Star Awards – Patient Safety Award and Excellence in Research

October 22, 2018

Our annual Star Awards took place on Friday 12 October, with over 350 colleagues in attendance. It was a fantastic evening, celebrating everything that is good about our organisation.

This year’s Patient Safety Award was won by the Safety Plan Project Team and the Excellence in Research prize was awarded to Kanthan Theivendran, Consultant Orthopaedic and Upper Limb Surgeon.

The safety plan was introduced in January last year as part of a drive to improve safety, quality and care, as well as to improve patient experience and engagement and change the culture of our clinical workforce.

One of the main reasons the plan was introduced was because patients didn’t always know their care pathway or plan of care and data showed there was a poor completion of fundamental clinical assessments and documents.

As a result of the safety plan, we have seen a reduction in falls by 58 per cent and patients are now at the centre of their care plans.

Kanthan started as a consultant in trauma in orthopaedics in February 2016 specialising in upper limb surgery. During his training, Kanthan always had a keen interest in research and has published a number of clinical studies in national and international peer reviewed journals.

He wanted to continue his research interests at our organisation and was given an opportunity to represent the surgery directorate by sitting on the research and development committee.

He is the principal investigator in a number of orthopaedic trials – a first within the trauma and orthopaedic department. Kanthan is always looking to encourage colleagues and trainees to collaborate on these existing trials that ultimately lead to an improvement in patient care.

Check out the videos below to find out why the Safety Plan Project Team and Kanthan were recognised for outstanding commitment.