Millie wins DAISY for giving care at home
Millie Fage from the Complex Care Community team at the Children’s Hospital has won the prestigious international DAISY Award. Millie is a team leader who manages a core team of children in the community who require long term ventilation via a tracheostomy.
One of Millie's patients had a planned decannulation of his tracheostomy which was completed within his home instead of in hospital. Due to the patient's needs, completing the decannulation in hospital wasn't in the patient’s best interest and would ultimately delay his tracheostomy being removed.
Millie coordinated multi-disciplinary teams, liaised with the relevant Integrated Care Board, completed a meeting for his care team to ensure everyone was up to date with the plans for decannulation. The decannulation went successfully and for the first time in 12 years the patient no longer has a tracheostomy.
The nomination said: “Millie has been so amazing through this whole process we talked at great length about decan of our son’s tracheostomy we have been with complex care for the past 12 years.
“She is so knowledgeable and has an aura about her she's an amazing nurse and goes above and beyond none of this would have been possible without you and your care and compassion for our son. Millie you are an absolute asset to complex care.”
Millie was surprised with her award in a training session by Tammy Davies, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer and Heather Petts, Associate Director of Nursing (Medicine).
On her award win, Millie said: “Being able to facilitate a home decannulation took a team effort and it was such a privilege to lead the process. Doing our traditional in hospital decannulation was not in the patient's best interest.
“Family centred care is at the forefront of all my practice, so this has been such a rewarding experience to be able to achieve this with them. I'm so grateful to be part of the fantastic team that helped make this happen.”
Congratulations Millie.
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