Ayrshire Achieves 2025 – nominations are now open
Nominations will close on Sunday 23rd of February 2025
Who is your local health hero? Do you know someone who deserves to be recognised that works in NHS Ayrshire & Arran or the Health and Social Care Partnerships in East, South and North Ayrshire?
These guidelines will help provide you with further information on the awards and criteria to submit a nomination.
Guidelines for nominations
Ayrshire Achieves is about recognising exceptional staff and volunteers who provide health and care services in Ayrshire and Arran.
Awards are open to all members of staff employed by NHS Ayrshire & Arran or one of the three Health and Social Care Partnerships, as well as volunteers. Ayrshire Achieves is supported by NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s Area Partnership Forum and a number of generous sponsors.
If you are nominating for more than one category, you will need to complete a separate form for each nomination.
How to nominate
We will only consider nominations for exceptional staff and volunteers for work undertaken from March 2024 to February 2025. Your nomination must be submitted using the entry form below. If you don’t have access to the internet or would like more information you can phone 0800 169 1441 or email: AyrshireAchieves@aapct.scot.nhs.uk
Your nomination should be no more than 500 words and may include supporting material as evidence (if appropriate).
Your nomination should include why the person you are nominating deserves to be awarded.
The closing date for entries is Sunday 23rd February 2025.
Award categories
There are six categories:
- Behind the scenes
- Care and compassion
- Collaboration and working together
- Making a difference with digital
- Shining stars
- Thinking out the box
Award categories
Behind the scenes
This award is for staff who make a real difference without most people knowing about it.
Care and compassion
This award recognises individuals or teams who have demonstrated care and compassion towards colleagues or patients and their families. This can also include GP, care home colleagues and staff providing an NHS contracted service. Each nomination should include as much information as you can to describe the difference the staff member/team/volunteer has made.
Collaboration and working together
This award is for those who have demonstrated exceptional teamworking and collaboration. The nomination should clearly demonstrate the benefits and impact of the collaboration.
Making a difference with digital
This award is for an individual or team who are doing things differently using digital approaches.
Shining stars
This award is for individuals, teams or volunteers who go above and beyond what is expected of them.
Thinking out of the box
This award is for an individual or team who has undertaken something new or different; delivered innovation, reform, or found solutions against all the odds.
It may have improved services for patients, people who use our services, carers, partner organisations, departments, or colleagues within NHS Ayrshire & Arran or the three health and social care partnerships.
Your nomination should include a brief overview of how the staff member/team has thought outside the box and how the idea has made a difference.
How will the award winners be chosen?
Shortlisting and judging will take place in March 2025, with the awards ceremony taking place on Thursday 29 May 2025 in University Hospital Ayr. The judging panel will include members of the NHS Board, clinical and non-clinical staff, representatives from the three Health and Social Care Partnerships, representatives from trade unions and professional organisations and sponsors.
There will be no more than four finalists in each category. The award winners will be at the discretion of the judges.
What do award winners receive?
Award winners in each category will receive a trophy and a certificate. All finalists in each category will receive a certificate. Invitations to the ceremony will be issued to finalists in April 2025.
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