Double award win for Caroline Rennalls and Patreece Wright
October 20, 2020
We’re delighted to announce that on Saturday evening two of our popular colleagues brought home ‘the double’ as they claimed awards from the Association of Jamaican Nationals Birmingham. Caroline Rennalls, Head of Operation and Resilience Management, won the Sir Alexander Bustamante local hero award, whilst Patreece Wright, Clinical Nurse Practitioner was honoured with the Mary Seacole Local Heroes Award.
Patreece has been working for the Trust for 17 years – starting in November 2003 as a band 5 on the Acute Medical Unit at City, before working her way up to her current role. Nominated by friend and nursing work colleague Sophia Panton, Patreece said of her win: ” I am extremely proud and humbled to be awarded the Mary Seacole award for local heroes and am truly grateful to everyone that nominated me. I absolutely love nursing and working for the NHS and I sincerely believe that the quote by Mohammed Ali: ‘the rent we pay on earth is the service we provide to others’ – is something to live by.”
Caroline is a familiar face across the Trust with many friends having worked here for 21 years, and was nominated by ex-colleague Christopher Innerarity, who worked alongside Caroline at the Trust for five years. He said: “Caroline Rennalls is a dedicated local hero that has sacrificed tirelessly for over 35 years in the National Health Service as a mother, a clinician and within her current role as a senior manager being responsible as head of operations and resilience management. Caroline is a humanitarian with great standards and her ability being the voice of change whilst incorporating compassion and care in her daily deportment. Caroline’s efforts within her community are very well noted and she continues to go beyond the call of duty ensuring everyone is looked after and considered. She goes above and beyond in everything she gets involved in, her approach and collaborative working with others allows her to stand out with distinction and confidence. She is an all-rounder with a passion for humanity and this is a quality that is very special. I am honoured to have put Caroline forward as a recipient for one of the Association of Jamaica Nationals prestigious awards.”
Caroline commented: “I am both humbled and delighted to have won this award. It is lovely to be considered by others for the work and activities I have undertaken over the last few years.”