And the winner's are ... 

 

 

Johnson's Baby Award for Excellence in Midwifery Education

Dr Jayne E Marshall

The University of Nottingham

 

Mothercare Award for Excellence in Maternity Care

Julie Jenkins & Carole Bell

Hywel Dda Health Board

 

NMSF Award Supporting Training and Rewarding Excellence in Bereavement Care

Sharon Hurst

Darent Valley Hospital. Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust

 

Pampers Award for Excellence in Postnatal and Neonatal Care

Lorraine Bowen

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

 

Philips AVENT Award for Innovation in Midwifery

Carolyn Garland & Alison Williams

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

Vitabiotics Award for Promoting Normal Birth

Kathryn Gutteridge & Helen Giles

Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

 

Slimming World Award for Initiatives in Improving Public Health & Reducing Inequalities

Rebecca Beggan & Lesley Tones

Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

Midwives Magazine Student Travel Scholarship Award

Rachel Brooks

University Campus Suffolk

 

Bio-Oil Team of the Year

Fiona Laird & Kanta Patel

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

 

RCM Award for Maternity Service of the Year

The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

 

Thompsons Members' Champion Award

Julie Boyd

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board

 

Pampers Award for Mentor of the Year

Mandy Grosvenor

Blake Birthing Centre. Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

 

Johnson's Baby Award for Mums' Midwife of the Year

 

Regional winners

 

 

South & Midlands

Midwife Pauline Ellaway and mum Emily Townsend

 

Northern Ireland

Midwife Lynn Shanks and mum Claire Greenwood

 

Scotland

Midwife Morag Linklater and mum Caroline Tait

 

Wales

Midwife Brenda Foulkes and mum Kirsty Parry

 

London and South East

Midwife Annabel Bryant and mum Irra Khi

 

Regional and Overall winner

 

North

Midwife Lauren Irving and mum Sarah Critchley

 

For more information on our winning entries look out for your next copy of Midwives Magazine where full details of all the winners are available.

 

And the Shortlist are...

 

Johnson's Baby Award for Excellence in Midwifery Education

 

Developing Midwifery Practice through Work-Based Learning

Dr. Jayne Marshall

The University of Nottingham

 

Developing a Bereavement Care Initiative for Student Midwives within Pre-registration Midwifery Education.

Karen Hatch and Christine Rospopa

The University of Northampton

 

Maternal AIM in Undergraduate Midwifery Education

Rosemary McCarthy and Janet Nuttall

University of Salford

 

Did We Deliver

Julie Jenkins and Carole Bell

Hywel Dda Health Board

 

Introducing a Patient Group Directive for BCG vaccination (for tuberculosis)

Paula Clarke

Birmingham Women’s Foundation NHS Trust

 

Heads Up! Breech Clinic

Shawn Walker and Ann Walker

James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

Bereavement Team Counselling Service

Claire Waters, Diane Bellanca and Elizabeth Dorey

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

 

Training & Excellence in Bereavement Care

Katie DeFreitas, Ursala Marsh and Sharon Hurst

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

 

Maternity and Paediatric Support Services

Rebecca King

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

Carol-Ann Brown and Nicky Berry

NHS Borders

 

Newborn Track and Trigger Chart

Isabel Phillips

Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

Adapting to Fatherhood

Lorraine Bowen

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Carolyn Garland and Alison Williams

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

Yummy Mummy

Kathryn Rees

Torfaen Sure Start

 

Valley Team

Juliet May, Katie Arneil, Celine Walters, Amy Davies, Beth Connelly, Laura Bridle and Biz Boyle

Guys & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

 

Your Birth in Our Home 

Kathryn Gutteridge and Helen Giles

Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

 

Sterile Water Injections for Pain Relief in Labour

Wendy Beagles

York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

Drug and Alcohol Liaison Midwives

Elizabeth Maddran and Louise Slater

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

 

BOP Programme

Diane Mc Dowell and Elizabeth O'Connor

Southern Health and Social Care Trust

 

Reducing the prevalence of smoking in pregnant women and their families in line with the public health agenda

Lorraine Frith and Lorraine Perry

East Cheshire NHS Trust

 

Perinatal mental health in pregnancy

Rebecca Beggan and Lesley Tones

Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

Rachel Brooks

University Campus Suffolk

 

Josephine Frame

University of Cumbria

 

Lucy-Ann Short and Kara Cina-Lewis

De Montfort University

 

Engaging hearts and minds of all for a positive sustainable transformation

Fiona Laird and Kanta Patel

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

 

Flu Vaccination Prgramme

Julie Estcourt and Valerie Clare

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

 

The Management of Substance Misuse for Pregnant Women

Nicola Parry, Lisa Elliott and Pauline Tschobotko

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

Maternity Services of the Year Award

 

The three shortlisted units are:

 

• The Ipswich Hospital
• Barnsley Hospital Maternity Services
• Powys Teaching Health Board

 

 

Pampers Mentor of the Year

 

The three shortlisted Midwives are:

 

• Christine Laws nominated by Emma Guerin
• Elaine Richmond nominated by Katherine Ramsey
• Mandy Grosvenor nominated by Amie Ducie

 

 

Thompsons Members’ Champion

 

The three shortlisted Midwives are:

 

• Alex Quaintance nominated by Pat Darvill
• Julie Boyd nominated by Emma Currer
• RCM Nottingham branch nominated by Lisa Common

 

 

 

About the Awards

 

Rewarding the professional excellence, hard work and dedication of the UK’s midwives, the RCM Annual Midwifery Awards are unique in celebrating exceptional achievement across all levels of the profession.

 

Invaluable in offering all RCM members the opportunity to have their innovation and accomplishments in evidence-based care recognised, the Awards provide the perfect opportunity to showcase your work to an audience of peers and leading medical professionals.

 

The RCM Annual Awards 2013 will be compared by Natasha Kaplinsky, and winners will receive their trophies at London’s top venue, The Brewery on 24 January 2013.

 

 

 

Why enter?

 

Winning an RCM Award is a morale boost like no other, placing you and your team as exceptional members of your profession and an inspiration for others to look up to. 

 

Bestowing prestige and celebration from local and national media, not to mention being recognised for your contribution and leadership within your profession, the benefits of entering the Awards are endless.

 

• Have you applied research evidence to improve care and service delivery? 
• Is your team dynamic and exploring new ways of working inter-professionally? 
• Do you advance midwifery education or work towards building a stronger RCM?

 

 

If you answered yes to any of the above we want to hear from you. This is your chance to inspire others and earn the recognition you and your team deserve, seize it with both hands!

 

The deadline for entries has now passed.

 

Click the 'How to enter' tab now for more information, or call 020 7324 2764 to talk to one of our team about your entry.