Sponsors
The Royal Marsden
Sponsoring the Award for Innovation in Cancer Nursing
The Royal Marsden has a worldwide reputation for high quality patient care and is a leading institution in the education, training and employment of cancer nurses. We are delighted to celebrate the work of cancer nurses through our association with this award and are proud to recognise the value of committed and talented cancer nursing.
RCN Diversity
Sponsoring the Diversity in Health Award: for nursing leadership and excellence in delivering care to diverse communities
The Royal College of Nursing is the largest professional association of nurses in the UK. We represent nurses and nursing, promote excellence in practice and shape health policies.
Rosemont Pharmaceutical
Sponsoring the Community and General Nursing Award
Rosemont are the leading specialists in oral liquid medicines for people who have swallowing difficulties (dysphagia). We are dedicated to the development, manufacturing and marketing of oral liquid medicines and offer a product range of more than 90 different drugs. We have over 30 years experience in supplying both.
The Regard Partnership and Choice Support
Sponsoring the Learning Disability Nursing Award
The Regard Partnership
The Regard Partnership operates over 120 care homes and supported living services in England and Wales for people with learning difficulties, mental health problems or acquired brain injuries. The company also operates services for children with learning disabilities and emotional and behavioural disorders. Our approach combines the development of working partnerships - with service users, care professionals and local communities – and the provision of unconditional positive regard to vulnerable people.
Our mission is to help service users to achieve their goals and fulfill their potential by providing quality, individualised care and support at local levels.
Choice Support
Established in 1984, Choice Support is a national charity that provides a wide range of services to over 700 people with learning disabilities; including Supported Living, Residential Care, volunteer projects, support into employment and service brokerage. For further detail www.choicesupport.org.uk
Abbott Nutrition
Sponsoring the Award for Nursing Initiatives to Combat Malnutrition
Abbott Nutrition is proud to be a supporter of the Nursing Standard Nurse Awards 2008. Supporting nurses in delivering nutritional support is of utmost importance to us.
We pride ourselves on our reliability and delivery of quality products and services to our customers and patients.
Abbott Nutrition’s product portfolio includes the Ensure® Plus family.
For more information please visit www.abbottnutritionuk.com or call 0800 252882.
Nursing Standard
Sponsoring the Student Nursing Award
Nursing Standard is the UK’s no.1 subscription nursing weekly. Published by the Royal College of Nursing Publishing, Nursing Standard is essential reading for all levels of nurses. Every issue addresses the latest developments in nursing policy and practice and is packed with uptothe minute news and research, expert analysis, clinical features and careers information.
Wyeth and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
Sponsoring the Mental Health Nursing Award
Wyeth
As one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies with a major interest in mental health, Wyeth is delighted to be the sponsor of the 2008 Mental Health Nursing Award. Wyeth is committed to working in partnership with the NHS, and to supporting the new and innovative ways that nurses are working in mental health to better meet the needs of service users.
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust provide mental health and substance misuse services to the London Boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Croydon and substance misuse services for people in Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. We also provide specialist services to people from across the UK. South London and Maudsley NHS Trust have 4,500 members of staff and operate from a total of 181 sites. We have close links in education and research with the Institute of Psychiatry, Guy's and St Thomas' and King's Medical Schools and the Nightingale Institute which are all part of King's College London.
The Department of Health
Sponsoring the Nursing Innovations in Criminal Settings Award
Offender Health in the Department of Health manages a programme of work designed to modernise and improve NHS commissioned health services in prisons.
Last year, the unit also began to look at extending, to the rest of the Criminal Justice System, some of the lessons learnt through improving prison healthcare"
Liverpool Victoria
Sponsoring the Child Health Award
Liverpool Victoria is committed to supporting and working with the RCN to provide market leading General Insurance, Banking products and Financial Advisory services for the benefit of its members.
RCN
Sponsoring The Robert Tiffany International Award
The Royal College of Nursing is the largest professional association of nurses in the UK. We represent nurses and nursing, promote excellence in practice and shape health policies.
Coloplast
Sponsoring the Innovation in Continence Care Award
Coloplast is a leading manufacturer of urology and continence care products and in 2007 we celebrated our 50th Jubilee year.
We are established in the continence care arena with well known brands such as SpeediCath, Simpla, Conveen and Peristeen as well as the Charter Healthcare home delivery service. In addition we have a wide portfolio of urology surgical products.
At Coloplast we are committed to bringing high quality, innovative products to the market that truly make a difference to people’s lives. We are also dedicated to the provision of education for health care professionals and in the last 2 years we have worked in Partnership with the University of Ulster on the development of their on-line Urology and Continence programmes. A recent project in association with the RCN and Skills for Health has seen the development and launch of National Bladder and Bowel Care Competencies.