The Trust’s Equality, Inclusion and Diversity Team has won a leading national award for its efforts to support its disabled workforce.

The team won the Healthcare People Management Association’s (HPMA) Brown Jacobson Award for Excellence in Employment Engagement for its hard work in supporting the Trust’s disabled workforce through the development of a disability and reasonable adjustments passport.

Claire Scrafton, Deputy Director of HR and Governance, led the work to improve how the Trust supports staff living with health conditions and disabilities. She accepted the award with Darren Mooney, Assistant Director of Equality Diversity and Inclusion and Katie Samosa, Project Support Officer.

She said: “We were delighted to receive such a prestigious award as it symbolises our unwavering dedication to fostering a supportive workplace for all our colleagues.’’