Marsha Jones, of Newham Maternity Hospital, was one winner of the two leadership awards.
She will receive a bursary of £12,500 to carry out her project ‘improving the postnatal care and experience for black and Asian women by exploring cultural competency and capabilities of health care workers at Newham hospital’ over the next year.
The winners were recognised for their contribution to black and ethnic minority (BME) communities.
The awards ceremony was held at the Unison headquarters in London and attended by parliamentary under secretary of state for public health Anne Milton.
RCM student services advisor Sue Jacob attended the awards, she told Midwives: ‘A Mary Seacole award is unique in that it encourages practitioners to contribute to service development to benefit BME communities or education of staff to improve services for BME communities.
‘It was a proud moment for the RCM and all the other organisations working together to support the Mary Seacole Awards.’
Last year’s winners, which included specialist midwife Sarah Bennett, were presented with their award certificates and each gave a presentation on how they successfully completed their projects over the last year.
The awards are funded by the
Department of Health and
NHS Employers, who work in partnership with
Unison, the
RCN,
RCM and
Unite.
