Oldham midwife honoured with Gold Award

The Group Chief Nursing Officer at The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA), Elaine Inglesby-Burke CBE, has honoured Karen Clough, who works at the Oldham and North Manchester Care Organisations, with the gold award for midwifery.

Elaine Inglesby-Burke CBE said: “Karen is our saving babies’ lives midwife. She is fantastic, the height of professionalism and has positively impacted on so many women by the work she has driven in the organisation.  

“Karen has been a midwife for many years and really is one of our unsung heroes and a true leader, who just gets on with her job, gives solutions, not problems and always has a smile on her face.

“I don’t think you could find anyone in the group who has a bad word to say about her.”

Vimbai Carr from the North Manchester Care Organisation won the silver award for midwifery.

The winner of the gold award for nursing was Amanda Hobson from Salford Care Organisation and the winner of the silver award was Shelby Greyson from North Manchester Care Organisation.

The gold badge and certificate are awarded for outstanding achievement and exceptional/significant contributions by an individual with a distinguished career in nursing or midwifery. The silver badge and certificate are awarded for performance that goes beyond the expectations of the job.

Each winner is awarded a certificate and badge and gets to attend a thankyou ceremony attended by Group Chief Nursing Officer Elaine Inglesby-Burke CBE.

The NCA set up the new NCA Nursing and Midwifery Awards after Elaine Inglesby-Burke CBE was awarded NHS England’s first national Chief Nursing Officer’s (CNO) Gold Award for Nursing.

The group executives decided to introduce the awards for the NCA, which brings together Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

The NCA Nursing and Midwifery Awards recognise and award individuals who have excelled in their performance by the giving of a silver or gold recognition badge and certificate.

Elaine Inglesby-Burke CBE, Group Chief Nursing Officer at The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group said: “I am delighted to make these four awards to honour the hard work, dedication and amazing standard of care each of these professionals brings to our organisation.

“We have introduced these awards for the first time this year and each year we will choose four new worthy winners. It is my way of saying thank you to each and every one of them. They are all well-deserved winners.

“The NCA Nursing and Midwifery Awards gold award recognises excellence in those staff who have gone beyond their role and are leaving a legacy of excellence in their field. “The silver award is for an individual who is beginning their nursing journey, but who has excelled and gone above and beyond in practice.”

In all, the NCA employs over 7,000 nurses and midwives at hospitals in Salford, Oldham, Bury, Rochdale and North Manchester.