Engaging You Apr - June 2014 | Page 18

Our very first NHS User Group

meeting was held in London in

June. And WOW! What an

AWESOME event it turned out to be.

Five NHS Trusts using The WOW! Awards –

Medway, Ashford & St Peters, Dorset

County, South Devon and Plymouth. Together these five organisations support approx 25,000 employees and millions of customers.

Maria Stone from South Devon, Jules Arnould from Ashford and Sarah Silverton from Dorset each made superb presentations to the group. Sharing their progress and their innovation with implementation of The WOW! Awards, linking together with the Friends and Family Test and NICE standards. What we discovered was the value of comparing notes and sharing ideas. We could see what a powerful contribution these people are making to their organisations through improved customer feedback and sincere recognition. We were also

delighted that NHS England, NHS

Employers and Yeovil District Hospital

NHS Foundation were able to join us.

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WOW! That's What I Call National Health Service!

“Another inspirational day with The WOW! Awards team and other like-minded NHS colleagues who feel it is so important to celebrate with staff when things go right. We need to make a song and dance about the marvellous things that happen in the NHS every single day.” Jules Arnould