Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust (LCH) celebrated the achievements of the past year with its Annual General Meeting, Health Fair and awards ceremony hosted by Dr Dawn Harper of Embarrassing Bodies (Channel 4).
Over the past few months staff have been nominating colleagues and teams for the Achievement Awards and winners were presented their awards by Dr Harper during the ceremony at Elland Road.
The event welcomed patients, carers, members, and partners to the event to find about the healthcare services the trust deliver and how these have evolved over the past year. The formal AGM presentation was led by Interim Chief Executive, Bryan Machin with support from Interim Executive Director of Finance & Resources, Cherrine Hawkins. Guests were given the opportunity to directly put forward their questions and comments to the Board of Directors.
Bryan Machin, Interim Chief Executive, said: “In the time that I have been Interim Chief Executive of LCH I have visited many services, met with many members of staff, patients and their families. It has been a pleasure to witness all the great work that is going on across the services each day.
“The AGM, Health Fair and Achievement Awards have given us the opportunity to recognise and celebrate this work. I want to say a huge thank you to all our staff for the work they do each day.”
On 1 October, Thea Stein, commenced her role as Chief Executive of the trust.
Achievement Awards winners are as follows:
Volunteer of the Year
Aimee Grayston
Award for High Quality Care
Infant Mental Health Service (IMHS)
Innovation in Healthcare
Wendy Neill, Speech & Language Therapist
Clinical staff member of the year
Sarah Cardus, Nurse Manager of East Moor Secure Children’s Centre
Non clinical or support services staff member of the year
Dan Barnett, Business manager, & Lorraine Chapman, Head of Contracting and Business Development
Clinical Team of the Year
Community Intravenous Antibiotics Service (CIVAS)
Non Clinical or Support Services Team of the Year
Police Custody Bid Team
Excellence in Education and Research
Dr. Christine Comer, Musculoskeletal service
Outstanding Contribution Award – Non Clinical or Support Services
Jo DiCapua, Offender Healthcare
Outstanding Contribution Award – Clinical
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