Nursing Team of the Year

Across health and social care, nursing teams are working collaboratively to deliver innovation, service improvements and high-quality care. 

Open to teams who can demonstrate the significance of the nursing contribution to a project’s success as well as its impact on patient care. This award aims to recognise that great nursing is often delivered in teams and in close partnership with multidisciplinary colleagues – or even patients or stakeholders.

Nursing teams or a multidisciplinary team where the nursing role has been instrumental in the success of a project or service delivery. 

The nomination should clearly demonstrate:

• the team’s commitment to person-centred care, innovation and delivering high-quality services that make a difference to the people receiving care
• the positive impact of the team’s work for service users, families and colleagues
• the use of a credible evidence base and/or developing an evidence base to under pin the team’s work for which they are being nominated
• how the team’s work contributes to the delivery of local and national policy and strategy within health and social care.

If you have any questions or queries regarding the awards, please get in touch by emailing scotlandnurseawards@rcn.org.uk

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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Based at Govan Police Station

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership - Adult Services - Police Custody Health Care
The team works as part of a collaborative effort between Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) and Police Scotland to provide trauma-informed, person-centred health care for individuals brought to police custody. The team’s primary focus is identifying individuals in mental health distress, diverting them from the criminal justice system into mental health settings, reducing health inequalities, and promoting health improvement. The team aims to achieve these goals by supporting a trauma-informed approach, listening to patients' needs and facilitating referrals to relevant services. The pathway is nurse-led and involves collaboration with various stakeholders including Police Scotland, higher education establishments and criminal justice colleagues. Recent developments include the implementation of quality assurance measures, support for student nurses and ongoing review of roles and responsibilities in the team. Nursing staff are supported in building knowledge of relevant policies and procedures and are encouraged to engage in supervision and professional development activities.

Golden Jubilee University National Hospital

The team, based in Scotland’s Golden Jubilee National Hospital, is nominated for their exceptional dedication and teamwork in providing outstanding care to cardiac congenital patients. They demonstrate excellence through seamless coordination, patient-centred care, and continuous improvement efforts. Notably, they have organised successful events such as a transition event for paediatric patients moving to adult care and plan an open evening for all congenital patients. They have also fostered strong relationships with hospitals, charities and other stakeholders to enhance support for patients. Despite challenges, they actively seek creative solutions, including fundraising activities, to improve patient lives. Their collaborative approach with operational and medical teams ensures efficient and effective patient care delivery. Overall, they consistently strive to provide the best care possible for their patients and support each other in their efforts.

Forth Valley Royal Hospital

This team, based in Forth Valley Royal Hospital, works in an ‘organic’ mental health unit that serves patients with the most severe presentations of illnesses like dementia. Their patients show severe challenging behaviours with high levels of physical needs, including incontinence and frailty, and as with severe dementia, communication difficulties are ever present. Despite concentrating the most challenging patients in one small space, the nursing team work with skill and diligence in providing person-centred care in a ward that is perpetually full. They work to a very noble aim of wrestling back from dementia every shred of dignity, quality of life and independence possible. They try to achieve a quality of life that is worth having, and for the person with dementia to live a life of value. They maintain compassion, finding creative ways to connect with patients and maintain their dignity. The team brings hope to patients and families, supporting them through end-of-life care. Furthermore, they strive for larger goals, working to improve access to specialist assessments and refurbishing spaces in the ward to enhance care delivery. Their dedication and vision is to establish the ward as a centre of excellence in dementia care.

Glasgow City, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

Established in 2021, the ADRS Crisis Outreach Service in Glasgow City aims to reduce the increasing number of nonfatal overdoses and drug related deaths. With 12 nursing staff from across Addiction, Mental Health and Acute Adult nursing the team delivers a committed and understanding service for its patients. Tackling health inequalities, financial deprivation and stigmatisation, the team has developed a creative approach to engage this vulnerable and high-risk population through a focussed outreach approach across Glasgow city centre and its localities. In addition to supporting patients the team have provided practical and educational input with families, carers and a wide variety of support service staff to raise awareness and highlight the impact of alcohol and substance use on a person’s physical health, mental health and wider social networks. These interventions include training on recognising and managing a drug overdose, provision of naloxone including training on its use, access to recovery or support services across the city. The team’s inclusive approach has opened up opportunities to link in with a range of services to engage persons known and unknown to treatment services who have been identified as high risk or in alcohol or substance use crisis.