9th December 2022

Four wins for Cardiff and Vale UHB at the Advancing Healthcare Awards 2022

Staff from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board have been recognised for their important and innovative work at this year’s Advancing Healthcare Awards.

The ceremony, held on 18th November at Glamorgan County Cricket Club, was the first to take place in person since the inaugural event in 2019.

The Cardiff and Vale UHB Rehabilitation Model Team were overall winners on the night, and also picked up the award for Excellence in Rehabilitation. The model developed by the team is recovery-focused, addressing health inequalities by optimising health and supporting self-management. Current services include Long Covid recovery, prepare well for surgery and supporting people to live well with musculoskeletal conditions.

Other winners on the night include Orla Adams, Dietetic Lead for Maternal Weight Management. Orla won the Award for Improving Public Health Outcomes. The innovative project focuses on minimising weight gain in pregnancy for women with a BMI >40 kg/m2 and increasing women’s engagement in the weight management pathway post-partum, reducing risk to mother and baby. Judges also recognised Orla’s passionate and committed desire to share good practice and upskill others.

Judyth Jenkins, a now retired Head of Nutrition and Dietetic Services at the Health Board, was awarded Allied Health Professional of the Year. Judyth demonstrated inspirational leadership throughout her service, even putting on hold plans to retire in 2020 to continue supporting the NHS during the pandemic. She has worked tirelessly and passionately advocating for the role of nutrition in bettering the health and wellbeing of the population, driving services forward, and ensuring service users are at the heart of developments in Cardiff and the Vale and beyond.

Fiona Jenkins, Executive Director of Therapies and Health Science at Cardiff and Vale UHB said, “Congratulations to Judyth, Orla, and the Cardiff and Vale UHB Rehabilitation team for their well-deserved wins. These awards highlight the outstanding achievements of our staff, and the important and innovative work of allied health professionals, healthcare scientists and their teams within the Health Board and right across Wales”.

Read more about all of the winners across Wales, on the Advancing Healthcare Awards website.