Positive April 2010

APRIL 2010

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

NHS

about mental health and learning disability

OSCARSSpecial

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Thank you to all of our sponsors who supported us financially to deliver the 2010 OSCARS ceremony.

Barchester Healthcare, Castlebeck and Grove – one of our private sector partners and headlinesponsor for the OSCARS 2010

Mills and Reeve –the Trust’s lawyers

Konica Minolta – supplier of our photocopyingand printing equipment

British Telecom

I was delighted to be one of the 300people present at the event onThursday 18 March who cametogether to recognise the outstandingcontributions made by so manydedicated individuals.

Joining me in welcoming colleaguesfrom within the Trust, retired membersof staff and colleagues from health andsocial care services from around thecounty, were Professor Clair Chilvers,Trust Chair and Norman Wilson, theTrust’s Staff Side Chair.

We value our staff enormously and theOSCARS ceremony is one way for usto show our appreciation and thankthem for their hard work and efforts indelivering our services.

Many local VIP guests also came alongon the evening, including Sir AndrewBuchanan Lord Lieutenant ofNottinghamshire and Lady Buchanan,Dean Fathers, Chair of BassetlawPrimary Care Trust, AndrewKenworthy, Chief Executive of NHSNottingham City and Colin Harrison,Non Executive Director, NHSNottinghamshire County.

MESSAGEFROM THE BOARD

I wish to add my congratulations toevery single nominee, including thosewho couldn’t attend on the night. Noteveryone can be a winner; the standardof entries was incredible, but everyoneshould be rightly proud and know thattheir efforts are appreciated.

Special thanks must go to everyoneinvolved in making these awardshappen; those who took the time tomake a nomination and the judgingpanels who had the hard task ofpicking the shortlisted nominees andthe winners from them. Thanks to SuePaling from the Involvement Team whoarranged the splendid floral decorationsfor the tables and to Sue Wood and theCommunications Team for organisingthe event and overseeing the wholeprocess from start to finish.

Once again, well done to you all – I am extremely proud of you.

Mike Cooke, Chief Executive

For the seventh year, the personaland team successes of our staffand partner organisations havebeen celebrated at our OSCARSawards ceremony.

Special thanks to the judgingpanels who had the hard taskof selecting the finalists andwinners from the 150nominations received. This wasthe highest number ofnominations submitted since theOSCARS began and each onewas worthy of an award.

The judging panels included Non

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Executive Directors, Patient andPublic Involvement members,people who use our services,their carers and staff siderepresentatives.

If anyone is interested in being ajudge for the OSCARS 2011,please [email protected] orcall 0115 993 4529.

OSCARS Panel One

Julie Pomeroy (Chair)

Sandra Horton Steve Oxby

Graham Davis Nadeem Ahmed

Panel Two

Professor Clair Chilvers (Chair)

Vanessa Gent Zulfkar Hussain

Sue Paling Kevin Beard

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Volunteer of the YearThe

AwardThis award is for an individual or charity that has worked inpartnership with the Trust, giving up their time, unpaid, to bringbenefits to patients, carers and staff.

Nominee Julia DaviesInvolvement Team Volunteer,Rosewood Centre, New Ollerton

Julia is dedicated to involvement. Herenergy knows no limits despite battlingdaily with her demons and her physical

health. Julia always tries to do theright thing and uses her lifeexperiences in a productive andpositive way.

WINNEREric MonkVolunteer, St Francis Day Hospital,Nottingham

Eric does not confine himself topurely practical tasks. His gentle,empathetic personality comes to thefore, in chatting with the patientsand helping to put them at ease. Heis particularly good at reassuringthose male patients who areapprehensive or anxious by finding atopic of mutual interest such as sport,work or the weather.

Nominee John RuskinVoluntary Store Keeper, MillbrookMental Health Unit, Sutton in Ashfield

John Ruskin is in his 80th year, but is stilltotally reliable and consistent. His ‘can do’attitude is an inspiration to us all and hetreats each and every customer at theshop with respect and an uplifting joke ortwo. Service users often stop for a chatwith him and he has got to know many ofthem during his 13 years’ dedicatedservice at Millbrook.

Nominee Darren WardInvolvement Team Volunteer, Involvement Centre, DuncanMacmillan House, Nottingham

Darren has made an absolutely outstanding contribution. He oftenvolunteers up to five days a week at the Involvement Centre and isalso a key link between the Trust, the John Storer Clinic and thewider drug and alcohol service user forum. Darren is an inspiration tohis fellow Service User Panel members and has volunteered in hisown time at weekends as part of the Trust’s Anti-Stigma campaign.

Nominee Events CommitteeArnold Lodge, Leicester

As part of the Involvement Strategy for theunit it was decided that patients and otherstaff should be involved in the organisationand running of social events. Thecommittee promotes social interaction,provides educational opportunities andpromotes equality and diversity.

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Nominee Adult MentalHealth Acute Care ForumWestminster House, Nottingham

What is unique about this forum is that themembership consists of a range of peopleconcerned with raising the voice of serviceusers as well as a clinical nurse specialist. Amember of the group said: “It is a very goodforum for allowing discussions and fortaking on board some quite challengingfeedback with a commitment to improvingexperience.”

Nominee LisaRichardson

Therapeutic ActivitiesCoordinator, Ward B2,Bassetlaw Hospital, WorksopIn addition to her day-to-dayrole, Lisa has sought out themost innovative volunteers tobe trained and placed on WardB2 at Bassetlaw Hospital. Thishas created a diverse range ofactivities with the needs of thein-patient at the forefront,including yoga and Pilatesclasses given by qualifiedinstructors.

Views into ActionThe

AwardThis award is for the individual or team that has showncommitment to creating a truly patient led Trust, involving othersin modernisation and being endorsed by service users.

WINNERDr Jennifer CleggAssociate Professor and HonoraryConsultant Clinical Psychologist,University of Nottingham and HighburyHospital, Nottingham

Jennifer has been a champion within theDirectorate, and wider, in bringing people onboard with the way clinical services can bechanged through design and delivery, and istaking this forward in the Directorate'sClinical Strategy. She is a highly innovativeand creative doer and thinker, who is veryconcerned to make research and clinicalpractice relevant and important to serviceusers, families and staff.

Valuing DifferenceThe

Award

Nottinghamshire Healthcare is a large and diverseorganisation. We are proud of our reputation for servicesthat reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.We are always striving to be inclusive and outwardlooking and this award is about valuingand recognising that wealth of diversity.

WINNERSAngela Simpson, Sharon Esprit,Beverley Taylor and Samina NazRepresenting the Community DevelopmentWorkers, Foster Drive, Nottingham

The Community Development workers have beenexcellent in engaging with ethnic minority groups.They have worked hard to raise awareness, buildconfidence and increase awareness aboutaccessibilities to care pathways. They haveengaged with service users andlisten to diverse communitiesabout their needs.

WINNER Gladys BombekInvolvement Volunteer Gladys seems to have morepassion and energy than ever. Quality andimprovement are her mantra and she believespassionately in recovery and empowerment.Gladys understands the destructive power ofprejudice and stigma and uses her own lifeexperiences to help others. She looks upon all hercolleagues as friends, takes a genuine interest intheir lives and their lives are richer because of it.

Clair ChilversThe Professor

Honorary AwardThis award was introduced in 2008 to recognisea nomination of such a high standard that itdeserves a special category.

NomineeAdult Mental Healthd/Deaf Services teamStonebridge Centre, Nottingham

The team works directly with serviceusers and carers listening to theirviews on services and advocating fordeaf service user groups. The viewsof this service user group can behidden and isolated and the teamworks tirelessly to ensure theirneeds are recognised andacknowledged by others.

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Nominee Head to HeadChild and Adolescent Mental Health Services,Thorneywood, Nottingham & The Forest, Mansfield

The model of flexible and responsive working which isrequired to meet the needs of each and every individual isconstantly monitored, internally and externally. This additionalwork does not deter the team from providing timely, effectiveinterventions that are evidence based and have positiveoutcomes for children, young people and families.

WINNERGrace NembhardPersonal Assistant, DuncanMacmillan House,Nottingham

Grace endeavours to get thejob done and get it done wellby not taking any short cuts. Ifthis means working late shewill do it. This was mostevident in her work on theapplication for NottinghamshireHealthcare becoming anequivalent of Foundation Trust. Shemakes service users feel valued andhas a willingness to engage, whichputs people at ease andallows her to reap thebenefit of theirexpertise.

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This award recognises the achievements of an individual whoisn’t usually in the spotlight but who works hard behind thescenes to help the Trust deliver its objectives.

Nominee Jo HillAdmin Team Leader, Trust HQ, The

Resource, Duncan MacmillanHouse, Nottingham

Jo is a caring person whoalways has regard for thefeelings of others. She takesthe views and requirementsof her colleagues intoaccount and strives forflexibility when seekingsolutions to issues that

arise. When Jo is awareof a forthcoming event

or occasion, she is verygood at makingplans, includingothers and securingresources.

Nominee Diane BownHead of Volunteering (Nottingham),Duncan Macmillan House Nottingham

Diane is a highly dedicated individual who isheartfelt, driven, and passionate aboutvolunteering. Since she joined the trust over 10years ago, more than 2000 volunteers havecontributed to the paid work of our staff. Each one of these people Diane has met with,interview, placed and reviewed.

Nominee Sue BensteadDomestic Assistant, Arnold Lodge,Leicester

Sue is very good with people and shealways has time for a chat. She exceedsthe demands of her job and is alwaysthere for a chat with a smile on her face.She is very dedicated to her job and thework she does is very much appreciated.

Unsung HeroThe

Award Non-Clinical Setting

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WINNER Dr Jennifer Clegg� The Views into Action Award

l-r Mike Cooke, Dr Jennifer Clegg, Deborah Thompson

WINNERSThe Involvement Volunteer Team

� The Team of the Year Awardl-r back row Clair Chilvers, Michael Osborne, Sue Paling, Alix Hind, Nadeem Ahmed, Peter Robinson, Mike Parsons, Gladys Bombek, Trevor Hogg(front row) Ian Clark, Kevin Beard, Paul Robinson, Sharon Allen, Sally White, Darren Ward

WINNERS Nottingham City and County South Treatmentand Therapy Ward Managers

� The Kate Smyth Award for Gender Sensitive Services l-r Mike Cooke, Sally Redgate, Cheryl Hart, Ruth Warren, Andrea Worral, Angie Jackson

WINNERNigel Groves

� The Leadership Awardl-r Mike Cooke, Nigel Groves, Gary Wheatcroft

WINNER Michael Osborne� The Light Bulb Award

l-r Mike Cooke, Michael Osborne, Paul Farrell

WINNER Sharyn Findlay� Lifetime Achievement Award

l-r Clair Chilvers, Sharyn Findlay, Dr Sheila Gibson

WINNER Eric Monk� The Volunteer of the Year Award

l-r Mike Cooke, Eric Monk, Peter Parsons

WINNERS The Community Development Workers

� The Valuing Difference Awardl-r Mike Cooke, Samina Naz, Sharon Esprit, Angela Simpson, Lynne Corcoran

WINNER Grace Nembhard � The Unsung Hero Award – Non-Clinical

l-r Norman Wilson, Grace Nembhard, Richard Brown

WINNERS Alix Hind and Sally White � The Liam O’Neill Fighting Stigma Award

l-r Mike Cooke, Alix Hind, Sally White, Jane Danforth

WINNER Gladys Bombek� The Professor Clair Chilvers Honorary Award

l-r Gladys Bombek, Clair Chilvers

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WINNER Kerry Harrison� The Unsung Hero Award – Clinical

l-r Norman Wilson, Kerry Harrison, Les Townend

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Unsung HeroThe

Award Clinical Setting

Nominee Helen TissingtonSenior Healthcare Assistant,Ward A42, Queen’s MedicalCentre, Nottingham

Helen started as a domestic onA floor and she enjoyed thepatient contact so much, shecontacted the ward manager toenquire about job vacancies onthe ward, and quicklyprogressed to a Health CareAssistant. She is a champion ofthe Recovery Model, supportsnew health care assistants andshares her skills to get a hardworking, quality workforce onthe Assessment Ward.

Nominee Helen BrownOccupational Therapy Assistant, Highbury Hospital, Nottingham

Helen often exceeds what would normally be expected of her in her job.She works additional hours to meet the needs of patients on the wardbeing responsive to needs and supporting the nursing staff. She works athome when she has a creative idea for example, developing beautifulphotographic images with quotes from service users about what Recoverymeans to them. These are now being reproduced for other wards.

This award recognises the achievements of an individualin a direct care role who goes beyond their ‘jobdescription’ to help the Trust deliver its objectives;bringing clear benfits to patients, service users and carers.The winner is unlikely to have been formally recognisedfor their efforts in the past.

Nominee Paul CarterHealthcare Support Worker, Arnold Lodge, Leicester

Paul is understanding and seems to have aninsight into the problems of others and isalways prepared to help where he can. He iscreative and dedicated to his work and alwaysturns up early for his shifts. Paul is supportive,always remains positive and gives 100%.

WINNER Kerry HarrisonCommunity Nurse, Bassetlaw CommunityLearning Disability Team, Worksop

This nomination highlights the excellent work thatKerry undertakes on a daily basis, but particularlythe difference she has made to the lives of herservice users who live with care providers. In orderto support her service users Kerry gave up herannual leave to accompany them to hospital andadvocate for them while there.

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Team of the yearThe

Award This award celebratesmembers of staff workingtogether to get things done.

NomineeWoody’s Shop teamWathwood Hospital, Rotherham

The opening of 'Woody's Shop’ hasmade a significant difference to thedaily lives of patients; it has given themstructure to their day. Patients wantedthe opportunity to choose and buygoods on site rather than have to relyon staff. The shop has given patientschoice which they have embraced.

Nominee Jade WardWomen’s Service, Rampton Hospital,Retford

Jade was the first ward in a high secureforensic service nationally to takeforward Releasing Time to Care –Productive Ward. The ward team hasworked hard to adopt and adapt themodules within the mental healthtoolkit, showing a high degree of teamwork, motivation and enthusiasm to takethis forward leading to truly meaningfuland positive results for staff and patients.

NomineeNorth NottinghamshireEating Disorders TeamSt John’s Street, Mansfield

Delivering this new service hasrequired significant thought,consultation, planning and leadership.Together the team has delivered anaccessible, joined-up service withreduced waiting times and thoroughMulti Disciplinary assessments toprovide improved quality of care. Theteam members have cooperativelyjuggled working patterns to facilitatethe clinic and feedback from patientsso far is extremely positive.

WINNERThe InvolvementVolunteer teamInvolvement Centre,Duncan MacmillanHouse, Nottinghamand RosewoodCentre, New Ollerton

As a team they are without exceptionpassionate, empathic, full of new

ideas and welcome newchallenges. Everyone isencouraged to generate

their own ideas and support eachother’s, looking to staff for help ifneeded. They have achieved a greatdeal in the last year including runningservice user/carer led meeting at bothcentres, planning and organisingevents as part of Mental Health

Awareness Weeks, producingnewsletters and helping makethe Living Libraries events

such a success.

Light BulbThe

Award

Nominee Mark WheelerArt Psychotherapist, Child and AdolescentMental Health Services (CAMHS), St John’s Street, Mansfield

Mark is an extremely creative, energeticmember of CAMHS and is always seeking tofind new ways to improve services for thebenefit of young people. He is willing to sharehis knowledge and skills with colleagues toensure best practice is always maintainedand will encourage and support people toembark on projects that challenge them.

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The Light Bulb Award reflects passion aboutinnovation and new ideas, which lead to betterservices. Not always breath stopping ideas butthe ones that make a real difference.

Nominee Sarah FairbankClinical Psychologist, CommunityAssessment and Treatment Service,Rosebery House, Nottingham

Sarah is passionate about supportingclients to fulfil their potential withregard to sexuality and relationships.This has been a difficult topic to addressdue to its potentially controversialnature and at times its complexity.Sarah was a key player in the sexualabuse training in Nottinghamshire. Her work is creative and dynamic.

WINNER Michael OsborneService User Consultant, Involvement Centre, Duncan Macmillan House, Nottingham

Michael is something of an ideas man and has a capacity to not only thinkof those great ideas but he also follows them through. It seems all his ideashave some positive impact on the lives of service users and carers, aswell as staff. One of the most recent examples of this is the LivingLibrary. He has a unique and insightful approach to developingnew things – he puts his own experience to good use andhas a natural caring and compassionate nature.

Nominee Amanda WoodthorpeNurse Practitioner SubstanceMisuse, Rampton Hospital, Retford

Amanda started her group knowingvery little about working with d/Deafpatients. She has taken so much onboard over the past 18 months andhas created a very successful programthat is accessible to d/Deaf patients;something that has not been donebefore. Her innovative thinking,dedication and creative hard workmake her a deserved nominee.

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The Liam O’Neill award is dedicated to a colleague, who died suddenly in 2008. Liam worked tirelessly againststigma and is a very worthy namesake for this award.

Nominee John Wakeling and Craig HodgsonOutreach Workers, Sycamore Centre, Nottingham

John and Craig have gone far beyondwhat would normally be expected ofthem in their role as outreachworkers. They have used theirmusical talents to set up a group,called Positive Movements, involvingservice users to promote Anti-Stigma.Positive Movements performed at theAGM and feature in the Trust’spromotional DVD.

Nominee Jonathan WrightAnti Stigma Campaign Manager, The Resource, Duncan Macmillan House, Nottingham

Creative, innovative and dedicated; Jonathan put everythinginto this campaign and deserves some recognition for whathe has done. Living Libraries, where people are borrowedinstead of books, was hugely successful and is an element ofthe campaign that Jonathan is hoping to continue. Face toface contact is one of the best ways to combat stigma andthis initiative was a demonstration of that truly working.

WINNERSAlix Hind and Sally White Substance Misuse Services Stamp Out Stigma Campaign, Substance Misuse Anti Stigma Leads, Involvement Centre,Duncan Macmillan House, Nottingham

There has never been an anti-stigmacampaign for substance misuse. The teamcreated a campaign that has helped raisethe profile of substance misuse services,and substance misuse service users, bygenerating awareness and talking openlyand honestly about their own experiences.Their campaign is totally service user led.

Liam O’Neill Fighting Stigma

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Award

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Nominee Michelle PersaudAssociate Director of Nursing, The Forest, Mansfield

Michelle is understated about hercontribution to our services and thisoften leads to her work goingunrecognised. She constantly offerssupport and advice to juniorcolleagues and is reliable whendifficult decisions need to be made.Changes required in the past fewmonths have been significant andshe has turned and faced them,and encouraged and influencedothers to also do so.

LeadershipThe

AwardThis award goes to the individual that has demonstrated leadershipand management skills in developing an effective and efficient team.Irrespective of their position in the Trust, this person will have actedas a role model; setting high standards, championing these andproviding mentoring for others to do the same.

Nominee Julian EveHead of Learning and Development(Forensic), Duncan Macmillan House,Nottingham

Julian is very creative, having major inputinto the design and delivery of the Trust'sInvest to Lead programme which includesmany innovative ways of learning. He isextremely hard working, juggling a wideportfolio of responsibilities but ensureshe has time to support and listen to hiscolleagues. He is a team player, takesresponsibility and delivers results.

WINNERNigel GrovesInvolvement ProjectsDevelopment Worker, Rosewood Centre, New Ollerton

Involvement isn't a job for Nigel it isa vocation; bringing hope and newopportunities that suit eachindividual person, helping them ontheir own journey of recovery. Thisis a gift, one that many benefit fromand equally cherish. Nigel shows usbeyond doubt what putting theService User at the heart of theorganisation really means.

Nominee Andrea WardGeneral Manager, Mental Health Services for Older People,Highbury Hospital, Nottingham

Andrea constantly exceeds everyone's expectations in her leadershipand how she enables the service to move forward. She is credibleand is constantly working with partners in the wider healthcommunity to see Mental Health Services for Older People improve.Her leadership style shows through in the services which arefrequently recognised as dynamic by external reviewers.

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Nominee DiamondResource Centre staff (including OT, Fitness, Salon and Supported Activity),Women’s Service,Rampton Hospital

The team are doing theirutmost to promotemeaningful lives throughassessment, treatment anddischarge planning sessionsto promote empowermentand quality of life. Theteam is patient guided,multi-disciplinary and isdedicated to motivatingthe patients and meetingtheir individual needs.

Nominee Trauma and Self Injury team (TASI)Women’s Service, Rampton Hospital, Retford

The TASI team uses training, wellbeing, psycho educationgroups and therapeutic interventions. The women havehighlighted a sense of inclusion and empowerment fromworking with staff in effective therapeutic relationships.This has improved communication and skills, impactingpositively on all relationships for the women, nurturinghope and a confidence to cope.

Nominee Women’s ServiceArson Treatment teamArnold Lodge, Leicester

This team has been ambitious.Many of their women patientshave historically struggled tolive comfortably within a wardcommunity much less be able totolerate a disciplined treatmentgroup. The fact that the groupcontinues is testament to theteam's ambition and dedication.

This award is named after an ExecutiveDirector of the Trust who died very youngand was passionate about services thatresponded sensitively to the needs ofservice users on issues of gender.

WINNER Nottingham Cityand County South Treatment andTherapy Ward ManagersQueen’s Medical Centre Highbury Hospital and The Well’s Road Centre, Nottingham

The Ward Managers are ambitious for theirservice. They are committed to cultivating therecovery ethos and providing positiveexperiences for service users, carers and staff.The transition from mixed to gender specificwards was achieved quickly with ownershipfrom the staff teams. The importance of highquality gender specific accommodation is clear.

Kate Smyth Award

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for Gender Sensitive Services

Nominee Men’s Group FacilitatorsAshfield Community Learning Disability Team, Kirkby in Ashfield

The facilitators rise to all the variouschallenges when organising activities,ensuring that people have the support toattend and that they get the most out oftheir weekly session. Each member has theirown work book of activities andachievements and they are rewarded withtheir own certificates of achievements atthe end of the six month planned sessions.

A small number of people within eachorganisation have been involved in workshopsand ‘work streams’.

Some of the ‘wins’ that have already occurredinclude:

- supporting each other in understanding commissioning and business development principles

- joint tendering for services- secondment opportunities - presentations at each

other’s leadership events- using the expertise

available within the partnership as an alternative to using expensive consultancy

We also now have a formal service developmentled by Barchester Healthcare supported byNottinghamshire Healthcare to develop a servicefor people under 65 with dementia. This servicewill improve quality for patients withoutincreasing costs for commissioners and will helpcreate a regional centre of excellence.

We have a new work programme for 2010 thatwill build on the learning to date, linked to the‘quality, innovation, productivity and prevention’agenda and which has been agreed by seniorleaders within each organisation.

This exciting programme is a balance betweenlearning and being involved in how eachorganisation works; including how people wesupport and staff are involved in decisions andthinking about new and exciting services that wecan only develop successfully though this type ofcollaboration.

Many thanks to Barchester Healthcare andCastlebeck for their sponsorship and support ofthe OSCARS this year.

BarchesterHealthcare Workingin Partnership

In May 2008, the Chief Executives of Nottinghamshire Healthcare,Barchester Healthcare and Castlebecksigned an unusual form of agreement.

All three organisations have a strongcommitment to working with people of all agesthat may still experience stigma, exclusion anddiscrimination.

Barchester supports people with complex needsand long term conditions, including those withdementia, as well as people with longer termmental health needs or learning difficulties.Barchester provides person centred packages ofsupport throughout the UK in places peoplewant to live.

Castlebeck works primarily with people whochallenge services and who have often beenexcluded from other services and/orcommunities including children and youngpeople. They work with the person to supportthem to be as involved as possible in everydecision in their life; working over time tosupport people to have as much independence as possible.

In a ‘terms’ of engagement’ document the leadersof the organisations agreed to see how the skills,experience and ideas each organisation hadmight develop by their working together. Whilethere are many examples of the NHS working

with theindependentsector todeliver extraservices orbuildbuildings, thisway ofworking

together is innovative and very unusual. We alltook a risk and trusted that by working together,we would create some new and differentapproaches which would produce:

- wins for the people we support- wins for the organisations involved and the

people who work in them- wins for the public purse

Nominee Dr Neil HoldenConsultant Psychiatrist, Liaison Psychiatry, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham

Neil has a significantlylarger caseload thanmany sector doctors.He holds daily clinicsin order to provideconsistent contactwith his patients. Ifpatients drop in orseek urgent input, thisis never a problemand is normallyaccommodated byholding muchextended clinics.Patients feel listenedto and comment onthe fact that his lettersare always reassuringand informative.

This award does not really need any explanation. It recognises theexceptional contribution made by an individual to their chosenfield of work – whatever and wherever that may be.

Lifetime achievementThe

Award

Nominee Dr Philip McLeanConsultant Psychiatrist, Substance Misuse Service, John Storer Clinic, Nottingham

Philip has built a centre of excellence. His inspirationalleadership has surely cultivated the most stable and longserving team with the Trust. He has a formidable intellect,has nurtured staff, imparted knowledge, demandedprofessionalism, critical thinking and debate, as well asdemonstrating “an unfailing concern for patients.”

Nominee Nick DaibellGeneral Manager Adult MentalHealth County, Millbrook MentalHealth Unit, Sutton in Ashfield

What strikes people about Nick is hisexperience and astuteness. He hasworked tirelessly over the years toensure that the services he manages arethe best that they can be. He does thisin many ways – listening to service usersand carers, and acting on what they say.He leads his staff from the front and hasdone most of the things he asks ofthem. Nick ensures that service users getthe best out of our services.

WINNERSharyn FindlaySpecialist Practitioner SubstanceMisuse, Rampton Hospital, Retford

Sharyn brings 41 years experience toher patients, their carers and staffcolleagues. Since the age of 16 years,her life has been dedicated in themain to the role of a SubstanceMisuse Practitioner. She's likeeveryone’s mum, but at the sametime is dedicated to professionalismand is a reminder of the traditionalvalues that many a younger nursemight crave, with that bringing calmand maturity to the job.

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