Staff Awards

Our Staff Awards recognise the efforts and achievements of our dedicated staff who go the extra mile to improve the lives of the people and communities we serve.

On 7 December 2021, more than 200 colleagues gathered virtually to celebrate the fantastic work of colleagues across the Trust, following another challenging year in the NHS.

There were winners in 12 categories, selected from over 450 nominations by judging panels made up of staff and service users.

David Bradley, Chief Executive, and Sir Norman Lamb, Chair, alongside other Trust executives presented the awards.

The Staff Awards are an excellent opportunity for us to celebrate the fantastic and inspirational work which takes place each and every day at the Trust.

I am very proud to work for a Trust where people demonstrate such genuine care and commitment to looking after people who use our services and each other. Well done to all our finalists and well-deserved winners.

David Bradley, Chief Executive

Huge congratulations to all the winners and all the individuals and teams who were nominated and shortlisted. I am constantly impressed by the hard work and dedication of our staff who really do put patient care at the heart of everything they do.

Sir Norman Lamb, Chair

The winning teams

• Mother and Baby Unit
• Staff Support Team, Corporate Psychology and Psychotherapy
• Acute Referrals Team (ARC)
• Trust Vaccinating Team

The winning individuals

• Janet Sullivan, ECT clinic manager
• Kelly Fitzgerald, Community practitioner and OT 
• Christine Nsamba- Clinical Support Worker and Phlebotomist at Ladywell
• Robbie Mallah, Dispensary Manager

Quality Improvement Award

• Lewys Beames, Consultant Nurse, Restrictive Practice

Quality Improvement Teams Award

• Gresham 1

Community Team of the Year

• Centralised CAMHS Crisis Team

Chief Executive and Chair’s Award

• The Directorate Safety Leads, QI Advisors and QCen Safety Workstream

Our key achievements in 2021

• South London and Maudsley achieved a ‘Good’ rating in a CQC inspection of services in July. 
• We launched our new five-year strategy Aiming High, Changing Lives
• Sustained improvements in staff and patient safety from May 2020 to November 2021.
• The launch of Keeping Well South East London to provide support for over 100,000 NHS Staff.
• The launch of South London Listens in March 2021 – a community partnership programme set up to help find solutions to the impact Covid-19 has had on the mental health of communities in South London. Nominated for various awards throughout the year.
• The Trust recorded significant improvements in the CQC 2021 NHS Community Mental Health Survey
• Our work on our Capital Projects and Modernisation Programme to improve our mental health services and facilities for local people continued at pace
• Trust photography exhibition Covid-19: Life through a Lens launches