Outstanding Nigerian Healthcare Professionals For UK Excellence Award

Eminent members of the diaspora are planning to reward the contributions of Nigerians to the National Health Scheme (NHS) to mark the 70th anniversary celebrations on Saturday 23rd March 2019.

The organising body known as the Nigerian Healthcare Professionals UK (NHCPUK) is inviting readers to nominate Nigerian Healthcare Professionals in the UK for Excellence Award for their contributions to the NHS@70.

The award ceremony will hold on Saturday 23^rd March 2019. Venue: Grange City Hotel, 8-14 Cooper Row, London EC3N 2BQ. Time 5.00pm prompt to 1.00am.

    A number of bodies supporting the awards including: Nigerian Nurses Charitable Association UK, Nigeria Radiographers Association UK, African Voice Newspaper UK, Black Heritage Radio UK amongst others, and the list is growing. In addition to the award categories, NHCPUK will announce the list of 70 most influential Nigerian Healthcare professional Leaders in the UK.

   The occasion would be graced by the Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria, Professor I F Adewole, senior officials of the National Health Service, United Kingdom, various UK-based dignitaries of Nigerian origin whose professional success, excellence and career achievements are worthy of emulating by young and aspiring Nigerians.

Nominations

To nominate a UK based healthcare practitioner, Kindly email:  nigeriahcpuk@gmail.com or africanvoicenews@gmail.com – Full name, job title, place of work, email address, a summary of your nominee’s professional career, awards, achievements (not more than 50 – 100 words) not later that Friday 8th February 2019.

Background on the award
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 population of 5,405 occupy 9th position out of 157 nationalities in the NHS.

(https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7783)

They 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:

1. 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 

2. 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 

3. 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 

4. 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. 

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Award of Excellence-Recruitment.