Safer, Kinder, Better Awards 2024

This award for individuals or teams recognises innovative and creative initiatives which aim to reduce unfair and avoidable differences in health across Norfolk and/or Suffolk. Entries should demonstrate improvements in access, experiences and outcomes for service users, carers or communities. Data and/or insights demonstrating measurable impacts should be included in your entries. 

Working better together has the potential to improve quality, resulting in truly joined up, service user-centred care. This award will recognise individuals or teams who have built relationships within and outside of NSFT to ensure we are continually improving and delivering the best possible care for our service users. Finalists may have examples of working with our local constabulary, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), local authorities, the voluntary sector or partner acute trusts. 

This award is for an individual who has shown a clear commitment to our Trust, lives our values and is driven by our vision to provide Safer, Kinder and Better care. They will have demonstrated significant achievement, which is having a positive effect for service users and their colleagues, but will often be the last person to broadcast their own success. 

This award recognises a clinical team who has performed ‘over and above’ the standard expected and has demonstrated consistently high quality clinical care, while achieving the highest standards of safety. They have involved people in their own care and worked closely with service users, carers and/or families to achieve better outcomes. 

This award recognises the contributions of an individual service user, carer or volunteer who has given their time freely to make a positive impact on our services and those that use them. They have been open to discuss barriers and contribute positive suggestions for improvement and change within our Trust. 

This award is for an individual or team who have delivered outstanding learning and development opportunities for others. Finalists may include medics, nurses, psychologists, AHP’s, social workers or other professions who have facilitated high-quality training for our doctors, teams or colleagues who have generously mentored clinical placements, or staff who have created great learning environments for all. These people are known as committed, passionate and truly understand the importance of lifelong learning. 

This award recognises a team or individual who has championed inclusion within their area of expertise. They have embodied our Trust values, supporting service users or colleagues to be more inclusive. They embrace uniqueness and diversity within everything they do, and actively support those around them to be their authentic selves. 

This award is for the team that has worked together effectively and efficiently to improve the service that they offer to service users, partners or internal customers. This team has put service users at the heart of everything they do, have set high standards and have been open and flexible to change. 

This award celebrates individuals or teams who have developed and embraced an innovative idea or project – large or small – that has led to significant improvements in service delivery, quality, productivity or performance. Innovations could range from digital developments to improvements in core processes. Nominations should include evidence of how innovations have led to improved outcomes for those we care for. 

The winner of this values-based award will be selected from a shortlist comprising our monthly Star Award winners over the past year, plus our new TALK Award which will be launched by the end of September 2024.

Celebrating our most impactful quick wins and pioneer teams who have delivered ‘Missions that matter’

To be selected by the Chief Executive.

To be selected by the Trust Chair, with support from the Non-executive directors.