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The Trust is committed to recognising and celebrating
the achievements of our staff.
Annual celebration day
Every year, the Trust holds a Celebration of Nursing
and Midwifery day, to recognise the contributions of the 3,000 nurses
and midwives employed at Guy’s and St Thomas’.
Irene Scott, Director of Nursing said, “The aim of the
day is to recognise the enormous contribution that nurses and midwives
make to the Trust and the health care agenda, and to recognise the
successful completion of the adaptation programme for overseas nurses
working in the Trust.”
Nurse of the Year
The first ever Guy’s and St Thomas’ Nurse/Midwife of
the Year was announced in May 2003. Comfort Momoh, the UK’s only
midwife specialising in female genital mutilation (also known as female
circumcision) was the deserving winner.
Comfort provides support and counselling for women who
have undergone female circumcision and also does reversal operations.
Whilst it is illegal in the UK, female circumcision is still common in
areas of Africa and the Middle East.
Colorectal specialist nurse Fiona Hibberts is the Guy’s
and St Thomas’ Nurse of the Year 2004.
Fiona, who has worked at Guy’s and St Thomas’ for more
than three years, has set up nurse-led clinics and also now practises
independently as a nurse endoscopist – this means that she treats minor
benign anal conditions independently where appropriate.
The four surgeons who nominated her said: “This service
has had a direct impact on reducing waiting times for patients referred
to the colorectal department, and has had a major effect on reducing
pressure on consultant endoscopy lists.”
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