2024 NHS PARLIAMENTARY AWARDS NOW OPEN:
For over 75 years, the NHS has been a source of pride in Worthing West and across the country, but it would be nothing without the skill, dedication and compassion of NHS staff, as well as the many others that support the service.
I have encountered day in, day out, the passion and dedication so many local workers and volunteers put into ensuring everyone in our community is healthy and happy.
This is why I’m looking for local health and care heroes to put forward for national recognition at the 2024 NHS Parliamentary Awards.
All our NHS staff, volunteers and society’s carers deserve recognition, but there are many that go above and beyond the call of duty to make the NHS a better service - with hard graft, exciting new ideas and simply by putting patients first.
To submit your nomination, complete the form at the bottom of this page. If you would like to nominate for the Lifetime Achievement Award, please see further details below.
I can only submit one nomination per category and would like the help of local constituents in deciding who these should be.
The deadline for submissions is 23:59 on Sunday 14th April, 2024.
The categories are as follows:
- The Excellence in Healthcare Award
- This award recognises individuals or teams who go above and beyond to improve outcomes and experiences for patients living with and beyond these major health conditions or work to prevent them.
- The Excellence in Mental Health Care Award
- This award is for the individual or team that has worked across organisational boundaries to develop new and effective services to help people living with mental health problems.
- The Future NHS Award
- This award seeks to highlight individuals, teams and organisations that are successfully embracing the opportunities that come from advances in medical technology, data and connectivity
- The Nursing and Midwifery Award
- This award is for any nurse or midwife who has used their skills to ensure that patients experience care and compassion.
- The Health Equalities Award
- This award is for an individual or organisation that helps the NHS to do its bit by bringing together different groups and organisations to reduce health inequalities and prevent ill health in their community.
- The Excellence in Primary Care and Community Care Award
- This award seeks to recognise practitioners and their teams in primary or community care that are working with patients to help them stay healthy and avoid long stays in hospital or being admitted in the first place.
- The Excellence in Urgent and Emergency Care Award
- This award seeks to celebrate the amazing work of our emergency care services across the country whether that’s A&E doctors and nurses, Ambulance Service paramedics and technicians, out-of-hours GPs or the 999 and 111 teams.
- The Excellence in Education and Training Award
- This award will recognise a team or individual that is leading the way in supporting the delivery of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan through innovative approaches to education and training which benefit new and existing staff, support professional development and improve patient care.
- The Volunteer Award
- This award recognises the crucial role of volunteers in improving our health and care.
- The Lifetime Achievement Award*
- This award seeks to honour those who have given their life to the NHS, and have left it – whether just in their area or nationally – a better service for patients and/or a better place to work for those who will follow them.
*to submit a nomination for the Lifetime Achievement Award, please see below
Questions to be answered when submitting a nomination: (Maximum 300 words per section)
- What has been done? – detail the exceptional work to benefit patients and/or staff.
- What was the impact?– detail how the work has had a positive impact on patients and/or staff, including particular groups where applicable and to what extent (including statistics or case studies).
- What happens next? – detail how this work will be developed further, or best practice shared locally, regionally, or nationally to benefit more patients and/or staff.
Please also include as many contact details for the nominee as possible. They will need to be contacted should their nomination be successful.
Lifetime Achievement Award: (Maximum 300 words per section)
This award is for an individual who has worked within a health or care setting for 40 years or more who has left a legacy. This award seeks to honour those who have given their life to the NHS, and have left it – whether just in their area or nationally – a better service for patients and/or a better place to work for those who will follow them. We are looking for someone who has worked or volunteered within or in support of a health or care setting for 40 years or more, and who has left a lasting legacy. This award is also open to any of the thousands of former NHS workers across the country who have come out of retirement in recent years.
Questions to be answered when submitting a nomination for the Lifetime Achievement Award:
- Outline of this person’s career/relationship with, or how they have supported the NHS.
- How have they made the NHS better for patients?
- How have they made the NHS better for past, present and future staff?
To submit a nomination for the Lifetime Achievement Award, please email you nomination directly to me: BottomleyP@Parliament.uk
