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Trust joins international nurse recognition programme the Daisy Awards 9 Jan 2023

Nurses and midwives at Imperial College Healthcare who have shown outstanding clinical skill and compassionate care can now be nominated by patients and/or their families for the internationally recognised ‘DAISY Award for Exceptional Nurses’.

The DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Award was established in America by the DAISY Foundation in memory of J. Patrick Barnes who died aged 33 of an auto-immune disease. The Barnes family was so deeply appreciative of the care and compassion Patrick received from the nurses who cared for him, they created an international award to say “thank you” to nurses and midwives everywhere.

Any patient or family member who experiences or observes extraordinary and compassionate care by a nurse or midwife at the Trust can nominate them for a DAISY Award using an online form.

Four awards will be presented every two months with the ‘winners’ receiving a Healer’s Touch sculpture, a copy of the nomination and their name entered onto the Healer's Touch website.

Janice Sigsworth, Director of nursing, said:

“The DAISY Awards are a celebration of nursing and midwifery and a chance for patients and families to express their gratitude for outstanding care. I see many instances of excellence in our hospitals every day that are worthy of this award, so I am pleased that our nursing and midwifery staff will now have the chance to join others around the world in receiving the international recognition they deserve.”  

The DAISY Award complements the Trust’s in-house recognition scheme called ‘Make A Difference’ which is focussed on nominations from colleagues. Nominations for the DAISY Award will be accepted from 9 January 2023. Nomination forms can be found on the Trust website.