Star Awards – Employee of the Year

October 29, 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 years’s employee of the year award was won by Debi Fretwell, Matron.

Debi joined our organisation in 1993 as a staff nurse in medicine and emergency care. She has worked her way up and is now a matron within the same group.

This year Debi has worked tirelessly, with particular focus on two work streams. She has been the led for developing and implementing criteria led discharge across the medicine wards and has also been heavily involved in patient flow initiatives, in particular around the rhythm of the day and ensuring the activities around ‘right patient, right place’, ‘golden patient’ and ‘green4go’ work across all areas.

Debi has displayed the core attributes of drive, passion, confidence and capability, and has made a huge difference this year to the impact and effectiveness of local improvements to improve overall care and experience.

Check out the video below to find out why Debi was recognised for outstanding commitment.