‘ bloomin amazing our nursing and midwifery colleagues are and now there’s a new way that patients and families, as well as colleagues, can recognise their work and care.
BWC has now launched the DAISY Awards, an international program that honours and celebrates the skilful and compassionate care nurses and midwives provide every day.
Anyone can make a nomination and every person nominated will be recognised with regular overall winners chosen and surprised with a special presentation for them and their colleagues.
Nominate here:
Nominations can be made via forms across our sites or by visiting the Trust’s website.
Every nominee will be recognised and we will announce a number of winners throughout the year.
Each winner will get a surprise presentation on their unit, a certificate and ‘Healer’s Touch’ statue, a DAISY pin and cinnamon rolls for them and their colleagues.
All winners are also posted on the Trust’s DAISY section of the website and have a page on the DAISY Foundation’s website.
The DAISY Award is funded by our Charity and is a recognition program to celebrate and recognise nurses and midwives, proportionally our largest professional group, by collecting nominations from patients, families, and co-workers. It is a way to thank nurses and midwives who go the extra mile and for the care and kindness they provide.
It is one part of our Trust-wide reward and recognition programme that recognises and celebrates all our colleagues through these awards, local divisional schemes, our monthly Star Awards and of course our annual BWC Spirit Awards programme.
How to nominate/criteria
You can easily nominate through our Trust website or through paper nomination forms available across all our sites. Simply fill in the form and pop it into one of the DAISY-branded nomination boxes.
We ask you to provide some simple details about the care you experienced and to describe a situation in which the nurse or midwife demonstrated compassionate care and how it impacted you. Please provide as much detail as possible!
Nominations will be reviewed by a committee of colleagues from across the Trust. When reviewing nominations, the committee will be looking at a number of criteria, they are:
Delivers compassionate patient-centred care
Above and beyond their role
Impact on you
Shares the Trust's values and upholds the standards of excellence
You - Putting the patient first, supporting their interests when planning or delivering care.
History
DAISY Awards were established by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who died from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura in 1999 in the United States. During his care, they deeply appreciated not only the immense clinical skill but also the enormous compassion shown to Pat and his family by his nurses. When Pat died, they felt compelled to say, “Thank you!” to nurses in a very personal way.
Awesome Alison wins DAISY Award recognising her compassion and dedication
Congratulations to Alison Watson, Neurology/Epilepsy Clinical Nurse Specialist, who is our latest recipient of the prestigious DAISY Award.
She was recently surprised with her prize by Daljit Athwal, our Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, along with other colleagues who wanted to share in the celebration.
Alison received a beautiful and heartfelt nomination from a peer who wanted to recognise the positive impact she has on patients, families and those she works with. It described her as being “the kind of nurse families remember for the rest of their lives.”
It went on: “Her compassion, dedication and unwavering commitment to children and young people with complex epilepsy across the West Midlands sets her apart as an extraordinary clinician and an extraordinary human being.
“For Alison, excellence isn’t an aspiration; it’s her baseline. Nothing is ever too much trouble. She consistently goes out of her way to ensure every patient receives the safest, most thoughtful and most personalised care possible.
“Families trust her because she earns that trust every single day through her actions, her empathy and her relentless advocacy for her patients.”
The nomination also told of how Alison’s ability to manage complex medication plans for patients outside the hospital, “is not just impressive, it is lifesaving”.
“She provides a safety net that families depend on and she never lets it slip. She is the definition of a ‘super nurse’. Alison embodies the vision and values of BWC in everything she does.”
It rounded off by explaining how Alison “uplifts her colleagues, reassures anxious parents, empowers young people and brings dignity and hope to families navigating some of the hardest moments of their lives.”
As a winner of a DAISY Award, which is kindly supported by our Charity, Alison received a certificate, Healer’s Touch statue, a DAISY pin and cinnamon rolls for her and her team.
Do you know someone who deserves our monthly DAISY Award? Nominate them now quickly and easily via our website.
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