Nursing Standard Patient's Choice Award 2009
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Patient’s Choice Award is launched on 15th April 2009 by the UK’s best-selling nursing journal,
Nursing Standard
Has a nurse, midwife, health visitor or healthcare assistant made a real difference to you or a loved one? That is the question being asked across the UK by weekly nursing journal, Nursing Standard.
After its enormously successful launch in 2008, the Patient’s Choice Award 2009 is being held alongside the Nursing StandardNurse Awards 2009, currently in its 21st year. The award provides the public with a unique opportunity to highlight and reward excellent practice within the nursing profession.
“Delivering the best possible care to patients lies at the heart of all nursing,” says Nursing Standardeditor, Jean Gray. “That’s why we’re so delighted to give patients the opportunity to recognise and celebrate those nurses who they feel have gone the extra mile.”
As well as appealing directly to the public, Nursing Standard is urging every organisation - whether in the NHS, the community or the independent sector - to tell their patients about this special award, encouraging them to nominate those nurses who they feel have performed beyond the call of duty. “We want to see as many nurses put forward for this award as possible,” saysNursing Standard’s editor.
The timetable for Nursing Standard’s Patient’s Choice Award 2009:
· 15th April 2009 - Patient’s Choice Award 2009 is launched.
· 22nd July - closing date for nominations.
· 7th August - three finalists are announced, selected by an expert panel of judges.
· 12th August – 28th October - members of the public are invited to vote for the nurse who they believe most deserves the accolade.
· 9th November - the Patient’s Choice Award winner receives their award at Nursing Standard Nurse Awards 2009 award ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel in London.
To nominate a nurse, midwife, health visitor or healthcare assistant, members of the public can visit the RCN Publishing website or call 020 8423 1066 to request an entry form. The closing date for nominations is 22nd July 2009.
For more information, visit www.patients-choice.co.uk or contact Lynne Pearce, PR consultant
Tel: 01992 448474; mobile: 07790 423705; email: lynnepearce29@ntlworld.co.uk
Notes to editors:
1. The Nursing Standard Nurse Awards 2008 are organised by Nursing Standard, the UK’s best‑selling nursing journal and flagship title of the RCN Publishing Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). There are 13 categories, each with a winner and runner-up. One of the 13 winners will be selected to receive the ultimate accolade of Nursing Standard Nurse Awards 2009.
2. The RCN is the UK’s largest specialist nursing body and trade union in the UK. The RCN represents nurses and nursing, promotes excellence in practice and shapes health policies.
