Our Achievements

East Cheshire NHS Trust, along with its staff and departments, regularly receives recognition through awards, accreditations and other achievements.

Below is an overview of the awards and achievements obtained in recent years:

• The Trust was rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission with multiple areas of outstanding practice following a major inspection in 2019.

• The Trust was accredited as ‘Veteran Aware’ in 2023, recognising it’s work to support the Armed Forces community as both a service provider and employer’

• The Trust achieved a silver award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) in 2024 in recognition of it's commitment to the care and wellbeing of armed forces veterans.

• The Trust's Estates and Facilities team won the Partners in Healthcare Settings Award (pictured below) at the 2023 Premises and Facilities Management (PFM) Awards. The award showcased the best examples of exemplary joint efforts in premises and facilities management in the healthcare sector.

• Our Clinical Simulation Centre was accredited by the North West Simulation Education Network which shows we can deliver multi-professional education to the highest standard.

• Two members of the Trust’s Research Team were recognised in 2023 at the Greater Manchester Health and Care Research Awards. Lead Research Nurse, Natalie Keenan was Highly Commended in Exceptional Research Delivery, whilst Research Nurse, Katherine Rose was runner up in the New to Research Award category.

• The Trust was awarded the Pastoral Care Quality Award in 2024 which recognises the ongoing support and dedication provided to international nurses at the Trust.
• The Trust’s Library and Knowledge Service won gold at the annual LIHNN Service Development Awards in 2024.
• Karen Clayton, Macmillan Lung Cancer Lead Nurse with East Cheshire NHS Trust, was given the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s Award for Outstanding Service at a recent Queen’s Nursing Institute ceremony. Karen, who is based at Macclesfield Hospital, was one of just five nurses nationally to receive the award, which she received at a ceremony which featured Call the Midwife star Stephen McGann.
• At the inaugural Dementia Care Awards held in London in 2025, Laura Birch and Lisa Nixon, from the Trust, were named Admiral Nurse of the Year and Activity Co-ordinator of the Year respectively.