The @NHSTayside STAR Awards finalists have been announced. Each finalist deserves this recognition due to their outstanding contributions to care within NHS Tayside, congratulations to you all.
⭐The six finalists in each category of the 2023 NHS Tayside STAR Awards have been announced⭐
More than 1000 nominations were received for the nine categories of the STAR Awards and the finalists were named today.
Finalists can be found here: tinyurl.com/579fyhf3
Happy to welcome Rachel to @NHSTayside
This vital role will significantly contribute to enhancing the quality of care for individuals residing in Tayside who have advanced MS.
NHS Tayside has appointed the first advanced Multiple Sclerosis champion (AMSC) in Scotland and the first AMSC within palliative care in the UK.
@MSTrust
Read more here: tinyurl.com/33nxt4rv
It is wonderful news that NHS Tayside has been awarded the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, recognising the support offered to the Armed Forces community.
NHS Tayside has been awarded the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Award, which recognises the long-term support employers have given to the Armed Forces community. Read more here: tinyurl.com/23tmnj2r
So proud that our fantastic staff have been recognised with this record number of nominations!
🌟It has been a record year for NHS Tayside’s Staff Appreciation and Recognition (STAR) Awards, with an out-of-this-world 1026 nominations made by the public and staff. Thank you to everyone who nominated! 🌟tinyurl.com/29r5an73
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all staff working across health and social care.
Over the last 75 years the NHS has never stood still. I am proud of the innovations and achievements that our dedicated staff have provided to the people of Tayside.
#NHSScot75
Over 170 nominations received so far in the NHS Tayside STAR Awards!
Nominations are open until 5pm on 21 July. Don't forget to nominate your NHS Tayside STAR!
NHS Tayside STAR Awards are back!
Nominate your STAR today.
It is quick and easy to nominate your STAR online at starawardstayside.scot.nhs.u… and both staff and the public have until 5pm on Friday, 21 July to make their nominations.
starawardstayside.scot.nhs.u…
Incredible work from NHS Tayside's orthopaedic team and I'm proud to see this UK-first, cutting-edge treatment take place at Ninewells Hospital.
NHS Tayside’s orthopaedic department has become the first centre in the UK to treat a joint infection using phage therapy, a cutting-edge treatment which uses viruses to target and kill bacteria in the infected area.
➡️tinyurl.com/mvknuxd6
Incredible! Thank you to John for his many years of service and best wishes for your second retiral! 👏
Congratulations to John Reilly who has finally retired from NHS Tayside aged 76 – 11 years after his first retiral! tinyurl.com/3sk27zza
This is a great example of using innovative technology to improve services for patients. Well done to all of the teams involved in this pioneering work.
A pioneering clinical imaging centre has opened in Dundee, the second centre to be created as part of a project to improve access to clinical photography for dermatology patients across Tayside.
Read more ➡️ tinyurl.com/hk4cj5ta
Great work from the team at Stracathro! Well done to all involved 👏
The surgical team at Stracathro has carried out its first knee replacement as a day case procedure, with the patient walking out of hospital just hours after their operation.
Read the full story ➡️ tinyurl.com/y9ttktsy and check out the tweet below for a wee video of Jon
Brilliant work by the teams delivering this service.
Prostate cancer patients in Tayside are benefiting from the expansion of NHS Tayside’s robotic assisted surgical service.tinyurl.com/2htyupy6
It's wonderful to hear about inspiring young man Wil Ritchie's efforts to learn to run again with the help of NHS Tayside's physiotherapy team.
Inspiring Angus teenager Wil Ritchie is learning to run again with the help of a new specialist piece of physiotherapy equipment at Ninewells Hospital. Read more about it here - tinyurl.com/4pcvd27j
I am hugely proud of the team’s performance, showing once more that NHS Tayside teams are in the vanguard of innovation and improvements which is benefiting the health of our population.
Well done to everyone involved.
The ophthalmology team at Ninewells is now routinely performing up to 50 cataract procedures in a day following a transformation of the service which started last year tinyurl.com/yv7mpvaj👏👁️👀
I was delighted to say a huge thank you to Rhona Weir who retired from her role as a Health Care Support Worker in the maternity ward at Ninewells Hospital after an incredible 47 years of service. All the best to Rhona in her retirement.
Great to see our Infection Prevention and Control team sharing good practice at one of their regular pop-up staff information stations at Ninewells. Brilliant work being delivered by the team. Well done 👏👏
I was delighted to welcome the Cabinet Secretary to Tayside today to meet our incredible teams in ED who are working smart and working hard to make sure patients are seen in the right place for their needs.
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care @HumzaYousaf visited the Ninewells ED today to meet the frontline staff who are gearing up for winter with a focus on making sure patients get the Right Care in the Right Place with the Flow Navigation Hub tinyurl.com/mr2yeyyw
Amazing efforts from our staff. Well done all.
Staff from the Intensive Care Unit at Ninewells Hospital have raised money for a permanent owl sculpture to be installed in the hospital to commemorate Tayside’s COVID-19 efforts. Read more > bit.ly/3EyWZjp
Very proud to have been accredited a Living Wage employer. Our staff, partners and communities need all the support we can give during these challenging financial times.
NHS Tayside has been accredited as a Living Wage employer. It's Living Wage Week from 14 to 20 November 2022 and with prices rising at their highest rate in decades, the real Living Wage is more important than ever tinyurl.com/ykb22jyw
Congratulations to the team - delighted to see their hard work recognised at a national level.
Our Property Department picked up two NHS Scotland Assure Awards for the design of the new Children’s Theatre Suite at Ninewells.
The CTS project won the Design Excellence Award with Distinction as well as the Outstanding Achievement Award.
Read more ➡️tinyurl.com/mrpwk885
So proud of our award winning staff! And these two are just an example of the fantastic Team Tayside.
Congratulations to Margaret and Laic who have picked up awards at the national Scottish Health Awards which recognise those who go that extra mile to improve the health and wellbeing of others #scothealthawards tinyurl.com/33ch4kck 👏🙌
