Published on: 4 May 2023
Healthcare heroes have been recognised at a special awards evening to celebrate their service to the NHS.
Staff at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust attended its annual Staff Recognition Awards on Friday (28th April). This was the first to be held since City Hospitals Sunderland and South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trusts merged in 2019.
Previously each trust held separate annual events. Friday night’s presentation was the first time the united Trust was able to go ahead with the awards after the pandemic meant the celebration had to be put on hold.
The accolades were presented at the Beacon of Light in Sunderland and brought around 400 colleagues together.
Nine award winners, decided by a panel of judges following nominations from their peers, were announced.
A Governors’ Award and Chief Executive Award were also part of the glittering gathering.
The event is part of wider work the Trust has done to thank its workforce of more than 8,000 people and support their health and wellbeing.
Ken Bremner MBE, the Trust’s Chief Executive, said:
"This was a fantastic evening and is one of a number of ways that we celebrate and thank our incredibly hardworking and dedicated colleagues. "The awards are an opportunity for our staff to nominate colleagues for their extraordinary efforts. This could be for delivering outstanding, safe patient care or for the hugely important work that takes place behind the scenes to keep our organisation running. "Given the unprecedented challenges we have seen throughout the pandemic, the evening felt all the more special. It gave us the chance to not only celebrate those who had been nominated for their outstanding contribution, but also take a moment to reflect on the amazing work that goes on each and every day by all members of our team. "I am very proud and grateful to work alongside such a talented and dedicated group of people."
"This was a fantastic evening and is one of a number of ways that we celebrate and thank our incredibly hardworking and dedicated colleagues.
"The awards are an opportunity for our staff to nominate colleagues for their extraordinary efforts. This could be for delivering outstanding, safe patient care or for the hugely important work that takes place behind the scenes to keep our organisation running.
"Given the unprecedented challenges we have seen throughout the pandemic, the evening felt all the more special. It gave us the chance to not only celebrate those who had been nominated for their outstanding contribution, but also take a moment to reflect on the amazing work that goes on each and every day by all members of our team.
"I am very proud and grateful to work alongside such a talented and dedicated group of people."
The winners were:
A podcast featuring reactions from the winners on the night can be watched via the Trust’s YouTube channel here.
Anyone interesting in joining the Trust as a colleague or volunteer can find out more about the opportunities can visit https://www.stsft.nhs.uk/join-our-team
