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 recognize 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:
D elivers compassionate patient patient-centred care
A bove and beyond their role
Impact on you
S hares the Trust's values and upholds the standards of excellence
Y ou - 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.
Kirsty Awarded for Exceptional Support to Patients and Colleagues
Kirsty Hollis has been a Mental Health Nurse at Parkview Clinic, an inpatient mental health service, for over 13 years.
Recently, she was surprised with a coveted DAISY award for her compassionate care towards young people in recovery.
After receiving the award, Kirsty said: "I'm so grateful for this recognition. I'm overwhelmed, I don't really know how to put it into words. I'm just so thankful."
Kirsty was nominated by a colleague who said: "Kirsty is an advocate to those in her care, always looking to find ways to make our young people’s stay easier for them.
"Kirsty quickly develops a rapport with our young people, building their trust by going out of her way to ensure their voices and their family's voice are heard.
"Not only our young people but myself as a colleague have been a recipient in Kirsty’s compassionate nature - she is always celebrating my successes with me, building me up to be an even better nurse and being a constant support during the hard times."
Daljit Athwal, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, presented Kirsty with her award alongside many of her colleagues who gathered to surprise her.
She also received a certificate and ‘Healer’s Touch’ statue and a DAISY pin.
Kirsty added: "I really encourage everyone to nominate nurses and midwives for the DAISY award as it really does mean a lot to be recognised."
You can nominate a nurse or a midwife for a DAISY award on our website now - nominations are always open.
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