Nurses awarded prestigious Mary Seacole Awards

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Six exceptional NHS nurses received the prestigious Mary Seacole Leadership and Development Award at an awards ceremony hosted by the Royal College of Nursing, CPHVA, Royal College of Midwives, UNISON, Department of Health, and NHS Employers. Chief Nursing Officer Christine Beasley presented the awards at the Jamaican High Commission on Monday, 9 October 2006

The awards are jointly funded by the Department of Health and NHS Employers. They provide an opportunity to black and minority (BME) nurses, midwives and health visitors to undertake a year-long project or an educational/development activity, to enhance patient-focused care. The winners of the two leadership awards will receive a bursary of £12,500, and the four development awards winners receive a bursary of £6,250.

Christine Beasley said: "I am absolutely delighted to be presenting this year's Mary Seacole Leadership and Development awards. The standard of the proposed projects was extremely high.  I have no doubt the work will have a positive impact on the quality of care given to BME patients in the NHS."

Sandra Anto-Awuakye is a Lecturer Practitioner in Health Visiting at City University/Newham PCT and Plaistow Hospital. She will use her leadership award to undertake a pilot study exploring child-rearing and discipline practices of families from the Pakistani community.

Reva Stewart works as Immediate Tier Development Co-ordinator at Bradford City PCT & Social Services. Her leadership award will be for a project looking at improving access to intermediate care services for the black and minority ethnic community within Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT and Social Services.

Of the four development awards winners, Lihua Wu is a staff nurse at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington. Her development award will be for an exploratory trial to assess the nurse-led structured telephone follow-up of weight management in Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Florence Kanikasamy works as a midwife at Queen Charlotte and Chelsea Hospital. She will use her development award to evaluate the strategies adopted by a maternity service to implement care pathways set in the National Service Framework on normal birth. It focuses particularly on the extent to which the needs of BME women are met.

Mandakini Amin works as Health Visitor/Community Practice Teacher at Hinckley and Bosworth PCT. Her development award will be used to look at how to implement Equality and Diversity schemes in the workplace, by developing a teaching and assessment tool.

Theodora Machingambi, a Mental Health Practitoner employed at Dudley Beacon & Castle PCT, will be undertaking the Human Givens post-graduate psychotherapy diploma.

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