On Wednesday evening the Trust came together at Barrington Hall in Cambridgeshire to celebrate our annual Stars of EEAST awards.
The event celebrates our most inspiring staff and volunteers, with individual special recognition awards being presented as well as awards for longs service, including our first recipients of the King’s Ambulance Service Medal for long service and good conduct.
Photos from the evening will be uploaded to our Flickr page. We will upload an article to Need to Know once these are available.
This year’s winners are:
Lee Sweetlove for his exemplary attitude and all the elements of what makes a great paramedic and role model.
Stuart Little for always offering support to his teammates following difficult jobs and working hard to make sure they are safe and well.
Christine Cheetham for her role in designing and developing an interactive platform to support new CFRs.
Owen Davis for always performing his duties to the very highest standards by completing diligent welfare calls and fastidiously accurate referrals.
Medicines Management Team for being friendly welcoming and respectful, and working to tight deadlines whilst keeping smiles on their faces.
Janice Scott for staying positive even when having difficult conversations with colleagues and offering great support in times of crisis.
Chris Hewetson for showing incredible respect to bereaved families at inquests, delivering difficult and sometimes distressing information to them in a compassionate and considerate way.
Joe Cartwright for being a passionate advocate for positive mental health. He has worked incredibly hard to raise awareness of suicide while sharing his own story on the national stage.
Steven Langridge, Georgina Church, Clive Gill, Megan Bunyard, Edward Davey, Luke Taylor, Tracy Haskell, Jon-James Smith, Cala Thornton and MAGPAS colleagues Adriana Cordier and Steven Chambers for showing the utmost professionalism to deliver excellent patient care to a mother who had given birth to twins prematurely at home.
Unmet Needs Team for having a positive impact on the lives of vulnerable patients and their experience of receiving care.
Caroline Dilley for embracing the role of LOM and continuing to develop both personally and professionally.
Jack Broomfield & Lee Umpleby for generously giving up hours of their own time to support the community on Canvey Island.
Rachel Avery for being proactive, inspirational, genuine, empathetic and a pleasure to work for.
Zain Hanif for going the extra mile in the run up to Ramadan to help colleagues at all levels of the Trust to understand more about Islam, its history and customs.
Patient Safety Team for improving patient safety and encouraging staff to develop their own practices, as well as ensuring learning is shared across the Trust whenever necessary.
Clive Parnham
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who took the time to submit a nomination, vote in the People’s Choice Award and of course to our worthy winners.
This event would not have been possible without our sponsors, which includes EEAST’s own charity, which you can find out more about here.
Published 6th July 2023