Star Awards – Fundraiser of the Year and Excellence in Education

October 17, 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 Fundraiser of the Year was awarded to the Stroke and Neurology Therapy Team and the Excellence in Education award was won by Bishwajeet Elangbam, Consultant in A&E Medicine.

The Stroke and Neurology Therapy Team are an integrated physiotherapy and occupational therapy team working across hyper acute, acute, inpatient rehabilitation and early supported discharge in Stroke and Neurology.

The team raised £1,433 to buy a specialist therapy bike, allowing patients with very limited mobility to exercise their legs, arms and brains, as well as improve their general fitness.

The team organised a number of craft and bake sales and involved the patients in the making of the goods to sell and five of the team took on a sponsored bike ride around London.

Bishwajeet joined our organisation as a consultant in A&E Medicine in April 2017 and took on the role of developing our middle grades doctors. He has organised many robust educational activities as part of the monthly teaching programme, including; bedside clinical teaching, Fellowship of the College of Emergency Medicine (FRCEM) exam preparation and weekly simulation sessions.

Some of the highlights include a workshop on resuscitative thoracotomy and resuscitative hysterotomy, which are possibly one of the first to be delivered at departmental teaching sessions.

The teaching programme has resulted in many of our doctors passing part or all of the FRCEM examination, which is one of the best results in the region.

Check out the videos below to find out why the Stroke and Neurology Therapy Team and Bishwajeet were recognised for their outstanding commitment.