Healthcare Cleaner of the Year 2012 Awards Shortlist Announced

May 18, 2012 - PRLog -- News highlights:
* Record number of nominations received for healthcare cleaning awards
* Cleaning teams from Rotherham and Leeds dominate healthcare cleaning awards short list
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The short list for the AHCP Healthcare Cleaner of the Year 2012 awards has been announced. The awards are designed to encourage excellence in healthcare cleaning by highlighting and recognising achievement, raising awareness of the profession and the vital work its members perform in hospitals, clinics and residential care homes throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. Nominees from the Rotherham and Leeds areas have dominated the short list this year.

There are three categories for award nominations. These are the Healthcare Cleaning Supervisor of the Year, the Outstanding Healthcare Cleaning Team of the Year and the Working in Partnership award. The award judges are looking to award individuals and teams who demonstrate that they have consistently delivered excellent services to their customers including, patients, visitors and staff. Factors which are taken into consideration include the range of service improvements delivered, the impact these have had on patient experience and the effect on working relationships both within healthcare cleaning departments and with other healthcare professionals such as nursing, medical and infection prevention teams.

A record number of nominations for each of the three award categories were received this year. Healthcare cleaning professionals and teams based throughout the UK as well as those from the republic of Ireland are eligible to be nominated.

The short listed nominations are:

Healthcare Cleaning Supervisor of the Year

* Jackie Coates, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds
* Dave Boyt, Moorgreen Hospital, Southampton
* Mavis Drew, Wathwood Hospital. Rotherham
 
Outstanding Healthcare Cleaning Team Award
 
* Disinfection Unit Team, Solent NHS Trust, Portsmouth
* Training Team, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Rotherham
* Domestic Team, Washington Primary Centre, Tyne & Wear

Working in Partnership Award

* Chris Ayres, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds
* Donna Jones, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Rotherham
* Debansu Das, Sitexorbis, Uxbridge

The winners will be announced at a black tie dinner to be held during the AHCP 2012 annual national conference, which will take place in Telford on 11-13 June. Highlights at the conference will include presentations from personal development and organisational change expert Jack Black and Dame Claire Bertschinger, the woman who inspired Live Aid. The AHCP annual national conference is the UK's largest healthcare cleaning event. For more details visit www.ahcp.co.uk.

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About AHCP:

The Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals (AHCP) is the professional association for healthcare cleaning in the United Kingdom and Ireland. AHCP members are directly involved in managing and delivering cleaning and hygiene services in most NHS, state funded and independent hospitals. Members also hold key roles in community hospitals, clinics and residential care and nursing homes provided by the public, charitable and independent sectors. The AHCP develops and maintains the healthcare cleaning standards and protocols used by NHS and most other hospitals to deliver cleaner, safer healthcare environments. Members have access to a range of support services including a detailed knowledge database, an online helpdesk forum, website, newsletter, the AHCP Voice magazine and an extensive programme of professional education, training and development. The AHCP's annual national conference and exhibition is the UK's largest annual healthcare cleaning and hygiene event. With over 750 members and 30 corporate sponsors AHCP is the largest and most influential professional association for healthcare cleaning in the UK and Ireland. Membership is open to all organisations and individuals with a professional interest in improving quality and standards in healthcare cleaning and hygiene. AHCP is a non-profit making private company, limited by guarantee. Find out more about the AHCP by visiting www.ahcp.co.uk.