Winners
The annual awards are our chance to recognise members of the NHS Lothian team who regularly go above and beyond the call of duty and we thank the winners for the hard work, care and dedication they show.
Celebrating Success Award Winners 2015
Improving Patient Access
The South East Community Midwifery Team scooped this award for their dedication and enthusiasm in improving access to postnatal contraception for all women.
Best Example of Quality, Innovation and Productivity
The Forensic Radiology Team at the Royal Infirmary stood out in this category for establishing the first post mortem CT service in Scotland.
Voluntary Service Award
Jimmy McGill won this award for his work on the FACE Garden at the Western General which provides great joy to staff, patients and visitors at the Cancer Unit.
Click here to see a video of why he won:
http://youtu.be/wPBQadMKCTU
Mentor of the Year
“Our Val”, Valerie McGowan, took this award for her structured, easy-to-understand training for staff in the Reproductive Medicine Lab.
Staff Member of the Year
Gillian Clarke, team lead for the capacity and site management team at the Royal Infirmary won this award for putting her heart and soul into ensuring patients get in and out of hospital in a safe, effective and efficient way.
To find out why Gill won, click here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XstmFIS6qA&feature=youtu.be
Respect for Others
Our Health Visiting Team from Pennywell Resource Centre won this award for their dedication in developing positive relationships with hard to reach families.
Team of the Year
The Team of the Year award went to the Domestic Services team from Liberton Hospital for excelling in gaining more knowledge of infection, prevention and control in order to provide a clean environment for patients, staff and visitors.
Meet the team and see why they won here:
http://youtu.be/juPPKBZ8NEk
Caring Champion of the Year
Our Caring Champion of the Year is Robbie Collins, clinical support worker from Haemophilia and Thrombosis for going above and beyond his job role in providing play therapy to children receiving treatment.
Health Hero
And finally, our Health Hero is Margaret McEwan, play specialist at the Sick Kid’s for her invaluable support to little patient Bella and her family during her treatment.
To find out why Margaret won, click here:
http://youtu.be/1-uS2Hp8Kzo
