Cardiac Nursing Awards 2008
British Journal of CARDIAC NURSING in association with the British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular Care (BANCC) are proud to announce the winners of the Cardiac Nursing Awards 2008.
The awards were held at Café Royal, London, on the evening of Friday April 25, 2008, to highlight and reward excellence in this important and developing branch of nursing. Once again, the standard of entry was exceptionally high and the judges would like to thank all those who nominated themselves or others.
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Excellence in primary or secondary prevention, supported by
Winner
Alison Pottle
Cardiology Nurse Consultant
Royal Brompton and Harefield Trust, London
Second prize
South East London
Cardiac Network
Beckenham, Kent
Third Prize
Cas Shotter
Specialist Nurse, Cardiology
West Middlesex University Hospital
Isleworth, Middlesex
Innovation through education or research, supported by
Winner
Charles Bloe
Clinical Ward Manager
NHS Highland
Inverness-shire
Second prize
Ros Brownlow
Lecturer
University of York
York, North Yorkshire
Third Prize
Suzanne McNeelance, Alison Pilsworth, Tracy Stoodley and Mary Kirk
British Heart Foundation
Medway PCT, Kent
Excellence or innovation in acute or critical care, supported by
Winner
Nick Castle
Nurse Consultant Resuscitation
Frimley Park Hospital
Camberley, Surrey
Second prize
Justin Lewis, Fiona Shelley and Maxine Edwards
Cardiac Assessment Team
New Cross Hospital
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Third Prize
Critical Care Outreach Haemofiltration Team
Harefield Hospital
Harefield, Middlesex
Excellence or innovation in cardiac intervention or surgery, supported by
Winner
Lisa Mace and Kathleen Gough
Research and Practice Development Nurse Specialists
Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol
Excellence or innovation in cardiac rehabilitation, supported by
Winner
Salford PCT Cardiac
Rehabilitation Service
Salford, Manchester
Second prize
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Cardiac Rehabilitation Service
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Excellence or innovation in heart failure care, supported by
Winner
Louise Clayton and Jan Hawker
Heart Failure Specialist Nurses
Leicester City PCT
Leicestershire
Second prize
Helen Llewellyn-Griffiths, Wendy Churchouse, Claire Hurlin and Rhoswen Davies
British Heart Foundation Specialist Nurses
Carmarthen LHB
Llanelli, Wales
Excellence or innovation in arrhythmia care, supported by
Winner
South East London
Cardiac Network
Beckenham, Kent
Second prize
Michelle Bennett and Erica Longster
Arrhythmia Nurse Practitioner
Wrexham Maelor Hospital
Wrexham, Wales
Innovation through service development, supported by
Winner
Anna Anscombe
Cardiac Nurse Specialist
Royal Brompton and Harefield Trust, London
Second prize
Alison Pottle, Jane Breen, Tanya Joseph, Sue King and Carol Hayes
Cardiology Nurse Specialist Team
Royal Brompton and Harefield Trust, London
Joint Third Prize
South East London
Cardiac Network
Beckenham, Kent
Joint Third Prize
Helen Llewellyn-Griffiths, Wendy Churchouse, Claire Hurlin and Rhoswen Davies
British Heart Foundation Specialist Nurses
Carmarthen LHB
Llanelli, Wales
Award for a staff nurse who has made an outstanding contribution to cardiac care, supported by
Winner
Cas Shotter
Specialist Nurse, Cardiology
West Middlesex University Hospital
Isleworth, Middlesex
Lifetime achievement award, supported by
Barbara Stephens
Nurse Consultant for Heart Failure
University Hospital
Aintree, Liverpool
Barbara Stephens' career began more than twenty years ago at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, in Central Liverpool. In 1992 she moved to the University Hospital Aintree, where she was instrumental in the commissioning and planning of a ‘new’ purpose built Coronary Care Unit, as well as bringing about the development of the Thrombolysis team.
Throughout this period, she was also regularly training on a range of courses which resulted in a teaching secondment to Edge Hill University College in Ormskirk. Her involvement in the Study to evaluate the effectiveness of Nurse-led Intervention in the management of outpatients with heart Failure in 2001 was pivotal in her career. After bringing about the development of the Heart Failure Service within the University Hospital Aintree, she immediately embarked upon this research study which evaluated the effectiveness of nurse led intervention in the management of heart failure.
The Heart Failure Service within the University Hospital Aintree in Liverpool has become a major innovation amongst heart failure services throughout the North West. It is respected internally and nationally – which became evident following its award for NHS Beacon Status in 2000.
She went on to present the positive findings from the Study to evaluate the effectiveness of Nurse-led Intervention in the management of outpatients with heart Failure study at the 2002 World Congress in Cardiology in Sydney, Australia and at the British Cardiac Society in Harrogate. The attention that the study attracted earned her role model status for many developing services.
Heavily involved in developing and mentoring community heart failure nurses, in 2002 she was appointed within the department as nurse consultant and assisted in the development of local heart failure guidelines for a prospective seamless service.
She has worked tirelessly in heart failure education, both in primary and secondary care, and has been active within local networks, in an effort to constantly develop heart failure management and improve services.
View and download the photos from the Cardiac Nursing Awards 2008.
