Patients asked to nominate their hospital and healthcare heroes

NHS superstars – Northern Care Alliance Staff Awards 2018

Rochdale Infirmary and community healthcare services are asking the public to nominate their NHS heroes as part of its annual staff awards event.

If you or a relative have had excellent treatment at Rochdale Infirmary, or by staff working across a range of community health and social care services provided across the Rochdale borough, or if you or your family want to thank a particular doctor, nurse, support worker, or ward that did their best to treat and look after you, then this is your chance.

The Rochdale & Bury Care Organisation, which is run as part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (Salford Royal and Pennine Acute Trusts), is asking the public to nominate hospital staff and teams for the ‘Patients’ Choice Award’ category.

The Patients’ Choice Award gives the general public the opportunity to say ‘thank you’ and publicly recognise the outstanding care and treatment given to either them, a relative or close friend. The Care Organisation executive team will select four finalists and it will then be over to members of the public to choose the overall winner via an online vote.

Sir David Dalton, Chief Executive of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group, said: “This award is chosen by the public, which makes it extra special.

“Nothing is more rewarding than a doctor, nurse, porter, healthcare assistant, physio or receptionist being told they are doing a great job by the people they look after.

“It’s great the public can recognise staff that go the extra mile, provide exceptionally high quality healthcare and great patient experience.

“If you know somebody who works at Rochdale Infirmary and community services who have done a great job then tell us all about it, we would love to hear from you.”

If you have been a patient or visitor at Rochdale Infirmary and community services, you can nominate a staff member, clinical or non-clinical, by submitting an online nomination at:

http://www.pat.nhs.uk/forms/staff-awards-patients-choice-award-2018.htm

The closing date for nominations is midnight Thursday 20 September.

The winner of the Patients’ Choice Award will be announced at the Northern Care Alliance Staff Awards evening on 16 November at the Sheridan Suite, Manchester.