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.
Nurse Claire wins coveted award for helping bring the magic of cinema to our Children’s Hospital
Claire Powell, Associate Director of Nursing and Quality, was presented with a coveted DAISY award for her work on the MediCinema project, bringing the magic of cinema to patients at our Children’s Hospital.
It was a special award for Claire, presented on the first National Children’s Nurses Day. She walked into MediCinema on the day (Tuesday 30 June) expecting to catch up with a colleague, only to find the hospital's Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Daljit Athwal, waiting for her with a whole audience.
Claire said: “I was so surprised to see my colleagues in the cinema waiting for me.
“It’s a really special thing to be awarded a DAISY award. And we've got so many incredible nurses at this Trust. To be not only nominated but to win means the world.”
Daljit read out Claire’s emotional nomination to the audience and presented Claire with a certificate, Healer’s Touch statue, a DAISY pin and cinnamon rolls for her and her team.
This award was especially meaningful for Claire as she is semi-retiring from her role after 36 years working as a nurse in the NHS.
She added: “I actually trained at the old Children’s Hospital site in Five Ways and I came back five years ago. It’s been a real honour to return as a Senior Leader and to see the nurses of tomorrow training here.
“Getting the DAISY award today has made my retirement feel real now, so I’m very emotional. Being a nurse means everything to me.”
Claire was nominated for her integral role in bringing MediCinema to our Children’s Hospital this year.
Funded by our Charity, the cinema features 84 purpose-made, movie-style seats and is designed specially to accommodate wheelchairs and will screen the latest films at no cost to patients or the NHS.
In her nomination, her colleague shared: “Claire joined the MediCinema project in January 2026 and has proven to be an integral part of setting up the service, ensuring patient safety is paramount and being a true advocate for the programme.
“Her energy, enthusiasm and knowledge was vital to our launch day on 3 March 2026.
“She went above and beyond, helping with patient collections to bring them to the cinema, greeting patients as they entered with her wonderfully warm and welcoming manner but also providing key feedback to help us improve the service we offer to ensure it's safe and inclusive for as many patients as possible.
“No issue is too big or too small for Claire, she cares so deeply about ensuring patients at our Children’s Hospital have the best experience during their stay and has truly supported us every step of the way to reach over 200 patients since we opened in March.
“She's a joy to be around and it's clear she wants to share that joy with as many patients as possible.”
We want to say a huge congratulations to Claire and wish her well in her retirement.
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