Congratulations to Sussex Community Foundation Trust who were awarded the Freedom to Speak Up Organisation of the Year award at the HSJ Awards 2022.
Elizabeth Bell, Freedom to Speak Up Guardian at Sussex Community Foundation Trust, collected the award from Dr Jayne Chidgey-Clark at the ceremony in London on Thursday 17 November.
The submission, titled ‘Caring for Speak Up Ambassadors – Improving our Speak Up culture’, demonstrated how speaking up has been embedded across the organisation.
The judges commented that they would feel safe in an organisation that had with this level of focus, professionalism, and care. They commended the Freedom to Speak Up Ambassadors for speaking up about their experiences and how the role has supported speaking up in the trust and patient safety.
There were eight finalists this year and they presented to a judging panel in a bid to win the award. All finalists demonstrated good practice, but Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust were highly commended by the panel.