Two reasons to celebrate for NHS heroes in Hinckley

AT a special virtual awards ceremony, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) celebrated the outstanding achievements of 66 Covid Heroes including several from Hinckley.

LPT’s Covid Heroes awards aim to highlight and celebrate ‘ordinary people doing extraordinary things’ examples of commitment and dedication from across the trust, and to recognise the huge contribution made by staff and volunteers to ensure the highest standards of care throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

220 nominations were received for the awards from members of staff, service users and the wider public from which 66 were shortlisted and invited to attend the ceremony. The winners were selected by a judging panel of directors, staff representatives, partners and service users.

Chief executive, Angela Hillery said “The last year has been like no other, and all of our staff and volunteers have gone above and beyond to Step up to Great. You are all heroes and I am so proud to be your chief executive.

“Tonight is our opportunity to recognise some of those outstanding examples. And a chance to say thank you to everyone for your outstanding commitment to our patients and service users, to our trust, and to the NHS throughout the Covid pandemic. You are shining examples of our trust values of compassion, integrity, trust and respect.”

Over 200 guests were invited to attend the sponsored ceremony, held on a virtual awards platform, to celebrate the fantastic achievements of the 66 shortlisted nominees.

Winners from across a range of LPT’s services included:

Community health services: Hinckley North and East Ward The team faced Covid-19 head on as a Red Ward, working together to deliver a high standard of care for Covid positive patients.

Mairead Reddin - Mairead stepped forward to provide nutritional care to Hinckley red ward patients, to maximise recovery and wellbeing, even once patients were discharged from the ward.