Award Winning Hospital

West Middlesex has become the first maternity unit in London to achieve full accreditation as a Baby Friendly hospital, meaning that the care given to mothers and babies around infant feeding has been assessed and has reached internationally recognised standards.

 

The globally renowned Baby Friendly Award from UNICEF (United Nation’s Children’s Fund) is given to health care units after an assessment by a UNICEF UK team has shown that recognised best practice standards are in place. The West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust has been given the full Award after being assessed at level 3, and after becoming the first in London to achieve level 2 last year.

Prize winning poster

November 2011: Assistant Librarian Uma Devalapalli has been awarded third prize for a poster on ‘Medical Apps on Netvibes Portal’ at the London Health Libraries NHS / HE Conference.

 

Uma's poster explains how staff can access clinical evidence and latest health education updates on their mobile phones. Uma put her design skills into practice to promote the web portal she has created which contains useful links and up-to-date information for staff working across all of our clinical areas.

 

A video to help patients at West Middlesex University Hospital manage their medicines has been selected as the best digital project video by CLAHRC (Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care).

 

It beat 30 other entrants from trusts in North West London and will be screened in the hospital’s Acute Assessment Unit and Medical Day Unit waiting areas, with plans to make it available throughout the hospital and online.

 

The digital video story was produced by West Middlesex’s medicines management project team. It shows footage of the wards, narration by project staff and includes interviews with patients, local GPs and Chief Executive, Dame Jacqueline Docherty.

 

They explain how medications are managed throughout the patients’ journey from referral and admission through to discharge home, and why it’s so important to get this process right. Full story here

 

Pictured l-r: Thofique Adamjee, Sandra Wilson, Essam Ramhamadany, Paresh Mistry, Rabjot Gill, Judith Barr

 

A cutting edge system piloted by West Middlesex University Hospital to help improve inpatient admission and discharge planning won a national award for healthcare IT product innovation.

 

The RealTime system was recognised at the EHI (eHealth Insider) Awards 2011 ceremony held in London on Thursday, 6^th October.The awards highlight and reward the bright ideas and hard work of IT-related healthcare projects in the UK.

 

West Middlesex University Hospital was the first NHS Trust in London to use RealTime and the third nationally. Full story here

July 2011: The maternity bereavement service of West Middlesex University Hospital has won a prestigious award from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Maternity (APPGM).  

 

The maternity bereavement service was named the winner of the Multidisciplinary team of the year category at the awards, which acknowledge inspiring or innovative work in improving local maternity services. This award was sponsored by the NCT, Vitabiotics Pregnacare prenatal supplements and Lights by Tena.

 

Pictured l-r: Susan Barnes (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist), Anne Milton MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health), Jesus Fernandez (Midwife), and Julia Lidderdale (Midwife) 

West Mid midwife Natalie Carter was awarded the JOHNSON'S Baby Mums' Midwife of the Year 2011 by The Royal College of Midwives at its annual awards ceremony on 19th January 2011.

 

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Nataliae is pictured opposite (far right of photo) with Natasha Kaplinsky and Samantha Diouf - who nominated her for the award - and her son Oliver

Specialist Infection Prevention and Control Nurse Janice Scott was the first runner-up at a close fought Healthcare Hero Awards ceremony held this week at the HEAL Awards (Healthcare, Excellence, and Leadership), hosted by 24/7 Media Group.

 

Janice was one of twenty finalists who were shortlisted and invited to a glittering ceremony held on Monday (25/10/10) night at the Royal College of Surgeons.

 

Attended by over 250 healthcare professionals from across the country, as well as distinguished celebrities Barbara Windsor, Esther Rantzen, and Moira Stuart, the awards ceremony gave gratitude to staff working in the National Health Service

 

Janice said: “I am very passionate about my job and feel honoured to have been nominated as NHS Hero as I truly feel I am just doing the best I can as a nurse. Patients’ safety and care is at the heart of my zeal to ensure that all have access to the best possible care. I also believe that a smile costs nothing and it can change a person’s day. I also strongly believe that everyone who works within the NHS is a healthcare hero.”

 

“I would like to thank everyone who voted for me and congratulations to the winner, Yunus Dudhwala, and other runner-up Kathleen Johnson.”

Infection Control Nurse, Janice Scott (front centre) has won the Cepheid Infection Control Nurse (ICN) Award for 2010. Janice attended the national awards presentation at the Haymarket Hotel in London, along with the seven other regional finalists.  

 

The Cepheid ICN Award 2010 is a new prize which rewards excellence and innovation in infection and control. It is open to all ICNs in England, Wales and Scotland.

 

Janice's success is proven by the reduction of both MRSA bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile cases experienced at the hospital bringing them well below the national targets.  The judges’ first comments on Janice were that her ‘can do’ attitude really came across in the nomination 

 

“Janice is an excellent role model for all of us. She is incredibly enthusiastic about her work and is always coming up with new ideas, which she follows through to improve the service for patients,” says Yvonne Franks, Director of Nursing and Midwifery for the Trust (far left).

 

Such is Janice’s passion for her role in infection control nursing; she has even taken the time to write into the producers of Holby City to give them advice on how to portray infection control practices such as the use of Aseptic Non Touch Techniques and the use of hand gel on the show.  All of her recommendations have since appeared on screen!

At the 2009 Nursings Standard's Nurse Awards, Almie Mngadi received the Ward Sister award at a ceremony held in The Dorchester Hotel on 9th November.

Almie has worked at West Middlesex for over fifteen years, the past five of which in her current role as Ward Manager on Osterley 2. Nominated by one of her team members, Pamela Zzizinga, Almie is described as 'a great role model...she is a great inspiration to all of her staff, not only as a manager and a leader, but as a person.'