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.
Congratulations to Claire Hughes, nominated for her compassion and support
Claire Hughes, Clinical Nurse Manager on Ward 8 at our Women's Hospital, has recently been awarded the coveted DAISY Award after she was nominated by a fellow staff member for her outstanding support and compassion.
The nomination said: “I would like to nominate my manager, Claire, for the DAISY Award for the incredible support and compassion she has shown me during one of the most difficult times in my life.
“Claire has not only been a manager but a true source of strength, guidance and kindness.
“Her compassion goes beyond words. She has been there for me, not just as a manager, Claire nominated for compassion and support but as someone who truly cared for my wellbeing, especially as an international nurse who left loved ones behind.
“I am deeply grateful to Claire. My gratitude extends not just from me, but from my parents as well, for looking after me when I was far from home. I wish I could give her more than a thousand awards for her compassion, but through this nomination, I hope she will be recognised for the extraordinary person and leader she is.
“My words are not enough to describe my gratitude, but I hope this nomination shows how much you are appreciated.”
Claire was surprised and presented with the award by Jessica Atoklo, Head of Midwifery and Associate Director of Nursing and Daljit Athwal, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, when she received a certificate and ‘Healer’s Touch’ statue, a DAISY pin and cinnamon rolls for her colleagues.
She said: “It means so much to receive this award and I am completely overwhelmed.
“To have such beautiful, kind words written by a colleague who has faced challenges and come through the other side means so much.
“I am very proud of her and to be recognised with a DAISY is an amazing achievement.”
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