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.
Mental Health Nurse recognised with prestigious DAISY Award
Siobhan Johnson, Clinical Team Manager at Forward Thinking Birmingham, the city’s 0-25s mental health service, was recently surprised with a coveted DAISY award.
A colleague nominated Siobhan for her compassion and dedication in supporting a young person in their recovery and advocating for their best interests.
After being surprised with her presentation, Siobhan said: "I'm really shocked but so grateful to receive this award. I've got a great team behind me and we all work together incredibly well to deliver the best care we can.
Her nomination said: "I think she (Siobhan) exemplifies the ethos of the DAISY awards and demonstrates compassionate, patient-centred care.
"Siobhan has definitely gone above and beyond her role and demonstrated the Trust values of being ambitious, brave and compassionate in the way she works with young people under her care.
"The standards of care need to be recognised, and this has filled me with great joy and optimism. Siobhan is clearly an advocate for patient-centred care and the recovery work we have set out to achieve.
"I have also felt enthused by the level of curiosity, the checking in and the fact that Siobhan not only took advice on board but was able to translate that into meaningful actions for this young person and their care pathway. She also took some really complex conversations and processes and made them make sense for her young person.
"Siobhan is an absolute joy to work alongside, and I really do look forward to seeing where her journey within mental health services takes her."
Lisa Pim, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, Quality Governance, presented Siobhan with her award. She also received a certificate and ‘Healer’s Touch’ statue, a DAISY pin and cinnamon rolls for her colleagues.
You can nominate a nurse or a midwife for a DAISY award on our website now - nominations are always open.
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