Beneficiaries of the National Health Service (NHS) England have the opportunity to appreciate healthcare workers for the significant roles that they are playing in their wellbeing. Especially those of Nigerian heritage.
The organising body for Nigerian Healthcare Professionals is planning the Celebration of NHS@70 with a day set aside to honour outstanding ones from amongst the practitioners.
The body is seeking participation and support in various forms towards actualising the visions. In preparation for this historic event, the body is requesting and encouraging people to send details of nominees for award to nigeriahcpuk@gmail.com See further details below.
Nigerian diaspora members currently living in the United Kingdom are one of the largest in the healthcare settings in the NHS. ONE NHS, MANY NATIONALITIES, Feb 2018 pg 3 indicates Nigerians at a high population occupying 9th position out of 157 nationalities in the NHS. See link below:
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7783
Nigerians are highly skilled and knowledgeable, and therefore contribute enormously to the NHS and national development. Nigerians contributions, support and effort include but are not limited to investment, skills transfer, management, mentoring and consulting. In most cases and according to a number of recent studies, Black (Nigerians) staffs are under-represented at the most senior levels, are not well recognised for their tenacity, and they often experience discrimination in their career progression in health and social care services.
The celebration (award dinner with Keynote Speakers) of NHS at 70 Awards is:
- To highlight and recognise the significant role that Nigerians play in the NHS.
- To celebrate NHS at 70, evaluate the impacts on practice and the communities, the future challenges and opportunities, and in particular as it relates to Nigerians and the contribution of Nigerians.
- To showcase contribution of Nigerian community into the NHS and their various disciplines/professions in the UK.
- To use the platform to reward excellence in a way that would have a positive impact on the career and career progression of nominees and recipients who have contributed to the NHS
- To use the platform to promote ethos of excellence by motivating Nigerian community in the UK to contribute positively into the NHS and to their various relevant professions
- To provide a major networking opportunity for Nigerians to meet and develop professional alliances with talented colleagues
The award categories are:
- Academics Award of Excellence
This is for Nigerians who are renowned academicians in the UK in the fields of:
- Medicine
- Physiotherapy
- Dentistry
- Pharmacy
- Nursing
- Midwifery
- Radiography
- Other health and social care aspects
- Award of Excellence-Research.
This is for Nigerians who are renowned researchers in the UK in the fields of:
- Medicine
- Physiotherapy
- Dentistry
- Pharmacy
- Nursing
- Midwifery
- Radiography
- Other health and social care aspects
- Award of Excellence-Clinical.
This is for Nigerians who are renowned clinicians or practitioner in the UK in the fields of:
- Medicine
- Physiotherapy
- Dentistry
- Pharmacy
- Nursing
- Midwifery
- Radiography
- Other health and social care aspects
- Award of Excellence-Management.
This is for Nigerians who as managers in the health and social care services, work tirelessly for improvements in the NHS.
- Award of Excellence- Advocates.
This award is for Nigerians, who worked tirelessly for the protection of the rights of NHS professionals and users of the NHS.
- Award of Excellence- Leadership
This award for Nigerians who worked tirelessly to bring nurses, physiotherapists, doctors, dentists, pharmacists etc, who are of Nigerian origin together to promote their contributions to and impact on the NHS and beyond.
- Award of Excellence-Recruitment.
This award is for Nigerians who run organisations/businesses which, create and promote opportunities of work for the society in general and Nigerians in particular within the health and social care services.
High Calibre Nigerian representatives will chair the panel of Judges. We already have a number of bodies supporting the awards including:
Nigerian Nurses Charitable Association UK, MANSAG, Nigeria Radiographers Association UK, Nigerian Ministry of Health and African Voice Newspaper UK, Black Heritage Radio UK amongst others. And the list is growing. In addition to the award categories, we will announce the list of 70 most influential Nigerian Healthcare professional Leaders in the UK.
As part of the preparation for this historic event, we request and encourage people to send details of nominees for award to nigeriahcpuk@gmail.com
With a short paragraph of why you have nominate such individual/individuals. Please include:
- Nominee name,
- Job title,
- Place of work
- Short paragraph with reason why you have nominated the individual/individuals.
For further information, please email nigeriahcpuk@gmail.com or call any of the contacts in the details below On behalf of Organisers, Nigerian Healthcare Professionals Celebration of NHS@70
Ms Tolulope Olayiwola, 07473918019
Dr Ademola Adekunle 0788 621 7410
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