Awards and honours

Services and staff at Salford Royal have received a number of accolades, honours and awards including:

2018

• Stroke services at The Northern Care Alliance, which are based at Fairfield General Hospital in Bury and Salford Royal are amongst the very best in the country (Stroke services excel at Northern Care Alliance, April 2018)
  
• A £48m treatment centre is planned for Salford Royal to care for some of the region's sickest patients (New major trauma centre planned for Salford Royal, April 2018)
  
• Six teams from across the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group have been shortlisted in the Health Service Journal's annual Patient Safety Awards (Northern Care Alliance teams shortlisted six times for patient safety awards, April 2018)
  
• A Salford Royal Consultant is fronting a new Greater Manchester scheme making it easier than ever for people with kidney disease to take part in health research. (Help BEAT Kidney Disease, March 2018)
  
• Salford Royal has become the first NHS Trust in Greater Manchester to use an innovative procedure that is speeding up operation times for patients (Innovative procedure speeding up operation times for patients, March 2018)
  
• Salford Care Organisation has been accredited as an exemplar centre for its work managing Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) and Anticoagulation (Salford Care Organisation accredited as a VTE Exemplar Centre, January 2018)
  

• Congratulations to Prof Chris Griffiths and Prof Pippa Tyrrell who featured, along with former Chair Margaret Morris, in the New Year honours list (Salford Royal colleagues honoured by the Queen, January 2018)

2017

• Pam Emmens, HR Support Officer was shortlisted for a national award celebrating non-clinical staff in the NHS (Salford Royal HR worker Pam shortlisted for Unsung Hero Award, December 2017)
• A Special Recognition Pride of Britain Award was presented by Prince William on 30 October to NHS workers from across Greater Manchester – including representatives from Salford Royal - for their response to the Manchester Arena attack (Staff are the Pride of Britain, November 2017)
• Salford Royal's Children's Services Health Visiting team were assessed by UNICEF assessors and continue to be fully accredited for the prestigious UNICEF Baby Friendly Award. (Prestigious UNICEF Baby Friendly Award for Salford, October 2017)
• Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust has received national accreditation for the quality of work experience it offers (Salford Royal's work experience programmes rewarded, September 2017)
• Salford Royal's Learning and Development team are celebrating winning their third award in 12 months at the National Health Education England's Widening Participation Awards 2017; triumphing in the Partnership and Collaboration Category (Another award win for Salford Royal's Learning and Development team, August 2017)
• Salford Royal's Director of Digital Rachel Dunscombe was announces as leader of a new, virtual academy, established to develop the talents of hundreds of the NHS's digital leaders (Rachel Dunscombe to lead NHS Digital Academy, August 2017)
• Congratulations to our Learning and Development colleagues who have been recognised for their corporate social responsibility work promoting NHS careers to local schools, and working with the Prince's Trust employability programme (Salford Royal's corporate social responsibility rewarded, June 2017)
• The Greater Manchester Stroke Operational Delivery Network have had their improvements recognised nationally with three of Greater Manchester's units now placed in the top 10 in England (Greater Manchester hospital stroke services now some of the best in England, June 2017)
• The palliative care team at Salford Royal won 'Student Placement of the Year Hospital' at the Student Nursing Times Awards 2017 (Salford Royal's palliative care team named student nursing placement of the year, June 2017)
• Nine students recently celebrated completing Salford Royal's Sector Skills Based Work Academy Programme, and have all received conditional offers of employment at the Trust (Students celebrate academy success, May 2017)
• Salford Royal has been added to the national Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers and will be able to increase the amount of apprenticeship training it offers (Salford Royal apprenticeships approved, March 2017)
• Huge congratulations to Salford Royal's Catering Team whose hard work have enabled the Trust to retain its 5-star food hygiene rating (Five stars for Salford Royal's food hygiene, March 2017)
• £6.7 million financial boost awarded to Salford Royal to create a city-wide patient safety research programme, along with The University of Manchester (£6.7m NIHR funding secured for patient safety research, February 2017)
• Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust's mental health liaison service based at Salford Royal has been accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists' until 2019 (Royal College of Psychiatrists awards accreditation to Salford service, February 2017)

2016 

• A single Manchester bid – from a partnership including Salford Royal - has been awarded £28.5m from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), bringing lifesaving tests and treatments a step nearer for millions of people (NIHR Biomedical Research Centre to bring hope to millions, September 2016) 

• ·Our Acute Care Collaboration (ACC) vanguard led to us becoming one of the first Foundation Trusts in the country to be accredited by NHS Improvement to lead groups or chains of NHS providers (Salford Royal one of only four Trusts to be accredited as a foundation group leader, August 2016).
• Salford Royal’s anaesthetics department was officially recognised for its excellent service when it received Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation, a peer-review scheme developed by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (Prestigious accolade for anaesthetic department, July 2016).
• Nurse Fiona Murphy, who has led innovative bereavement and donor work in Greater Manchester and shared it across the country, was awarded the MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours (Pioneering nurse Fiona is awarded MBE, June 2016).
• Two of Salford Royal’s kidney specialists, Prof Donal O’Donoghue and Prof Phil Kalra, have been appointed to two of the highest positions in the UK’s Renal Association (Key new roles for kidney specialists, May 2016).
• Angela McDonald, bereavement trainer for children and families at Salford Royal, won the Supporting Carers category at the 2016 RCNi Nurse Awards, the profession’s top accolade for nursing excellence (Bereavement nurse wins top award, May 2016).

2015 

• Dedicated Nurse Consultant Julie Flaherty was awarded an MBE for services to paediatric nursing in the New Year’s Honours List. She also volunteers for humanitarian efforts around the world and recently helped during the ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone  (Children’s  nurse consultant awarded MBE honour, December 2015).

• Salford Royal’s Executive Medical Director Dr Chris Brookes was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bolton to mark his outstanding contribution to health care (Honorary Doctorate for Trust Executive Medical Director, July 2015).

• Professor Christopher Griffiths,  Consultant Dermatologist at Salford Royal and Professor of Dermatology at The University of Manchester, was presented with the Sir Archibald Gray Medal in recognition for his outstanding services to dermatology (Skin expert given prestigious medal, August 2015).

• Salford Royal’s Cardiovascular Rehabilitation team was presented with the British Heart Foundation Team of the Year Award by the British Cardiovascular Society, in recognition of their commitment to improving patient care (Patient Care Award for Cardiac Rehab Team, July 2015).        
      

• Stroke specialist Professor Pippa Tyrrell has been given a national Life After Stroke Special Recognition Award for her pioneering work to transform the quality of stroke care in the UK (Stroke specialist given national award for life-saving work, June 2015).

• Chief Nurse Elaine Inglesby-Burke has been awarded a CBE for her service to nursing in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list (Elaine Inglesby-Burke receives a CBE, June 2015).

• Salford Royal is an outstanding Trust, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced. It is only the second Trust in the country to earn the top rating and the first in the North of England  (Salford Royal is an outstanding trust, March 2015).

• Sandra Smith, a Health Visitor Matron at Salford Royal, has been presented with a Fellowship from the Institute of Health Visiting (Matron becomes official health visitor ambassador, March 2015).                
       

• Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust’s children’s services Health Visiting team and Salford City Council’s Children’s Centres have been awarded the prestigious Baby Friendly Award by UNICEF (Baby Friendly award for Salford, January 2015). 

•  Consultant Podiatrist Paul Chadwick has won a prestigious award in recognition of his work in the field of diabetes-related foot disease (Consultant presented with Meritorious Award by the Collge of Podiatry, January 2015).

2014

• Janice McGrory, Lead Nurse for Dementia and Delirium, has been crowned the Best Dementia Nurse Specialist/Dementia Lead at the 5th National Dementia Care Awards (National accolade for Lead Dementia Nurse, November 2014)   

• Salford Royal's Debra Dooley, who is the Lead Nurse in Adult Community Services, has been given the prestigious title of Queens Nurse (QN) (Lead Nurse Debra becomes Queens Nurse, December 2014).

• Health Visitor Matron Sandra Smith has become one of the first group of health visitors in England to become a Fellow of the Institute of Health Visiting (Prestigious fellowship for Health Visitor Matron, November 2014)

• Chief Executive Sir David Dalton has been awarded with an Honorary Doctorate in science from Salford University (Salford Royal Chief Executive awarded Honorary Doctorate, July 2014)        
           

• Salford Royal’sspecialist renal clinic for young adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has won the Managing Long-Term Conditions category in the Health Service Journal Patient Safety + Care Awards 2014 (One-stop clinic for young adult kidney patients wins award, July 2014)

• Executive Director of Nursing and Deputy Chief Executive, Elaine Inglesby-Burke has been named on the inaugural Nursing Times Leaders List, which celebrates the contribution of nurse leaders to the nursing profession (Salford Royal’s Elaine named Nursing Times Leader, June 2014)

• Staff members Stacey Barnes and Phylis Ziswa have been presented with awards in recognition of their dedication to learning and development in a ceremony held by Health Education North West (Salford Royal’s award winners, June 2014)

• Salford Royal’s Director of Innovation and Improvement Science Maxine Power has been appointed Honorary Professor in the College of Health and Social Care at the University of Salford (Maxine celebrates Honorary Professor appointment, May 2014)         
         

• Patients have named Salford Royal as the best Acute Trust in the country, according to the In-Patient Survey 2013 (Patient satisfaction is highest at Salford Royal, April 2014) 

•  Salford Royal’s people rate the Trust as the best place to work in the NHS, according to the national annual NHS Staff Survey 2013 (Salford Royal confirmed as the best place to work in the NHS, March 2014)

2013 

• Salford Royal was awarded Trust of the Year for the North of England by Doctor Foster Intelligence (Salford Royal named Trust of the Year, December 2013)

        

• Salford Royal received glowing feedback from healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (Salford Royal celebrates extremely positive CQC report, December 2013)

        

• Chief Executive Sir David Dalton was awarded a Knighthood in the New Year’s Honours List in recognition of his services to the NHS. Salford Royal’s Consultant Surgeon Mr Iain Anderson was honoured with an MBE for his contribution to clinical surgery and medical education (Salford Royal Chief Executive receives a Knighthood, December 2013)

        

• Getting patients involved in research earned the North West Stroke Research Network, based at Salford Royal, a top national award (Stroke Research Network wins national award, October 2013)

        

• Salford Royal’s children’s services Health Visiting team, Salford City Council’s Children’s Centres and the Health Improvement Service were awarded Stage 2 accreditation in UNICEF’s internationally renowned Baby Friendly Initiative after a recent assessment (Expert help for new mums, October 2013)

       

• 94 per cent of Salford Royal cancer patients experienced ‘excellent’ or ‘very good’ care, as reported by the Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2013 (Salford Royal reports highest patient satisfaction scores for the North West, September 2013).

        

• Sir David Dalton was shortlisted as Chief Executive of the Year in The Health Service Journal Awards 2013. The Salford Citizen Scientist project was also shortlisted in the Clinical Research Impact category (Chief Executive and research project shortlisted for national award, August 2013)

        

• Salford Royal MS Specialist Nurse Lindsay Harrison was named as a joint winner in the Multiple Sclerosis Trust’s ‘My Super Nurse’ Award 2013 (Specialist MS Nurse wins award, May 2013)

       

• Salford Royal is one of the safest centres for bowel cancer surgery (Salford one of the safest centres for bowel surgery, May 2013)

       

• Salford Royal emerged as the best acute Trust nationally in the NHS Staff Survey 2012 (Staff engagement is top, March 2013)

        

• Salford Royal achievesd a top ten ranking in the first ever overall assessment of NHS hospital quality in England, based on what matters most to people, published by MHP Health Mandate ( Top for quality, March 2013)

       

• A pioneering home-based therapy to help patients with a rare neurological condition earned Salford Royal nurse Amanda Woodall the Nursing Standard’s Innovations in Neurology Award (Industry award for pioneering Amanda, March 2013)

        

• Salford Royal retained its Level 3 NHS Litigation Authority (NHS LA) Risk Management accreditation (NHS Litigation Authority accreditation, February 2013)

        

• Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors declared Salford Royal fully compliant with every standard they assessed (CQC Inspection, February 2013)

        

• Car Parking Customer Care Team re-accredited for the British Parking Association's Park Mark award (Safe place to park, February 2013)

       

• Salford Royal's Dr Hari Mamtora (Consultant Radiologist) received an MBE in recognition of his services to the NHS (New Year Honours, January 2013)
  
  

 2012

• The Alcohol Assertive Outreach Team is Highly Commended in the "'Addressing the Wider Determinants of Ill Health' category (North West Public Health Awards, November 2012) 
      

• Cath Stansfield (Advanced Practitioner) scoops a national award for her work to improve care for patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Royal College of Nursing IBD Nurses Network, October 2012) 
      

• Assistant Director of Nursing Jane Macdonald is the first recipient of the Macdonald Leadership Award (British Renal Society, July 2012) 
      

• Trust wins 'Changing Culture' award (HSJ Patient Safety Awards, July 2012) 
      

• Diabetes Care Call service is Highly Commended in the Primary Care Category (HSJ Care Integration Awards, July 2012)
      

• Trust is Highly Commended in the 'Diabetes Care' category (Care Integration Awards, July 2012)
      

• Best Acute Trust in the country (NHS Staff Survey 2011 results, March 2012)
           

• HR Services Manager, Lesley Moss received an MBE in recognition of her services to the Salford community (New Year Honours, January 2012).

2011

• Highlighted as having the lowest hospital death and weekend mortality rates in the North West (Dr Foster Hospital Guide, 2011)

• Diabetes Care Call service wins ‘Best Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Initiative’ award (Quality in Care Diabetes, 2011)

•  Respiratory Nursing team win the ‘Respiratory’ award (Nursing Times Awards, 2011)        
   

• Working Well service win ‘Service Excellence’ award (Chartered Society of Physiotherapists, 2011)

•  Best Acute Trust in the North West (Cancer Patient Experience survey, Apr 2011)
  

• Best Acute Trust in the North West for the second year running (NHS Staff Survey, Apr 2011)
  
  

• Emergency Oxygen programme win ‘Patient Safety in Clinical Practice’ award (Patient Safety Awards, Mar 2011).

2010

• 95% of patients tell us they would recommend Salford Royal to family and friends (Patient Experience survey, 2010)
  
  

• Named ‘Top Teaching Trust in England’ (Healthcare 100 awards, Jul 2010)
  
  

• Greater Manchester Employer of the Year (Greater Manchester Employer Coalition Awards, May 2010)
  
  

• Quality Improvement strategy wins ‘Changing Culture’ award (Patient Safety Awards, Feb 2010)
  
  

• The Acutely Unwell Adult project won the ‘Quality and Productivity’ award (HSJ Awards, 2010)
  
  

• Board of the Year (NHS Leadership Awards, 2010)
  
  

• Trust wins ‘Patient Safety, Changing Cultures’ award (Nursing Times/HSJ Awards 2010).