That the Parliament congratulates Chelsey Main, a nursing support worker with the NHS Highland Forensic Service at New Craig’s Hospital, on being named the 2025 Nursing Support Worker of the Year at the RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards; recognises what it considers to be her profound impact on forensic inpatients and community patients through tailored one-to-one activities and practical life-skills support that foster independence, confidence and re-engagement with the community; acknowledges her role in co-facilitating a weekly social group that connects patients from different wards and helps to reduce isolation; commends her trustworthiness, consistency and joyful approach, which help some of society’s most vulnerable and stigmatised individuals to feel supported and optimistic about recovery, and expresses gratitude to nursing support workers across NHS Highland and Scotland for their vital contribution to patient care.
Supported by:
Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Alasdair Allan, Jackie Baillie, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Bob Doris, Jackie Dunbar, Tim Eagle, Kenneth Gibson, Bill Kidd, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, Paul McLennan, Stuart McMillan, Audrey Nicoll, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle