Island Life Magazine Ltd December 2011/January 2012 | Page 48

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NHS
awards
Improving Patient Access : Introduction of ultrasonography into General
Practice – Sandown Health Centre

Vectis Award for excellence by a Doctor : Dr John
Partridge, St Helen’s GP and Isle of Wight Clinical
Commissioning Group

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Chris Palmer, Director of
Finance and Information
Management & Technology

Clinical Educator of the Year Award:
Dr Patrick Vandekerckhove, Obs &
Gynae, and Dr Elsward Samuels,
Emergency Department

Excellence in Primary and Community Care : Creation of the Phoenix
Project – Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

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The 2011 NHS Awards saw over 60 entries for the
eight main awards. The winners were selected by the
400 strong audience using electronic voting. Each
of the winning projects received a cheque for £500
from the award sponsor. The overall winners, creators
of the Phoenix Project, a new Mental Health &
Learning Disability Service, received a further £500.
11 individuals and teams were also recognised for their
work during the year. For more information and the
films visit www.iow.nhs.uk/awards.

Island Award for outstanding achievement by a nurse
or midwife: Sister Heidi Meekins, Luccombe Ward

Best Clinical Audit programme
undertaken by Junior Doctors

Health Improvement and Reducing Inequality: Patients with a Disability
Working Group – Patients with a Disability Working Group (PDWG)