Pinoy nurse wins award for care for elderly patients in UK
A Filipino nurse won a prestigious award in the United Kingdom for his care for vulnerable elderly patients there, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported Saturday.
Francis Fernando, a Filipino nurse at the Salisbury District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, was awarded the National Health Service (NHS) Clinical Leaders Network (CLN) AQuA Henderson Quality Award.
"Fernando received the Award's First Prize during the CLN Congress last April 25 for the 'Striving for Excellence in the Care of Elderly Patients with Hip Fractures' project at the Salisbury Hospital. The award-winning project is now set to be adopted in hospitals across the UK," the DFA said.
Fernando received his award from Chief Nursing Officer in England Jane Cummings and NHS Medical Director Professor Bruce Keogh.
UK Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley provided an inspirational video message at the Award presentation during the CLN congress.
Apart from the Award's glass trophy, Fernando received a UK£5,000 (PhP341,569) bursary from the CLN to start a Fracture Liaison Service in his hospital, the third of its kind in the UK, to help prevent primary and secondary hip fractures and save billions of pounds in medical treatment expenses.
He has also agreed to continue to campaign for vulnerable patients with hip fractures across the UK through CLN's bank of clinicians and the National Hip Fracture Database.
CLN is a 5,000-strong national professional leadership network for clinicians in England.
It bestows its Quality Award each year to recognize the work of clinicians who lead projects that result in clinical improvements and differences in patients' lives.
There were more than 1,000 entries for this year's award, the DFA said.
Philippine Ambassador to the UK Enrique Manalo welcomed Fernando to the Philippine Embassy in London last May 2, and feted him for the honor he brought to Filipinos in the UK.
"Mr. Fernando is a consummate and caring professional and a true representative of Filipinos in the UK. He has certainly raised the image of the Filipino and made all of our kababayans proud with his prestigious award and his selfless work," Manalo said.
Fernando has been working at the Salisbury Hospital for the past 12 years.
Two years ago, he was appointed as the hospital's first Filipino Band 7 nurse (Orthopaedic Nurse Practitioner), and campaigned for the improvement of service to vulnerable elderly patients with hip fractures.
The hospital began improving its national rankings, last year placing 12th out of 176 NHS Trusts that participated in the largest database of hip fractures in the world.
1st non-British award winner
The DFA said Fernando is the first nurse and the first non-British national to win the Award's First Prize.
Previous winners were doctors and other health care professionals.
"The ultimate winners in all of this are the patients and their families," said Fernando.
"I had to be more proactive and find innovative ways of meeting the Best Practice Tariff Standards for hip fractures, and then present our project to different audiences around England. We have a fantastic team of clinicians here at Salisbury that is at one with our goal to be the best in the country," Fernando said.
Fernando said there are about 200 Filipinos working at the hospital, including five in his team.
In 2012, Fernando's hospital stands close to the top of the national rankings with respect to achieving the Best Practice Tariff for hip fractures.
Their work resulted in reduced length of stays and re-admission and mortality rates as well as excellent responses from patients and their families. — LBG, GMA News
Francis Fernando, a Filipino nurse at the Salisbury District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, was awarded the National Health Service (NHS) Clinical Leaders Network (CLN) AQuA Henderson Quality Award.
"Fernando received the Award's First Prize during the CLN Congress last April 25 for the 'Striving for Excellence in the Care of Elderly Patients with Hip Fractures' project at the Salisbury Hospital. The award-winning project is now set to be adopted in hospitals across the UK," the DFA said.
Fernando received his award from Chief Nursing Officer in England Jane Cummings and NHS Medical Director Professor Bruce Keogh.
UK Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley provided an inspirational video message at the Award presentation during the CLN congress.
Apart from the Award's glass trophy, Fernando received a UK£5,000 (PhP341,569) bursary from the CLN to start a Fracture Liaison Service in his hospital, the third of its kind in the UK, to help prevent primary and secondary hip fractures and save billions of pounds in medical treatment expenses.
He has also agreed to continue to campaign for vulnerable patients with hip fractures across the UK through CLN's bank of clinicians and the National Hip Fracture Database.
CLN is a 5,000-strong national professional leadership network for clinicians in England.
It bestows its Quality Award each year to recognize the work of clinicians who lead projects that result in clinical improvements and differences in patients' lives.
There were more than 1,000 entries for this year's award, the DFA said.
Philippine Ambassador to the UK Enrique Manalo welcomed Fernando to the Philippine Embassy in London last May 2, and feted him for the honor he brought to Filipinos in the UK.
"Mr. Fernando is a consummate and caring professional and a true representative of Filipinos in the UK. He has certainly raised the image of the Filipino and made all of our kababayans proud with his prestigious award and his selfless work," Manalo said.
Fernando has been working at the Salisbury Hospital for the past 12 years.
Two years ago, he was appointed as the hospital's first Filipino Band 7 nurse (Orthopaedic Nurse Practitioner), and campaigned for the improvement of service to vulnerable elderly patients with hip fractures.
The hospital began improving its national rankings, last year placing 12th out of 176 NHS Trusts that participated in the largest database of hip fractures in the world.
1st non-British award winner
The DFA said Fernando is the first nurse and the first non-British national to win the Award's First Prize.
Previous winners were doctors and other health care professionals.
"The ultimate winners in all of this are the patients and their families," said Fernando.
"I had to be more proactive and find innovative ways of meeting the Best Practice Tariff Standards for hip fractures, and then present our project to different audiences around England. We have a fantastic team of clinicians here at Salisbury that is at one with our goal to be the best in the country," Fernando said.
Fernando said there are about 200 Filipinos working at the hospital, including five in his team.
In 2012, Fernando's hospital stands close to the top of the national rankings with respect to achieving the Best Practice Tariff for hip fractures.
Their work resulted in reduced length of stays and re-admission and mortality rates as well as excellent responses from patients and their families. — LBG, GMA News
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