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:
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.
Nurse Tshepo’s commitment to supporting young people and families recognised with DAISY Award
We’d like to wish a huge ‘congratulations’ to the latest winner of our coveted DAISY Award, Tshepo Samuel Mokgosi, a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, who supports young people from our Forward Thinking Birmingham, West Core Community Mental Health Team at our Finch Road hub.
He received a special nomination from a colleague, who took the time to share how much they admired his commitment and dedication to his role. They got in touch to say ‘thank you ’ and recognise the positive impact his work has on patients.
It also explained how Tshepo demonstrates compassion when supporting young people with complex cases, always working tirelessly to achieve the best outcomes.
As is the case with all of our DAISY Award winners, Tshepo was surprised with his certificate, winner’s pin badge, ‘Healer’s Touch’ statue and cinnamon rolls (which he shared with colleagues). Daljit Athwal, our Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, was on hand to make the presentation.
He said, “I really appreciate the amount of compassion from my colleague that went into my nomination.
“The words shared were really a reflection of the team I am a part of. In my role, I have learnt so much
“I appreciate that someone was able to notice my patient-centred approach to provide the best possible care."
Daljit said: “ Our DAISY award is all about recognising the work of our tremendous colleagues who strive to do all they can for those they care for – to really make a difference.
“Tshepo is the definition of this with the care and compassion he has shown within his role.”
If you know someone who has made a difference to you as a patient and/or family member, please do nominate them for a DAISY Award, which is kindly supported by our Charity.
Doing so is easy , simply head to our DAISY Award page and share details on why the person you’re nominating is so deserving.
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