Heart failure specialist nurse wins national award Ron Leslie, a heart failure specialist nurse in the cardiology department, has won a national award from heart failure charity, The Pumping Marvellous Foundation.
Ron was nominated by patients to receive a 'You're Simply Marvellous' award. This award acknowledges the value that healthcare professionals bring to the treatment of heart failure, improving patient outcomes throughout the UK. A patient who commended Ron Leslie, said:
Ron said:
I am humbled to receive this award and more importantly the positive feedback from a patient Ron has been an amazing treated by the heart failure support, always at the end of the service. All members of the heart phone and he had me on Entresto failure team at The Princess (heart failure medication) very Alexandra Hospital are passionate quickly. about providing high quality, compassionate, evidence based My three daughters were care. tested and we had the results within days. After all the tests and We are privileged to work in scans I've had, he checks with the a speciality which allows us to consultant and calls me to explain work with patients throughout the results. He is so friendly, their journey with heart failure, genuinely caring, and he really and during this time offer support, listens. He also got me into day education and treatment which therapy early this year at a local can improve quality and length hospice, where they all speak very of life. We recognise and highly highly of him. He is, in my opinion, value the impact of charities a walking angel, he always such as Pumping Marvellous on manages to put me at ease and is improving awareness of heart so supportive. failure and lobbying for further
improvement in patient care. Sharon McNally, director of nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals, said: Congratulations to Ron on receiving this fantastic award - he is a credit to our organisation and to the nursing profession. Ron has shown outstanding compassion and commitment to patient care and we are extremely proud to see him win this prestigious accolade.
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