Celebrating success as you know is an annual event
run here in the Trust and it's about staff who have made a real difference
enabling them to showcase some of the excellent work they have done.
And what we do, is that we ask all of our staff to nominate some of the work
that they have done over the last year ,
that they feel has really helped to improve and benefited the care that we give to our
patients.
This year we had a tremendous response, we had 83 projects in total which is huge.
The way that we look at that, is we look at 5 categories against our Pride strategy and
a final one of Team of the year.
Which is a team that Sue and John have gone to visit through the nominations.
They have been shortlisted and gone to visit through the nominations
and they're the ones that they feel are the team of the year for the hospital.
But I have to say,
all of our staff who have been nominated and shortlisted through this process are all winners.
So thank you all very very much for all your hard work and dedication.
One of the things about celebrating success which I think is quite unique is the way in
which these winners come about.
The judges,
there are a number of judges from the board and from the governors
who actually sit down and give a top 3.
Who they think should go through to the shortlisting.
But then it's actually our staff who vote for them.
So it's the staff, their own colleagues,
their own peers who can actually say that they think they have made that success.
So, well done.
This year there was over 1300 votes.
Now when you're on a busy ward or a busy department.
You're going the extra mile yourself actually to go onto the intranet and vote.
So well done to all those people who took the time.
So, moving swiftly on.
Our first category is Putting Patients First.
And the shortlisted candidates are
UP BEAT
The second shortlisted group is the reminiscence room and memory café on ward 205.
The final shortlisted group is the
motor neurone disease service in around improving the patient experience.
And I'm pleased to announce, that the winner is
The memory café.
Ok, our next category is Right First Time and the shortlisted candidates are
The GP Triage system.
Don't fail on fails.
The final shortlisted category was Aspiring for Excellence.
And the winner is
The GP Triage.
Our next category is investing our resources wisely.
The shortlisted candidates are
Pre-operative assessment .
The second one is the Obstetric physiotherapy triage class.
The third and final shortlisted group was for the thermal spreads.
And the winner is
The Pre op assessment unit.
As Sue has said in her presentation one of our most valuable resources is our staff.
And this section looks at how we develop our people
to make sure that they have the right skills to provide that high quality care.
But also to make sure that Derby is a place they want to come and work at.
The shortlisted candidates are
The e-learning team.
On a similar vein the one stop shops were launched.
The final group in this category is the End of life discussions DVD and workbook.
And the successful winner is
The e-learning team.
Our final category this evening in celebrating success is Ensuring value from partnership.
Our shortlisted candidates,
the first one is PROCEED.
The second category is Supporting young adults with chronic kidney disease.
The final part of this one is Sector based work academy.
And the winner of the final category is
Sector based work academy.
We now come to the chairman's award.
Before I get to the process of who is shortlisted and who's won.
I think it's only fair that I point out the criteria that were looking at.
None of this will come as a surprise to you because really there characteristics of all
well run projects.
To list them very simple terms
We're looking for leadership.
Did the team identify a good issue, realise that it really did matter,
and did they as a group, get stuck in and really take a lead.
Secondly, did they work as a team?
You know, teamwork is fundamental to the success of any project however well led.
If people in the group are not supporting,
not united with the purpose of the group then it will tend to be far less successful.
Were also looking to see, does the project illustrate the concept of continuous improvement.
In frankly, is it making things better in a measurable meaningful way?
You can often think something better, but is it.
So we need to see evidence that it is measurable success.
Naturally, in a hospital it must be seen to demonstrate patient benefit.
Absolutely fundamental point,
it has to be of value to all the people who come here looking for care and attention in
the hospital.
And the last theme I would put to you is that it's good that the project
either is of Trust wide significance or application,
in other words it's a benefit to the Trust as a whole
or, if it's a smaller project the principles that have been adopted and pursued can be
applied elsewhere within the Trust as a matter of
good practice.
So that's the approach we adopt.
Overall these four groups have achieved a great deal,
and they deserve to win don't they?
Along with many others we considered.
First rate groups well led, well managed teams,
good results.
However,
somebody has to win.
As I said it's a master of technology.
With good fortune, you will know any minute now.