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Updated 21 October 2022

Dorset County Hospital staff and volunteers receive well-deserved recognition for their hard work and dedication at the GEM and Long Service Awards.

The awards are presented annually to staff and volunteers who have made an outstanding contribution to the hospital  Going the Extra Mile  and to those who have achieved 25 years of NHS service. 

Colleagues, patients and relatives are asked to nominate hospital staff and volunteers for a number of awards to honour those who have gone over and above what is expected to make a difference to people’s lives.

GEM Award winners and finalists
GEM Awards winners and finalists

GEM Awards 2022

All the GEM Awards photos are available on Flickr here

Volunteer Award
Winners: Volunteer Services Team (Wendy Lake, Pauline Hooper, Cathrin Dunford, Richard Lawson)
Finalist: Angela Gilday

Student/Apprentice of the Year Award 
Winner: Lyndsey Joyce
Finalists: Kieran Pitman, Marie Tubulog

Quality Improvement and Innovation Award
Winner: Marie Dorton
Finalists: Cheska Ball, Jane Burrow

Contribution to Research Award 
Winner: Sarah Williams
Finalists: Cardiology and Cath Lab Team, SIREN Team

Leadership Award
Winner: Anna Ekerold
Finalists: Abi Orchard, Jo Hartley

Patient Safety Award
Winners: Medicines Safety Team
Finalists: Sally Love, Ruth Thomas

Patient Choice Award
Winner: Kevin Smith
Finalists: Pauline Kirtley, Natalie Canham

DCH Charity Fundraiser of the Year Award
Winner: Sophie Swain
Finalists: DCH Weymouth Half Marathon Team, Sarah-Jane Diaz

Team of the Year Award
Winners: Respiratory Team
Finalists: Upper GI Clinical Nurse Specialist Team, Digital Training Team

Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner: Tracey Stevenson
Finalists: Diane Hill, Hugh Bellis

Chairman’s Award
Winner: Andrew Norman
Finalists: Sarah Bridle, Wendy Lake

Long Service Awards 2022

Frida Best
Alison Bryan
Susan Buckley
Deborah Clenshaw
Melissa Geall
Leslie Heward
Simon Jones
Barbara Kavanagh
Catherine Kennedy
Ed Keynes
Elaine Lake
Penelope McCracken
Kathryn Morgan
Marie Pickersgill
Tina Rist
Lynn Standley
Anjay Talwar
Jane Turner

 

Georgina Bruce
Beverley Boore
Christina Leadley
Emma Diaz
Claire Jackson
Louise Brereton
Simon Baird
Lisa Ismaili
Kate Rowe
Karen Glover
Yvonne Bradburn
Jane Hall
Gloria Willey
Karen Plummer
Philip Wylie
Alison Male
Vera Voss
Marianne Docherty