Q Awards 2024

The volunteer workforce at CWPT is growing, and this award is to spotlight the wonderful and committed individuals and teams who give up their free time, unpaid, to support the delivery of our services and help us deliver exceptional care.

This award is open to volunteer teams and individuals. You cannot nominate yourself.

The Apprentice of the Year Award recognises outstanding growth and dedication in rising talent at CWPT. This award celebrates apprentices who demonstrate they live by the Trust vision and values, and demonstrate exceptional commitment and eagerness to learn.

This award is open to current apprentices. You cannot nominate yourself.

We are lucky to have so many inspiring clinical leaders at CWPT who drive change and encourage us all to innovate and do things differently, learn from the impact of our ideas, and create a collaborative and supportive culture.

The Clinical Leader of the Year Award recognises exceptional clinical leaders across the organisation who show compassionate leadership and always put our patients at the centre of everything they do. We believe good leadership matters at all levels, so this award is open to any CWPT clinician, regardless of pay band or management responsibility.

For the individual or team who has/have:

• Shown initiative in developing processes to support the Trust business.
• Demonstrated how their support has contributed to the delivery of our Trust Values.
• Gone above and beyond in the support they offer to clinical services and/or corporate colleagues.
• Undertaken their duties with pride and has shown outstanding dedication to their work.

For the individual or team who are compassionate, kind and caring to everyone, including people who use our services and people we work with.

For the individual or team who always do their best and seek to achieve excellence in all they do. Who innovate and try out new things and when things don't go to plan, they embrace this as an opportunity to learn and improve.

For the individual or team who are civil and respectful. They also celebrate diversity and always appreciate the views of others.

For the individual or team who do the right thing and people can trust them. They are also open, honest and transparent, even when things go wrong.

For the individual or team who take pride in involving people and working together as an inclusive team, both within the organisation, and in coproduction with patients, carers, partners, colleagues and others who use our services and people we work with.

NEW for 2024, the Reducing Healthcare Inequalities Award recognises teams and individuals that have implemented creative and innovative initiatives which aim to reduce healthcare inequalities.

Award entries should focus on the most deprived communities and inclusion health groups (any population group that is socially excluded). This can include people who experience homelessness, drug and alcohol dependence, vulnerable migrants, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, sex workers, people in contact with the justice system and victims of modern slavery, but can also include other socially excluded groups), ethnic minority communities and/or other groups experiencing poorer-than-average care.

We’re looking for initiatives that have driven tangible improvements in access, experiences and outcomes for patients, carers, people and/or communities.

This award is open to teams and individuals at CWPT. You can also put yourself forward for this award.

NEW for 2024, the Improvement and Innovation Award is for teams and individuals who have introduced new ways of working or taken steps to deliver tangible improvements for staff, patients, and populations as quickly and efficiently as possible. It doesn’t matter how big or small the change has been, if you can demonstrate clear steps you have taken to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and quality and safety of services and the impact the changes have had, we want to hear about it.

Examples of improvement and innovation could include but are not limited to; using improvement tools to increase the quality and safety of services, finding innovative ways to improve the efficiency or effectiveness of service delivery, reducing waiting times, rebuilding teams, reopening closed facilities, returning staff equipment to original departments, and much more.

This award is open to teams and individuals at CWPT. You can also put yourself forward for this award.

New for 2024, the Lifetime Achievement Award recognises individuals who have made a significant positive difference or contribution to CWPT, the NHS, their field of work and/or their local communities. They are advocates and changemakers, who have improved things for the better and have created a lasting legacy that will benefit our patients, colleagues and communities into the future.

This award is for individuals who have made a significant positive impact in or out of work, regardless of years of NHS service. Nominations should focus on impact, and if known, should include positive contributions made outside of work, such as voluntary or charity work, unpaid roles, or initiatives.