Kettering General Hospital is supporting local people who want to say a special thank you to nurses and midwives who have given them extraordinarily care.
The Trust is taking part in the DAISY Award – an international recognition programme that that honours and celebrates the skilful and compassionate care that many nurses and midwives provide every day.
Kettering General Hospital’s Deputy Director of Nursing and Quality, Diane Postle, who is supporting the new initiative, said: “We are excited to announce that KGH is introducing the DAISY Award from October 1 to allow patients, family and carers the opportunity to recognise our extraordinary nurses and midwives.
“Every year we receive many private thank you messages from patients and their families and this is very much appreciated.
“But by taking part in the DAISY Awards we are also enabling local people to take that extra step and say thank you in an internationally recognised way.”
Over 3,900 healthcare facilities and schools of nursing across the world have committed to honoring their nurses with The DAISY Award.
The award was first established in the USA in 1999 by the family of J Patrick Barnes following his death from complications of the auto-immune disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP) at the age of 33.
This led to the DAISY Foundation being founded by his family because they felt compelled to say ‘thank you’ to those who cared for him in a very public way.
If you know a nurse or midwife who provided exceptional, compassionate care we want to know about them. You can nominate them via the following methods:
- Visit the Feedback page on the Kettering General Hospital website and complete a nomination form https://feedback.kgh.nhs.uk/view-surveys
- Email your nomination to: kgh-tr.daisyaward@nhs.net
- Take a leaflet from one of our designated boxes in the hospital, ensure it is in an envelope and post it back to us using the address provided.
If you would like to learn more about DAISY then head over to the DAISY Award page on our website https://www.kgh.nhs.uk/the-daisy-award. where you can find out more about what your nominee could win if they are chosen as an Honoree.
