Issue 46 - December 2012 - Southern Health and Social Care Trust

Edition 46 | December ‘12
Success & Achievements
Experienced Manager of the Year
Alexis Davidson, Head of Diagnostic
Services, received a joint runner up
prize in the category of Experienced
Manager of the Year Award. Alexis
has over 30 years of experience in
radiography. In her current role she
led the implementation of a new shift
system within radiography and an
extension to the working day, so that
patients are provided with the best
possible 24/7 service.
Professor Peter
McBride, Chief
Executive of Niamh;
Joint runner up Alexis
Davidson, Head of
Diagnostic Services,
Southern Trust and
Hilary McConnell,
Organisation and
Workforce Development
Manager, South Eastern
Trust along with Health
Minister, Edwin Poots.
Recovery in Action film
Karl Hughes, Project Manager, Mental Health
Forum; Ingrid Stewart, Mental Health Wellbeing
& Inclusion Specialist, Southern Trust; and Gordon
Higham, Advocacy Manager, Northern Ireland
Association for Mental Health, at the launch of the
‘Recovery In Action: living with a mental illness’ film
in Iveagh Movie Studios, Banbridge.
Wear It Pink Breast
Cancer Campaign
The Bannvale House coffee morning fundraiser
organised by Tracy Griffin was a great success.
Supported by colleagues in Mental Health, Learning
Disability and Older People and Primary Care, the
event raised £137.
Nurse donates Kidney to Husband
Bernie Fitzsimmons, Surgical Nurse at Daisy Hill
Hospital is encouraging people to sign up to the
donor register after she successfully donated a
kidney to her husband Ian. Bernie who is now
back at work says: “Living without a kidney has
made no difference to my life apart from the need
to attend an annual check-up. To find that I was
a match was a great relief and thankfully we are
no longer living with the stress of waiting and
hoping for a donor. I would definitely do it again if
I could.”
To join the NHS Organ Donor Register log on to
www.organdonation.nhs.uk or call 1300123 123.
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