MENTALHEALTHMATTERS - West London Mental Health NHS Trust

Unsung Hero-Clinical
Winner: Stephen Urry,
clinical team leader, John Conolly wing.
Ealing SDU.
Stephen Urry was nominated for the award by Bridget
Ledbury, director of Ealing SDU. She says, “I was
particularly impressed by Stephen’s actions during a
serious untoward incident at work, recently. Stephen
was extremely professional, contained the anxieties
of staff, reported upwards appropriately and gave
exceptional levels of support to the family concerned.
He is an outstanding member of our staff team, a good
role model for others and someone who has immense
pride in the work he does. I am continually impressed
by the compassion he shows for the work he does,
his enthusiasm and the respect and dignity he shows
patients, their carers and colleagues. Stephen always
responds well to challenges at work, he learns from
events and is always striving to improve his knowledge
and practice and that of colleagues.”
Runners up:
Mary McCaffrey, inpatient sector manager, John Conolly
wing, Ealing SDU.
Duncan McDougall, healthcare assistant, Broadmoor
Hospital SDU.
Leadership
Winner: Lilian Hove,
clinical nurse manager, The Orchard.
West London Forensic SDU.
Lilian was nominated by a colleague from the Orchard,
Gillian Tuck. She describes Lilian as “exceptional in
the way she manages and leads the nursing team and
collaborates with her MDT colleagues to provide a
specialist service for the women patients.” Gillian cites
her clear vision for the ward and her drive to achieve
that vision as exceptional. She says that: “Lilian helps
nurses to understand patients’ complex presentations.
She also helps them to reflect on the challenges of
their work by ensuring her team regularly accesses
group and individual supervision. Lilian uses her
skills as a teacher to educate nurses and regularly
co-facilitates training workshops both within the
service and at a trust level. One of Lilian’s biggest
achievements has been leading the implementation
of preceptorship within the women’s service. Thanks
to Lilian all newly qualified nurses now complete the
trust preceptorship programme – she has completely
turned things around.”
Runners-up
Steve Dudley, head of occupational therapy services,
West London Forensic SDU.
Jane Kelly, assertive outreach and early intervention
services team manager, Hounslow SDU.
Lifetime Achievement
Winner: Clive Bonnett, senior clinical
nurse specialist, PMVA.
Broadmoor Hospital SDU.
Clive has worked at Broadmoor Hospital for over
30 years, initially as a nurse and since the 1980s in
the PMVA department as a tutor. Says Gail Miller,
associate director of risk reduction: “During this time
Clive has demonstrated the core values essential for a
caring profession, his key objective is clearly aimed at
maximising the quality of life of the patients in his care
and ensuring that Clive’s experience and knowledge
has informed policy and practice across all services
in the trust. He also influences practice nationally and
internationally via a network of trainers educated
at WLMHT. Over the years he has contributed
to valuable research, informed publications and
contributes to a national working group via NHS
Security Management Services. His specialist
knowledge has informed a number of developments in
this area of practice.”
Runners-up
Prof Tom Barnes, professor of psychiatry, director of
research and development.
Kelvin Cheatle, executive director of workforce and
environment.
Volunteer of the Year
Winner: Kwabena Mehutusekamen
Kwabena was nominated for the Quality Award by
David Nicholson, a music therapist in the John Conolly
Wing in Ealing. He said: “Since becoming a volunteer
in February 2008, Kwabena has shown remarkable and
dependable dedication to setting up and establishing
the John Conolly wing inpatient drumming group.
What started out as a weekly session on a short fixed
term pilot project that Kwabena was involved with as
a volunteer has grown, through the trust’s recognition
of its impact, to become a fully funded group that
meets two evenings a week. Kwabena’s willingness
and selflessness in volunteering his services in the first
place has been a crucial factor in enabling us to get this
important group off the ground in the first place.”
Runners-up:
Kay Kensall (see page 19 for interview)
Marco Borria (Hammersmith & Fulham volunteer.)
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