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.
Praise for midwife Nikki who transformed mum’s pregnancy journey
Homebirth Midwife Nikki Murgatroyd was awarded the coveted DAISY award after being nominated by a mum for transforming her pregnancy journey during lockdown.
Her nomination said: “I was struggling physically and emotionally. I was suffering significantly from iron deficiency anaemia, particularly severe breathlessness that made even minimal exertion extremely difficult.
“On top of this, I was continuing to work full time as an NHS doctor. I was exhausted, unwell and struggling to cope. I referred myself to the homebirth team and my first appointment with Nikki was transformative.
“She truly listened to me, really listened and believed me when I explained how unmanageable my symptoms had become.”
Supporting the mum throughout the rest of her third trimester, a significant part of labour and a very challenging postnatal period, Nikki encouraged her, linked her in with our Infant Feeding Team and helped her persevere when she felt overwhelmed. She then went onto be the mum’s midwife during her next two pregnancies.
“Nikki has been my midwife for all three of my pregnancies and has been present for parts of the labour of two of them. That very first meeting with her and the care she has provided ever since completely changed the trajectory of my first pregnancy,” said the new mum.
"What could have remained a frightening and overwhelming experience is now something I look back on with positivity and gratitude.
“Nikki has been instrumental in bringing my three beautiful children into the world. She is not only an exceptional midwife, but an extraordinary human being.
"She will always be regarded as a member of our family and someone to whom I will be eternally grateful.”
Presented with the award by Louisa Davidson, Director of Midwifery, Nikki received a certificate and ‘Healer’s Touch’ statue, a DAISY pin and cinnamon rolls for her team.
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