2009 Travel Health Nursing Award winners announced

Congratulations to Lynda Bramham, Senior Nurse Adviser, and Shirley Bannatyne, Nurse Adviser/Clinic Manager, from the MASTA Medical Team in Leeds who have won the first-ever Nursing Standard Travel Health Nursing Award.

Karen Olorenshaw and Yvonne Stephenson, practice nurses at Shipston Medical Centre, Warwickshire PCT, were commended in a keenly fought competition.

Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline Travel Health, this prestigious award was launched late last year to recognise nurses who make clinical judgments and decisions that deliver innovation in travel health.

Travel health is one of 13 categories in the Nursing Standard Awards. Judging took place on 26-27 May at RCN headquarters and winners will be presented with their awards on 9 November during a gala ceremony at the Dorchester, London. At the end of the evening, one of the category winners will receive the ultimate accolade of Nursing Standard Nurse of the Year 2009.

Maura Buchanan, RCN President, praised the dedication, determination and commitment of all the finalists in improving the care and treatment of their patients.