Golden Stars Awards 2024 - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

New for 2024, Golden Stars is the first staff awards ceremony for NHS Humber Health Partnership.

It brings together the former Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust awards Golden Hearts, and the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Our Stars event.

Meet your winners

Our Golden Stars Awards winners are…

1. Excellence in Research, Development or Innovation

Respiratory Medicine Clinical Trials

2. Excellence in Quality Improvement

Colorectal USC/FDS Pathway Group (Cancer)

3. Healthcare Heroes

Lisa Wilson

4. Excellence in Patient Safety

Ward 23, SGH

5. Net Zero Hero

Pharmacy Zero30 Group

6. Excellence in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Community Inclusion Nursing Team

7. Inspirational Leader

Joanne Goode

8. Rising Star Award

John Epie

9. Unsung Hero

Collins Afful

10. Outstanding Clinical Team

Midwifery Bereavement Team, HRI

11. Outstanding Support Team

HUTH Portering Service

12. Volunteer of the Year

Bill, Caroline and Lisa (Ward 31, Queen’s Centre)

13. Partnership Working Award

The Anlaby Suite

14. Lifetime Achievement Award

Dorothy Gilchrist

The event

Golden Stars 2024 took place at the Hilton Hotel on Friday 13 September.

Judging Protocol

The Golden Stars Awards Team will strive every year to make the judging process as simple and fair as possible. This will help to ensure that the finalists and winners represent the talent and successes we have in our teams and individuals throughout the year at our hospitals.

After the closing date all nominations are scored by the pre-judging team using specific criteria, and a shortlist of five nominations is created for each category. The nominations shortlisted will then go through to the judging panel where the final decisions are made as to who the winners of each category are.

The judging panel is made up of the Group Executive Team, representatives from each Care Group and Directorate, previous awards winners and patient representatives.

Pre-Judging

The pre-judging team will usually comprise staff from all or some of the following areas:

Human Resources Business Partners
Communications Team
Organisational Development Team

The pre-judging process takes place from the closing date for applications.

The pre-judging panel are given a maximum of 2 weeks to complete shortlisting and to submit their scores for all applications. All pre-judging is co-ordinated by the Communications and OD teams. If any other individuals are identified for pre-judging, they must be paired with a member of the Communications or OD team to ensure consistency and accuracy of judging. Working in pairs the pre-judges are each allocated 2-3 categories to judge.

Both staff members marking that category must complete the score sheet for each application separately, individually assigning a score for each element. The score sheets for the pre-judging process should be used for all categories.

All scores should then be recorded in a master score sheet, and the top 5 in each category identified.

If there is a tie in scores, or a discrepancy with scores, and it is not possible to identify a top 5, another pair should then re-mark the whole category and add all of the scores together. If it is still not possible to identify a top 5, the whole pre-judging panel should then review the category and select a top 5.

Judging

The following individuals are all invited to judge the shortlisted entries:

Chairman
Non-Executive Members
Group Chief Nurse
Group Chief Medical Officer
Group Chief Finance Officer
Group Chief Delivery Officer
Group Chief People Officer
Group Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer
Chief of Staff
Director of Corporate Affairs
Director of Communications
Director of Learning and Organisational Development
Care Group Directors
Previous awards winners
Patient Representatives

Once pre-judging is complete, the top 5 applications for all categories are then submitted to the judging panel.

The judging panel are emailed a pack of the top nominations for each category approximately 2 weeks before the panel takes place. They are asked to choose their top 3 in each category, assigning 10 points for 1^st place, 5 points for 2^nd place and 1 point for 3^rd place.

At the judging panel they are then asked to tell the rest of the panel how they have scored each category, and the scores are recorded in an overall score sheet by the Communications and OD team representatives.

If a judge has scored but is unable to attend the formal panel, they may submit their scores electronically to be recorded before the judging panel takes place.

In the event of a tie for any category, the panel will discuss until they can agree a final top 3 in order.

The Chief Executive of the Trust will remain impartial but act as Chair of the judging panel. In the event of a tie where the panel are unable to agree a final top 3, the Chief Executive will score the applications fairly and their vote will provide the deciding vote on which team or individual will win. They must vote and their scores recorded to adjust the overall scores accordingly.

The decision of the judging panel is final.

Terms and Conditions

Applications to the Golden Stars Awards are subject to the following terms and conditions.

The final date for all nominations is midnight (at the end of) Tuesday 30 April 2024.
Nominations can be made online or you can write your nomination and send it to the Communications and Engagement Team, 1st Floor Alderson House, Hull Royal Infirmary. Written nominations should contain the same sections/headings as the online application form.
Entries cannot be accepted or amended after the entry deadline has passed.
No responsibility will be taken by the Golden Stars Awards Team for IT issues/technical difficulties preventing submission of a nomination. Should there be any doubt as to whether a nomination has been submitted, the nominator should contact nlg-tr.comms@nhs.net to request confirmation of receipt.
All nominations must meet the core criteria for each category.
The content of applications must be factually accurate to the best of the nominator’s knowledge.
Gifts and thank you cards will only be issued if the nomination is over 250 words in length.
Where nominations are for teams, each member of the team and their role in the project or piece of work must be identified on the application form.
Some of the work involved in your entry must have been undertaken in 2023-2024.
You may not submit the same entry for more than one category.
Finalists and winners will be expected to participate in publicity for the awards and to help others learn from their work throughout the year.
Individuals and teams that are short-listed for an award will be expected to be photographed and filmed for promotional materials and the evening event.
Should any team or individual refuse to take part in any publicity for the awards, the team or individual will be asked to withdraw from the awards and their nomination will not be submitted for judging.
Should the judges determine an entry submitted for one category is of greater relevance to another category, they may re-categorise that entry.
If any entry does not fulfil the categories and criteria, or is generic in nature, the Golden Stars Awards Team reserves the right to resubmit the entry as a Shining Lights (replacing Moments of Magic)
Entries may be edited by the Golden Stars Awards Team to correct any erroneous administrative information.
All entries will be vetted and verified for accuracy by the Golden Stars Awards Team. Should it come to light that there are issues, whether ethical or factual, pertaining to any application, the team reserve the right to withdraw that application, whether that application has been short-listed as a finalist or not.
The contact details contained in entries will not be shared outside of the Trust unless permission is granted.
Entries will be assessed prior to judging to ensure they meet the minimum criteria. Those which do not will not be shortlisted for the judging panel.
The judging team will comprise: executive board member, non-executive board member, clinical representation, staff side and patient representation. The Golden Hearts Awards Team withholds the right to change the configuration and membership of the judging panel based on availability of panel members.
The decision of the judges is final.
Three entries will be short-listed for each category, with those short-listed invited to an evening awards ceremony in 2024. Where judges’ scores are close in any given category they reserve the right to shortlist more than three entries.
Shortlisted individuals will be allowed to bring a guest with them to the awards evening.
There will be a limit of five invitations per team for the evening awards ceremony. However, where teams require additional guests they may submit a request to the Golden Stars Awards Team via nlg-tr.comms@nhs.net and additional spaces will be granted once all RSVPs have been received depending on the number of spaces available.
If individuals or teams are unable to attend the awards ceremony then they may appoint a deputy to attend and if appropriate, collect the award on their behalf.
Where nominations are shortlisted for the evening awards ceremony the nominator will be invited to the event. Only one nominator is allowed per submission. Additional tickets may be requested for colleagues that assisted with the nomination, but these cannot be guaranteed.
Where there are multiple nominations for one individual, team or project the Golden Stars team may combine the nominations in order to maximise the chances of success in any given category. In this event only those nominations in excess of 250 words will receive an invitation with a maximum of five invitations issued. If more than five nominations are received in excess of 250 words the Golden Stars team reserves the right to determine the best five nominations based on the quality of the submissions and allocate tickets accordingly. More tickets may be requested via nlg-tr.comms@nhs.net and additional spaces will be granted at the discretion of the Golden Stars team.