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.
Taslima recognised for her outstanding compassion on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Taslima Choudhury, Sister on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at our Women’s Hospital was one of the first DAISY award winners of 2025.
Taslima was nominated by a family whose baby she cared for on the unit, after she went above and beyond to create a special book of memories for the family after a difficult stay on the unit.
The family said in their nomination: “Our beautiful daughter was born premature at 23 weeks and six days.
“We had been over at the NICU for four weeks and she had a very unstable and rough start to life, but was shown so much love from every nurse and doctor who cared for her. Unfortunately, we had to then take her to the Children's Hospital to have major surgery.
“We had some very touch and go moments between surgeries, during those times the one thing I thought of was how we hadn't really documented or made memories apart from mental images and photos.
“An amazing nurse had gone out of her way in her own time, to create a priceless book for us and our daughter. Documenting her journey, her personal attributes and body sizes like feet and head, it's the only item I would look for if the house was burning down.
“She made that for us without even knowing us or owning us anything.
“She is one of the kindest, most genuine, beautiful people inside and out. Taslima deserves more than she would ever expect in work and life. An incredible person, who is a shining star in the hardest part of our lives.”
Taslima was surprised on the unit and was presented with the award by Louisa Davidson, Associate Director of Nursing and Midwifery and Head of Midwifery. She received a certificate, ‘Healer’s Touch’ statue, a DAISY pin and cinnamon rolls for her colleagues.
She commented: “I was very shocked, I never expected it at all. I felt so blessed to be part of the team that made me the nurse I am today.
“I am merely just an example of so many of my colleagues, I really love my job, and this almost feels like a trophy reflecting that.
“I do feel proud of myself, I sometimes struggle with my confidence a lot and it’s made me feel like I can actually do this like I am a decent nurse.’
Congratulations Taslima. You can nominate a nurse or a midwife for a DAISY award on our website now - nominations are always open.
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