By Isle of Wight Observer
Isle of Wight NHS Trust’s Quality Matron, Siziwe Turner, has been recognised with the Florence Nightingale Foundation DAISY Award for her leadership in transforming the quality of patient care across the Island.
Siziwe was selected as this year’s honouree from hundreds of nominations. Since joining the Trust in 2021, she has embedded the Quality Assurance Accreditation Scheme, empowering and engaging staff to improve standards. Her work has led to 33 areas achieving Gold accreditation and a further 13 striving for Platinum.
The Florence Nightingale Foundation’s DAISY Award is among the highest international honours for nurses, celebrating clinical excellence, compassion and person-centred care.
Trust nurse director, Laura Neal, who nominated Siziwe, said: “I am immensely proud of Siziwe. Her leadership is the perfect blend of compassion and accountability – she demonstrates that kindness and high standards can, and must, coexist in great care.”
Speaking after learning she had been selected for the award, Siziwe said: “It still hasn’t sunk in. To be honoured in this way means so much to me and ultimately it means recognition for what I strive to do every day as a nurse. Achieving the improvements we have delivered has only been possible thanks to my wonderful team and the ambition across the organisation to drive up standards of care for our community.”
Isle of Wight Observer