The annual GHC Awards have been held, celebrating the achievements of colleagues, teams and services across the Trust.
The event, held at Hatherley Manor Hotel, celebrated those colleagues and teams who either won awards, were shortlisted or received Special Recognition. Our Chair, Graham Russell, hosted alongside Chief Executive Douglas Blair, and both were keen to congratulate everyone who was nominated this year – 247 individuals and groups of colleagues in total.
Across the nine categories, the results were as follows:
Making a Difference
Winner: Children in Care Team
Highly Commended: Mark Kirby, HCA at Montpellier Unit
Highly Commended: Homeless Healthcare Team
Highly Commended: Cotswold View Ward
Special Recognition: Special Educational Needs leads
Special Recognition: Sarah Bolton, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner in Talking Therapies
Always Improving
Winner: School Aged Immunisation Team
Highly Commended: Adult MSK Physiotherapy and Podiatry
Highly Commended: Resuscitation and Training Team
Special Recognition: Medical Equipment Team
Respectful and Kind
Winner: Kate Bowden, Head of Patient and Carer Experience Team
Highly Commended: Specialist Community Forensic Mental Health Team
Highly Commended: Westley May, Catering team, Cirencester Hospital
Special Recognition: Willow Ward HCAs, Charlton Lane Hospital
Valuing our Communities
Winner: Increasing access to perinatal mental health (South Asian Women living in Gloucester project group)
Highly Commended: Falls Assessment and Education Team
Highly Commended: Big Health Day
Working Together
Winner: Community Neurology Team
Highly Commended: Countywide Home First and Reablement
Highly Commended: CAAS Under 11 Medication Review Team
Rising Star
Winner: Moss Thornton (Expert by Experience) – unable to attend the event but will be presented with their award at a later date.
Highly Commended: Silpa Sunny, Charge Nurse, Wotton Lawn Hospital
Highly Commended: Lucy Payne, Matron, Vale Hospital
Outstanding Achievement
Winner: Dr Louise Knowles, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Highly Commended: Sarah Birmingham, Chief Allied Health Professional
Highly Commended: Caroline Winfield, Senior Nurse
Co-Production Award (Presented in Memory of Dan Beale-Cocks by his son, Albie, and sister, Rebecca)
Winner: Melissa Reed for her AHP Tackling Health Inequalities work
Highly Commended: The OATS and Complex Emotional Needs Service
Highly Commended: James Green, Service Manager, Urgent Mental Health Care
Special Recognition: Jess Lewis, Expert by Experience
Team of the Year
Winner: Cheltenham Health Visiting Team
Highly Commended: North Talking Therapies Team
Highly Commended: Montpellier Unit Occupational Therapy and Health, Exercise and Activity Team
Special Recognition: Children and Young People Speech and Language Therapy team
