Our Tewkesbury Ward Sister Lou Williams has been presented with a prestigious Cavell Star Award for her work to help improve dementia care at our Trust.
The CARE Tool is a document that can be used as a checklist to help ward staff to ensure they are doing all they can to help support patients with dementia.
Lou was presented with the accolade earlier this week by Head Nurse Colin Baker (pictured) and the Service Director for Community Hospitals & Urgent Care, Dawn Allen. Dawn said:
“Her work and commitment to this is just delightful and it is great to see her recognised”.
Colleagues at GHC can find out more about this project and access the CARE Tool on our indigo staff intranet.
The Cavell Star Award is named after Edith Cavell, a British nurse celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides and for helping some 200 Allied men escape from German-occupied Belgium during the First World War, for which she was sentenced to death. Cavell, who was 49 at the time of her death, was already notable as a pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium. Find out more about the Award and nominate a colleague: https://cavell.org.uk/cavell-star-awards/
