Caring Donna receives prestigious Cavell Star Award

An Aberdeen nurse, who works tirelessly to support neurological patients, has been awarded for her devotion.

Donna Lovie works at Sue Ryder Dee View Court, ensuring residents have 24/7 support and attention and she has now been presented with a Cavell Star Award.

The accolade is named after British nurse Edith Louisa Cavell, who was celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides and helping more than 200 Allied soldiers escape from Germanoccupied Belgium during the First World War.

Ms Lovie said: “I am absolutely delighted to have received this award.

“It has come as a real shock to be honest and I’ve never thought of the work I do as exceptional.

“As far as I am concerned I have the best, most rewarding job you could ask for and it’s the clients and my colleagues at Sue Ryder Dee View Court who make me so passionate and want to get out of bed in the morning.”

Valerie Maxwell, the centre director, said: “Donna really understands that, for our residents, Dee View Court is their home. Nothing is too much trouble for her.

“She always does things properly and exactly as a client likes – a real embodiment of Sue Ryder’s ethos of seeing the person and not the condition.

“For example, one of our residents loves going to the cinema and Donna makes that happen.

“She truly is an inspiration to us all and she should be very proud of herself.”

Ms Lovie began working at the centre in 2014 as a care assistant with no prior experience.

Through hard work and commitment to the job, she swiftly climbed the ranks to become assistant practitioner earlier this year.

YOU’RE THE TOPS: Valerie Maxwell, right, centre director at Dee View Court, presents Donna Lovie, whom she described as inspirational, with her award