Thank you so much for posting and the support from everyone! I didn’t even know this was all on here, I’m overwhelmed with the kind words people have wrote! Thank youThe Patient's Choice Award is for members of the public to thank a nurse, midwife, health visitor, healthcare assistant or assistant practitioner who has made a real difference to their or a loved one's healthcare.
The judges for this category are only responsible for deciding the five finalists. The winner is then decided by public vote and will be announced at the Awards ceremony on Wednesday 4 July.
One of the 5 finalists is Catherine Cassell, Diabetes Nurse at Preston Grove Medical Centre in Somerset:
In the last year Catherine has seen hugely significant benefits in people’s health after focusing on low carb diets.
She said: “I have had the most amazing results with patients eating low carb diets. Patients with pre-diabetes have reversed and patients with type 2 diabetes have gone into remission. One chap has lost over eight stone in 11 months. I have never seen so many patients improve their HbA1c levels lose weight so much. Also their lipids improve, fatty livers, GI symptoms, mood, energy; just so many things! It has been wonderful to take people of medications, stop insulin or not have to start meds in the first place.”
http://diabetestimes.co.uk/low-carb-nurse-advocate-up-for-top-health-award/
To Vote for Catherine:
https://secure.rcni.com/nurse-awards/patients-choice-voting.asp
Hi Sue! Oh my goodness ive Just come across this thread! Wow, I’m overwhelmed with what everyone has wrote, so kind and so many votes!I mentioned Catherine in @eggs11's thread https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/3-month-review-with-diabetes-nurse.143034/ (post 14). I didn't mention her name as I wasn't sure if it would be allowed (i.e. to get people to vote for her) and the Awards had only just been announced. Those who nominated her in the first round, me included, - we had to write about why she should be put forward for the Award - were sworn to secrecy until the five finalists had been chosen. I can tell you that she was absolutely floored and very emotional about being one of the finalists and has been completely overwhelmed by the interest from local media etc. Including doctors and other nurses! So a very big THANK YOU from me for voting for her because she is truly a star, a lovely warm lady who has put so much of herself into helping those patients. So difficult to choose a winner from the wonderful nurses and other health care staff who are also finalists but Catherine's dedication and support for her patients (one of them is a friend of mine and introduced me to her support group which is open to patients from other practices) is exemplary.
Thank you!We love your work too @CassellCath! Xx
I have voted too. She sounds like a great nurse. I hope if ( when ) she wins she can be a great ambassador in getting the word out
Thank you!Voted, every little helps
Thank you!voted
Thank you!voted
Thank you!Doing the Bump, get your votes in folks!
Thank you!Doing the Bump, get your votes in folks!
Thank you!Great bump @donnellysdogs. She has my vote.
Thank you!
Aw thank you so much! I just love what I do! I’m glad you have a supportive nurse too! I think I may have thanked some people way more than once and possibly some not at all as never written on here before! As long as people know how grateful I am for all the votes and support is all that matters!Hi @CassellCath - just wanted to say bravo for all you are doing to help diabetic folk and the support you are giving to low carb is fantastic. My own nurse is also supportive of what I've done with low carb in just a few months and when your HCP is supportive it makes such a difference.PS voted for you when @Sue192 mentioned you were shortlisted!
Aw thank you so much! I just love what I do! I’m glad you have a supportive nurse too! I think I may have thanked some people way more than once and possibly some not at all as never written on here before! As long as people know how grateful I am for all the votes and support is all that matters!
Thank youIt is lovely to see you on the forum, and I'm sure we all hope you will stick around and share your knowledge. Do have a good read round and see what we all get up to.
Good luck with the award.
Thank you!We love your work too @CassellCath! Xx
Thank you and yes I will indeedIt is lovely to see you on the forum, and I'm sure we all hope you will stick around and share your knowledge. Do have a good read round and see what we all get up to.
Good luck with the award.
Wow thank you for your very kind words! I am so enthusiastic and motivated in helping patients improve their metabolic health. I left work today knowing that I’d made a mark on quite a few patients who are eager to improve their health - they left armed with a stack of information and resources! I look forward to 3-4 month reviews with lower Hba1c’s and fingers crossed below 42! It really is so exciting!Thanks @Guzzler! It is so important to get the word out. Here is some information about the Royal College of Nursing to give us an idea about their reach and relevance within the nursing profession:
“The Royal College of Nursing is the world’s largest nursing union and professional body. We represent more than 435,000 nurses, student nurses, midwives and health care assistants in the UK and internationally.”
https://www.rcn.org.uk/about-us/what-the-rcn-does
This award matters to nurses as it is about excellence in nursing care and it recognizes the type of nurse we (nurses) all aspire to be. I think that Catherine exemplifies excellence in nursing care. She endorses a newer approach that we on this forum know can be both successful and sustainable – which is a win-win for patients and the wider NHS. Catherine looks at outcomes – her patients’ improved metabolic markers - and at the end of the day those are the only metrics that matter.
Catherine sounds like the practice nurse we would all like to have!
Let’s help get the word out – vote for Catherine!
Thank you!voted
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