NHS Rotherham celebrate awards success

STAFF at NHS Rotherham have won a bumper crop of national and regional awards.

NHS Rotherham’s new website scooped the best NHS website award and the overall best website in the national Sitekit awards,which celebrate creativity and technical innovation.

The website also came runner up in the Association of Healthcare Communications and Marketing Awards for its One Small Step Campaign, which aims to encourage walking and physical activity.

The S-word sexual health campaign was also shortlisted for the best social marketing campaign.

The team at NHS Rotherham, in partnership with the borough council’s children and young people’s services, had success at the NHS Yorkshire and the Humber Health and Social Care Awards where they were up against around 300 nominations.

The care homes liaison team was shortlisted for the Primary Care and Community Based Integration Award for their work supporting care homes and residents. 

And in the Excellence in Commissioning Award, the children and young people’s specialist equipment development team emerged as the winner for their work to help needy and vulnerable children. 

The team now goes on to the national finals to be held later this year.