Sherwood Forest Hospitals celebrate after being named trust of the year

The trust scooped the Acute or Specialist Trust of the Year honour at the Health Service Journal Awards – and comes just a week after it was rated the third best in the NHS to work for or receive care in and less than a year since King’s Mill was rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.

Its latest success was based on:

- The wellbeing of all colleagues being at the centre of its decision-making

- Its community response to Covid-19

- The trust being the most improved in the last five years

Delighted chief executive, Richard Mitchell, said: “To win HSJ Trust of the Year in a year when Covid has placed unprecedented pressure on all of us, the NHS and the world, feels particularly special.

“This win is a huge accolade for Sherwood and this belongs to the colleagues and volunteers who work at Sherwood, the patients we care for, our communities and our friends and family.

“While colleagues have cared for our patients over the last year, I am proud that as a trust we have cared for our colleagues, with a strong focus on their wellbeing.

“We have received a range of external accolades recently, which demonstrate how special Sherwood is as a place to work and to receive care. When we combine this award with the CQC’s rating of our trust, and our annual NHS staff survey results which rate Sherwood as the best trust in the Midlands and third in the country, we have a lot to be proud about at the moment.

“I would also like to thank our community which has supported us so much over the last year, and the partners that we work with in health and social care. We are not able to operate successfully without working closely with our colleagues across Nottinghamshire and beyond.

“Real change does not happen overnight. This award is because of the efforts of so many over the last 10 years and beyond, but anything is possible if you look after the people around you. Sherwood has a strong future ahead of us.”