Outstanding staff and volunteers from across Torbay and South Devon health and social care services have been recognised at a virtual awards ceremony celebrating their hard work and dedication.
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust’s annual ‘Staff Heroes’ awards ceremony took place today (Thursday 10 December) recognising individuals or groups whose energy, commitment and dedication is making a real difference to their colleagues or to the people who are receiving health and social care in the local area.
Due to the pandemic, a virtual ceremony was held this year which staff, volunteers, partners and the public tuned in to watch. Nominations are made throughout the year by members of the public and by staff, and were judged by a panel of experts and independent members.
This year there were eight award categories. Award categories included strengthening partnerships, wellbeing at work, individual awards (support services / clinical services), team award, sharing information and prevention and staying well.
The winners were announced by the Trust’s Chief Executive (Liz Davenport) and Chairman (Sir Richard Ibbotson).
Liz Davenport, Chief Executive of Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, said: “This year has been incredibly challenging for our staff, volunteers and partners – our Staff Hero Awards allow us to take a step back to think about and celebrate all the wonderful work that has taken place over the past 12 months. We wanted to ensure that we still made a special effort, albeit virtually this year, to say a very public ‘thank you’ to all those people who are doing exceptional work so I would like to say a very big ‘well done’ to all our winners as well as our finalists!
“These awards are our way of recognising those staff and volunteers who make a real difference to the people who use our services or to the staff they support. Sharing their stories and hearing what they achieve is inspirational and truly heart-warming, and I was very proud to be part of this event.
“We received so many nominations and everyone deserves to be recognised for their hard work and commitment to great care. I would also like to say thank you to those who submitted the nominations for taking the time and effort to share their appreciation.”
If you know someone who you think deserves to be nominated for an award, visit our ‘Staff Heroes’ award page:www.tsdft.uk/staffheroes
