International year of the nurse and the midwife: Dominic LeGros

May 29, 2020

This year marks International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, a campaign by the World Health Organisation in honour of the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale.

Nurses and midwives play a vital role in providing health services in our workplace. They devote their lives to caring for mothers and children; giving lifesaving immunisations and health advice; looking after older people and generally meeting everyday essential health needs. They are often the first and only point of care in their communities. Throughout the year we will be highlighting some of our nurses, HCAs and midwives who are making a difference to our patients.

Today we feature Dominic LeGros, Business Relationship Manager – Unity EPR.

Dom qualified as a nurse in 1998 at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow and started working in the emergency department. He joined our organisation in 2001 as an E grade senior staff nurse on the West Midlands Poisons Unit, where he worked until 2004, in when he moved to Selly Oak Hospital to return to emergency nursing.

He re-joined us in 2008 at City Hospital A&E, where he trained as an emergency nurse practitioner and qualified as an independent prescriber.

In 2018, Dom took the opportunity to combine a lifelong interest in technology with a passion for delivering quality care, when he joined the Unity team as an informatics nurse.

Dom would go on to win the Digital Leader of the Year Award at the 2018 Star Awards.

Do you now a nurse, HCA or midwife who is gong above and beyond to deliver quality care? Contact the communications team swb-tr.SWBH-GM-Staff-Communications@nhs.net