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Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust has launched its staff awards scheme, ‘Celebrating Excellence’, which aims to recognise and celebrate the very best of patient care, compassion, skill and innovation amongst its 10,000 members of staff across its hospitals and community services.

Once again the Trust is inviting members of the public to publicly acknowledge individuals and teams who are making a positive difference to patients in the ‘Dr Kate Granger Compassionate Care Award’ category, 

The Dr Kate Granger Compassionate Care Award gives patients, relatives and visitors the opportunity to say thank you for outstanding personalised compassionate care and treatment given to themselves, a relative or a friend, at either Pinderfields Hospital, Pontefract Hospital, Dewsbury and District Hospital, or via community services in the Wakefield and Pontefract areas.

Chairman Keith Ramsay said: “ Our Celebrating Excellence Awards are a key part of the Trust’s commitment to celebrate the excellence of individuals and teams and to recognise best practice across the organisation.

“Despite another challenging year, colleagues have continued to go above and beyond to provide exceptional personalised care. The Dr Kate Granger Compassionate Care Award provides an opportunity for members of the public to show their appreciation to our staff for their outstanding work and service.”

The nomination form for the Dr Kate Granger Compassionate Care Award category is available at the Volunteers’ desks at the Trust’s hospitals, via SurveyMonkey at  https://bit.ly/3rBWK4U or visit the website at: www.midyorks.nhs.uk .

The closing date for nominations is 31 December 2023.

 

 

Notes

• Dr Kate Granger was an inspiring and dedicated consultant in elderly medicine at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust.
• After being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2011, Dr Granger raised over £250,000 for local cancer charity, the Yorkshire Cancer Centre Appeal.
• Dr Granger campaigned for better patient care and tried to improve the way doctors and nurses speak to patients by launching the ‘#hellomynameis’ campaign, which went on to win the backing of more than 400,000 health workers across 90 NHS organisations.
• Dr Granger died at the age of 34 in July 2016.