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.
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.
Liz's compassion and kindness recognised by family
*** Trigger Warning — Story contains references to baby loss ***
One of our families took the time to share why Liz, who they described as a “truly exceptional health professional” was so deserving of a DAISY Award.
They first saw me in the saddest of circumstances, following the delivery of their stillborn son.
“Liz was so kind, caring and compassionate and she made the two days I got to spend with my son as comfortable as possible. She enabled me to make some especially important and cherished memories with him. I felt I could trust her entirely and felt able to go to her when I was struggling mentally.“
Liz’s support was unfailing and, later, she accompanied the family to every medical appointment when they became pregnant again.
“Without her, I'm not sure I would have made it through my terrible times. I think of her often and am always so impressed, inspired and truly touched by her kindness.
“We named our daughter after her, in honour of the incredibly huge role she played in our journey to parenthood
“She honestly deserves tremendous recognition and acknowledgement for her outstanding bereavement support work.”
Congratulations Liz for being so incredible.
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