THE achievements of staff at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital were recognised at last Thursday's Musgrove Awards For Tremendous Achievement ceremony.

More than 140 staff attended the MAFTAs at the Cooper Associates County Ground to celebrate efforts that have made a real difference to patients, fellow employees and the wider healthcare community over the last year.

The event was sponsored by IMS MAXIMS, provider of Musgrove’s electronic patient record system.

Dr Sam Barrell, Musgrove chief executive, said she felt inspired by all the staff who had been nominated for a MAFTA.

She added: "I’m so proud of all the wonderful staff at Musgrove.

“It was great to celebrate many examples of their outstanding work at the awards ceremony.

“It has been a challenging year for the NHS, but at Musgrove our patient care has continued to be truly outstanding, and this was recognised by the Care Quality Commission.

“Our staff have helped to develop so many innovative ideas in the last year to greatly benefit the care of our patients.”

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Shane Tickell, chief executive of IMS MAXIMS which sponsored the event, said: “The MAFTAs are a fantastic way to celebrate the tremendous achievements of staff at Musgrove and we were delighted to sponsor this year’s event.

"It has been an honour to work in partnership with many of the staff at the trust over the last year as they continue on their incredible journey to continually improve patient services and care, including having recently become the first trust in the UK to implement an open source electronic patient record.”

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* * * AWARD WINNERS***.

Patients’ Choice Award, Montacute ward staff; Volunteer of the Year, Dementia Buddies; Patient Champion, Andrea Bohun; Quality Improvement, Pippa Richards; Partnership Working, Ear nose and throat secretarial team; Behind the Scenes, Louise Kingsmill; Innovation, e-referrals appointment team; Inspirational Leader, Jan Giles; Emerging Leader, Gemma Chappell; Fellowship Award, Julia Hogg.

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