That the Parliament congratulates Dundee nurse, Cathy Cook, who was announced as the winner of the RCN Scotland Learning in Practice Award at the RCN’s recent Nurse of the Year awards ceremony; understands that Cathy, Team Leader of the Complex Care Service within Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership, has been described by colleagues as inspirational, having developed and established a community-based service to deliver leg ulcer, wound, and catheter care to the people of Dundee; notes that Cathy began by networking with local GPs and Practice Managers to identify the best locations for services and the staff who could deliver the service, and developed business plans using her own knowledge and research of the local community and their health needs, adopting a person-centered approach to care; understands that this project is the first of its kind in Scotland and has become a national gold standard, which Cathy has showcased to both national and European health improvement conference delegates; commends Cathy for the work she has carried out, and congratulates her on winning the award.
Supported by:
Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Jackson Carlaw, Finlay Carson, Maggie Chapman, Sharon Dowey, Russell Findlay, Meghan Gallacher, Kenneth Gibson, Maurice Golden, Pam Gosal, Jamie Greene, Dr. Sandesh Gulhane (Registered interest)
, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Bill Kidd, Douglas Lumsden, Fulton MacGregor, Edward Mountain, Alexander Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Annie Wells, Brian Whittle