Super sisters are rivals for
SUNDERLAND SIBLINGS BIDDING FOR AWARD
Sisters, sisters. There were never such devoted sisters.
And now they are both in the running for the same category of our Best of Health Awards.
Chloe Laing, 25, becomes the latest entry in this year’s competition just weeks after 33-year-old big sister Natalie – who works as a technician at Boots pharmacy in Park Lane, Sunderland – was nominated.
But the similarities don’t end there for these two dedicated workers. Both used to work in bars, and both used to work for a jewellers. And both have won glowing praise for their excellence in their pharmacy roles.
Chloe, who works in the dispensary at Tullochs Pharmacy, in the Pennywell Shopping Centre, said: “I was over the moon for Natalie when she was nominated. She deserves it because she works so hard.
“I don’t know what to say about being nominated. I’m shocked!”
But the nomination for Chloe did not lack for words. It said: “She has become a vital cog in our little team, we all absolutely love her.”
“Week in week out,” it added, “she delivers 100% to ensure the patients medications are sorted and ready to go ... how she remembers so much from changes to preferences is phenomenal.
“Her attitude and patience with customers is outstanding, there are numerous people who will only deal with Chloe, which I believe speaks volumes of her ability to engage and help them.”
Chloe admitted she loved her job and thinks about how she can make a difference even when she is not at work.
She added: “I would be speechless if I won.”
The nominations are streaming in for this year’s competition but we want even more.
We shall be aiming to report on most of the nominated causes in the weeks to come.
That way, the top-class workers in our health profession get the recognition they deserve, whether or not they pick up an award at the end of the competition.
We need your nominations in the categories listed in the panel.
Nominations can come from all sources. It can come from the health service professionals themselves, their colleagues, from members of the public – or from anyone who feels they know someone who deserves to be rewarded.
Once nominations come in, it will be up to a panel of judges to decide on a shortlist.
Then it is on to the finals night which will be held at the Roker Hotel, in Sunderland, on Thursday, May 9.